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1-01a. The Vokzal (Main Railroad Station) Terminal.
ZiU-682V and ZiU-682G trolleybuses. Lines 3 and 4. An assortment of trolleybuses at the Vokzal Loop layover area during the better days. (early 1990s, Miass municipality, from YM collection) |
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1-01b. The Vokzal Terminal.
BTZ-5276-04 114 and 111. Line 3. The same layover area 15 years later. These are two of the four trolleybuses of the BTZ-5276-04 type delivered to the city as of the date of this photo. Trolleybus loop occupies the entire western half of the square near the Station. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-01c. The Vokzal Terminal.
VMZ-5298 117 and 116. Line 3. There were only two trolleybuses of the VMZ-5298 type delivered to the city as of the date of this photo, both pictured here. Starting with the delivery of 116, a pattern of orders from the Bashkirskiy Trolleybus Factory located in the neighboring city of Ufa was broken, and Miass switched to cheaper trolleybuses built in Vologda. (16 Sep 2007, Antifaktor) |
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1-01d. The Vokzal Terminal.
BTZ-52011 104. Line 3. In order to access the square in-front of the Main Railroad Station, trolleybuses cross the bridge over Zheleznodorozhnaya Ul. (Railroad Street) that follows a natural ravine and thus separates the Station from the rest of the city. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-01e. The Vokzal Terminal.
ZiU-682G 007 (training vehicle). Line 4. Trolleybus leaves the layover area and pulls up to a passenger pick up stop. (23 Feb 2008, Antifaktor) |
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1-01f. The Vokzal Terminal.
ZiU-682G 007 (training vehicle). Line 4. This is one of a number of trolleybuses that were locally rehabbed and feature a signature boxy design of the rear of the vehicle, acquired during the rebuilding. The Main Railroad Station building is in the background. (23 Feb 2008, Antifaktor) |
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1-01g. The Vokzal Terminal.
ZiU-682G 033. Line 3. Trolleybus departs from the Main Railroad Station Stop. A gypsy minibus operating under the same route designation number, Line 3, cuts in front. It will follow the trolleybus route in its entirety. The cosmetic maintenance of many older trolleybuses is rather shocking, as some vehicles look like horribly corroded patched-up dinosaurs. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-02. Stepana Razina Ul. near the bridge over Zheleznodorozhnaya Ul.
BTZ-5276-04 114. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. The area immediately adjacent to the Main Railroad Station is built up with semi-modern apartment blocks of the 1980s. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-03a. Stepana Razina Ul. / 8-go Marta Ul.
ZiU-682G 086. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. Miass is situated in the valley amid picturesque Ural mountains that make a fine photogenic backdrop. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-03b. Stepana Razina Ul. / 8-go Marta Ul.
ZiU-682V, ZiU-682G and ZiU-683V trolleybuses (the yellow vehicle is 057). Lines 3 and 4. Bustling trolleybus service during the early 1990s. As many as 5 trolleybuses are captured in one shot within the short stretch of the line leading to the Main Railroad Station. Note the articulated trolleybus boasting factory livery. Articulated vehicles operate during weekdays only. The planned trolleybus line to Stariy Miass was to branch off the main line at this particular intersection, and was to continue via 8-go Marta Ul., to the viewer's left. (early 1990s, Miass municipality, from YM collection) |
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1-03c. Stepana Razina Ul. / 8-go Marta Ul.
ZiU-682G 001. Line 4, Pos. Stroiteley-bound. This trolleybus was delivered in 1994, and replaced the original ZiU-682V 001 that opened service in 1985. (early 1990s, Miass municipality, from YM collection) |
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1-03d. Stepana Razina Ul. / 8-go Marta Ul.
ZiU-682G 001. Line 3, Mashgorodok-bound. The same vehicle as above after the signature local rehab. (24 Nov 2007, Antifaktor) |
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1-04. A panoramic view of Stariy Miass.
The Stariy Miass (the Old Miass) neighborhood was formed during the Czarist pre-Soviet era. It is located to the south of the Main Railroad Station, a few km away from the 'new' city. There were plans in the late 1980s / early 1990s' to built a trolleybus line to Stariy Miass, as well as the second Depot in the south of the city. These were never realized. (early XXth century, Miass municipality, from YM collection) |
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1-05. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / 8-go Marta Ul. / Likhacheva Ul.
BTZ-52011 104 to the left. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. ZiU-682G 030 to the right. Line 3, Mashgorodok-bound. At the beginning of the city's main thoroughfare, Avtozavodtsev Prospect (the Automobile Factory Worker's Prospect). (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-06a. Avtozavodtsev Pr.
ZIS-155 bus. Buses operate in the city since 1953. In the early 1990s the bus network boasted as many as 15 lines served with 180 vehicles. During the 1990s and the early 2000s, however, the municipal bus fleet was significantly reduced, and full-size municipal buses became a rather rare sight, as private carriers took over. (circa 1960s, Miass municipality, from YM collection) |
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1-06b. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Fersmana Ul.
VMZ-5298 116. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. The Avtozavod neighborhood originally formed as a residential settlement for the automobile factory (UralAZ). It expended in the 1950-70s, and eventually grew into the central area of the city. In this photo - one of the two trolleybuses of the VMZ-5298 type delivered to the city as of the date of this photo. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-07a. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Tukhachevskogo Ul.
