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SAMARKAND
 Uzbekistan

Samarkand tram map

 SAMARKAND

Samarkand (Samarqand), an ancient city in eastern Uzbekistan, with a population of some 505,000.


Tramway

- test runs with passengers started on 29 March 2017 after construction had started in Oct. 2016!
- officially inaugurated on 15 April 2017
- 6.4 km from railway station (Temir Yo'l Vokzali) to Sartepa Massivi (Russian: Vokzal - Massiv Sartepa)
- 5 km route between the main station and Siab Bazaar opened on 18 March 2018
- rolling stock (18 Vario LF trams) taken over from Toshkent where the tram system closed in 2016

 

 Photos

Tram Samarkand Tram Samarkand Tram Samarkand

 
 Links

Some news at transphoto.ru

Samarqand Tramway at Wikipedia.uz

 

 

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