ZiU-682G 108. Line 4, Vokzal-bound. Ikarus 280 diesel bus in the background. A square in-front of the Avtomobilestroiteley Palace of Culture is a de-facto central square of the city. A full-size municipal diesel bus had made it into the picture in the background, a rather rare occurrence at the time of this photo. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-07b. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Tukhachevskogo Ul.
BTZ-5276-01 109. Line 4, Vokzal-bound. The only trolleybus of the BTZ-5276-01 type in the city. At the time when this trolleybus was built, the Bashkirskiy Factory still assembled vehicles based on the standard ZiU trolleybus body. Note the double-doors as opposed to more common folding doors used for ZiU vehicles. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-08. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Predzavodskaya Ul.
ZiU-682G 096. Line 3, Mashgorodok-bound. An exemplary shot capturing one trolleybus and 5 gypsy minibuses serving the same corridor - all waiting for the same light to change. Note that the number of passengers carried by one trolleybus and all 5 minibuses combined is about the same. The overhead turning off to the viewer's left, onto Predzavodskaya Ul., leads to the Avtozavod loop around the square in-front of the UralAZ factory's main entrance, and is used as a short turn by special Line 6 that operates during emergencies only, such as overhead breakdowns. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-09a. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Predzavodskaya Ul.
BTZ-5276-04 111 to the left. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. ZiU-682G 018 to the right. Trolleybuses in the square in-front of the UralAZ factory's main entrance, at Avtozavodtsev Prospect's northernmost culminating point. Line 1 that operates between Mashgorodok and Avtozavod during rush hours under booking arrangements with the UralAZ, terminates in the square in question. While trolleybuses serving special Line 6 turnaround counterclockwise via the outer set of wires around the square, trolleybuses serving rush hour-only Line 1 turnaround clockwise via the inner line. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-09b. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Predzavodskaya Ul.
BTZ-5276-04 111. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. Trolleybus departs from the UralAZ factory southbound, toward the city center. The memorial with the truck as the centerpiece in the focal point of the square commemorates the very first vehicle of the ZIS-5V type manufactured by the UralAZ during the World War II. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-09c. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Predzavodskaya Ul.
ZiU-683V 093. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. Articulated trolleybuses operate during weekdays only, typically during rush hours. Most articulated vehicles are in worst cosmetic state possible. (02 Apr 2008, Eldar Khismatulin) |
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1-09d. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Predzavodskaya Ul.
BTZ-5276-04 112. Line 1, Mashgorodok-bound. A rare occasion of a trolleybus being assigned to the rush hour-only Line 1 during the weekend in a course of a short-turn run. The original route display featuring a permanently painted number 3 is substituted with a makeshift paper sign with a number 1 scribbled on it, placed in the windshield. Trolleybus loops around the square following the clockwise pattern, and is about to pull into the Mashgorodok-bound stop in-front of the UralAZ. Note a picture of a wolf in the front of the vehicle. (16 Sep 2007, Antifaktor) |
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1-09e. Avtozavodtsev Pr. / Predzavodskaya Ul.
VMZ-5298 116 to the left. Line 3, Mashgorodok-bound. BTZ-52011 104 to the right. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. Trolleybuses meet in-front of the UralAZ factory's main entrance. The hilltop Melentyevka settlement is in the background. The built-over hills that surround the city are Miass' signature backdrop. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-10a. Turgoyakskoe Shosse / Predzavodskaya Ul.
ZiU-682G 101. Line 3, Mashgorodok-bound. Trolleybus is about to turn onto Turgoyakskoe Highway as it leaves the central area of town en-route to the distant northern neighborhood of Mashgorodok. The overhead leading to the left is a part of the Avtozavod trolleybus loop around the square in-front of the UralAZ's main entrance. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-10b. Turgoyakskoe Shosse / Predzavodskaya Ul.
BTZ-52011 105. Line 4, Vokzal-bound. Another trolleybus returns from Mashzavod via Turgoyakskoe Highway. The overhead continuing to the right leads to the Avtozavod loop and is used by rush hour-only Line 1. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-11a. Turgoyakskoe Shosse, the UralAZ industrial park.
ZiU-682G 101. Line 3, Vokzal-bound. BTZ-5276-01 109. Line 4, Vokzal-bound. A sizeable section of Turgoyakskoe Highway stretches through the industrial park comprised of the UralAZ and the ZhBI factories. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-11b. Turgoyakskoe Shosse, the UralAZ industrial park.
VMZ-5298 117. Line 3, Mashgorodok-bound. The newest at the time of this photo trolleybus speeds down the highway en-route to the northern suburbs. (26 Jan 2008, YM) |
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1-12. Turgoyakskoe Shosse, the UralAZ industrial park.
ZiU-682V 015. Line 4, Pos. Stroiteley-bound. The newly rehabbed trolleybus. Fleet number 015 is borrowed from another vehicle that was recently scrapped. (02 Apr 2008, Eldar Khismatulin) |
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1-13. The ZhBI Terminal.
ZiU-682G 095. Line 7. The rush hour only Line 7 is operated rather infrequently with two trolleybuses only. (02 Apr 2008, Eldar Khismatulin) |
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