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2-01.
The Avtovokzal Terminal, Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr.-Service Road / Sofyi
Kovalevskoy Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 21. Line 3. The official Terminal Stop and the layover area were located in the alley behind the Avtovokzal (the Bus Station) building. Trolleybuses turned around by way of looping around the Avtovokzal grounds. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-02.
Dachnaya Ul. / Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr.
ZiU-VMZ-100 21. Line 3, KhBK-bound. Trolleybus returns to the main road via Dachnaya Ul. upon completing a layover behind the Avtovokzal building. At the time of this photo, four years prior to the trolleybus' system closure, only two remaining services were operated. Line 1 was operated with 4 trolleybuses on the +/-15 min headway; Line 3 was operated with 6 trolleybuses on the +/-10 min headway. Both services operated with exemplary punctuality. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-03a.
Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. at Avtovokzal.
ZiU-VMZ-100 43. Line 3, KhBK-bound. Trolleybus completes the same loop about a month prior to the systems' closure. The Avtovokzal building is in the background. Photos dated 11 Oct 2007 in this report are the last known photographs of Shakhty trolleybuses in operation. (11 Oct 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
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2-03b.
Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr., the Avtovokzal Stop.
ZiU-VMZ-100 23. Line 3, KhBK-bound. Trolleybus at the passenger pick up stop in-front of the Avtovokzal. As of the date of this photo, the system still had two more years to go. There was one remaining service, Line 3, which operated with 5 trolleybuses on the +/-12 min headway between 7:30-21:00. (15 Jul 2005, Denis Artamonov) |
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2-04.
Karla Marksa Pr. / Sadovaya Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 16. Line 1, Avtovokzal-bound. When the city's very first trolleybus line opened on 30.09.1975, it followed somewhat secondary Sadovaya Ul. and Krala Marksa Pr., while the central-most south-north thoroughfare Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. was still served by trams. The situation was soon 'corrected' in 05.1976, but the trolleybus stop at this particular intersection, even though away from city's focal center, was called Tsentr ('Center') ever since. This was also the official Terminal for circular Line 4 and the short-lived Line 8 (1989-1990). Each of these two services looped around the city center area following both clockwise and counterclockwise patterns. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-05.
Karla Marksa Pr. / Sovetskaya Ul.
ZiU-682G 30T. Line 1, Avtovokzal-bound. Most of Karla Marksa Pr. is a charming boulevard, which however, runs at the periphery of the city center. It was mainly served by trolleybus Lines 1 and 4, and very briefly by Lines 2 (1975-1976) and 8 (1989-1990). Line 1 was among the two remaining trolleybus services left after the system's downsizing in 11.1997. The Karla Marksa Pr. Line was always less popular than the main Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. Line four blocks to the east. The former line subsequently closed in favor of the latter in 2004. This photo is made at the junction with the main tramway line at Sovetskaya Ul. (10 Sep 1996, Aare Olander) |
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2-06.
Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. / Sovetskaya Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 10. Line 3, KhBK-bound. Trolleybus crosses the city's main intersection adjacent to Lenina Square. This was also the major tram and trolleybus junction, as the core tramway line via Sovetskaya Ul. intersected here with the key trolleybus line via Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. This photo, however, was made almost two years after the closure of the tram system. The tracks are already paved over, so there is now no sign of trams ever running here. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-07.
Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. / Ionova Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 10. Line 3, KhBK-bound. Trolleybus loops around the square at the northern part of Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. The former semi-interurban suburban trolleybus line to the satellite town of Artyom used to divert to the viewer's left, onto Ionova Ul. This direct trolleybus connection to Artyom (as opposed to the first indirect line through KhBK) was opened on 31.08.1986 and lasted until 11.1997, when more than half of the trolleybus network was closed, including the entire suburban section. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-08.
Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. / Volodarskogo Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 21. Line 3, Avtovokzal-bound. While the south-north corridor was given over to trolleybuses, trams traditionally served the west-east corridor in the city. The only south-north tram connection was the line to Shakhta 'Proletarskoy Diktatury', or Pos. Zvyozdniy. This tramline, however, was sacrificed in favor of trolleybuses in 1976. In this photo a trolleybus is pictured at the north end of Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr., where trams once ran. The Shakhta 'Proletarskoy Diktatury' Tram Terminal was located up the hill, at the end of the street. The Pos. Zvyozdniy Trolleybus Loop was built instead of the tramway loop in 1976. It was briefly used by the first version of Line 3 in late 1976, and by Line 6 between 1983-1986. (11 Oct 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
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2-09.
Zvyozdnaya Ul. / Karla Marksa Pr.
ZiU-VMZ-100 26. Line 3, KhBK-bound. The Zvyozdnaya Ul. connection between Karla Marksa Pr. and Pos. Zvyozdniy opened at the end of 1976, effectively forming a loop around the city's central-most area comprised of the Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. Line and Karla Marksa Pr. Line. At the time of this photo, however, only the Pobedy Revolyutsii Pr. service (Line 3) remained in operation. (15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-10a.
Shishkina Ul. / Temernitskaya Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 16 on the left. Line 3, KhBK-bound. ZiU-VMZ-100 25 on the right. Line 1, Avtovokzal-bound. Trolleybuses meet at the railroad crossing near the Depot. This photo is made at the time when both Line 1 and 3 were still in operation. The Depot's tram access line is visible in the back, also crossing the railroad track. This is the only spot in the city where trams and trolleybuses ever ran side-by-side. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-10b.
Shishkina Ul. / Temernitskaya Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 25. Depot-bound. According to a placard placed in the windshield, this mid-afternoon run will end at the Depot. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-11a.
Shishkina Ul. / Matrosova Ul., at the Trolleybus Depot entrance.
ZiU-VMZ-100 21. Line 3, Avtovokzal-bound. Trolleybus passes the Trolleybus Depot's entrance. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-11b.
Shishkina Ul. / Matrosova Ul., at the Trolleybus Depot entrance.
ZiU-VMZ-100 16. Line 3, KhBK-bound. Another trolleybus passes through the same location and heads in the opposing direction a month prior to system's closure. During final years of service all operable vehicles remained in a relatively good state of repair and a fair cosmetic state. (11 Oct 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
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2-12.
Shishkina Ul. between Smidovicha Ul. / Promyshlennaya Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 16. Line 1, KhBK-bound. The same trolleybus as above four years earlier. The emblem of the city of Shakhty is painted over the front. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-13.
Shishkina Ul. / 40 Let Oktyabrya Pr.
Prior to system's closure the overhead was in a hopeless state of disrepair as the maintenance was virtually non-existent. (15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-14a.
Industrialnaya Ul. / Tekstilnaya Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 10. Line 3, KhBK-bound. Trolleybus at the focal intersection in the KhBK neighborhood - a scatter of relatively modern apartment blocks that constitute a major trip generator in the north of the city. The abbreviation KhBK actually belongs to the adjacent factory, which name has somehow spread to the residential neighborhood nearby. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-14b.
Industrialnaya Ul. / Tekstilnaya Ul.
ZiU-VMZ-100 23. Line 3, Avtovokzal-bound. A return city-bound run at the same intersection. (Jan 2006, Denis Artamonov) |
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2-15a.
Tekstilnaya Ul., the KhBK Terminal.
ZiU-VMZ-100 21 in the fornt. Line 3. ZiU-VMZ-100 16 in the back. Line 1. Trolleybuses belonging to the last two remaining services (at the time of this photo) laying over prior to their return trips. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-15b.
Tekstilnaya Ul., the KhBK Terminal.
ZiU-VMZ-100 23. Line 3. Two years later, only one service remains - Line 3. Consequently, only one trolleybus awaits at the layover area. (15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-15c.
Tekstilnaya Ul. / Voroshilova Ul., the KhBK Terminal Loop.
ZiU-VMZ-100 16. Line 1. As of the date of this photo, this is the northernmost end of the trolleybus line. Prior to 11.1997 the line used to extend beyond KhBK, to the satellite town of Artyom. Another line, a one-way loop encircling the KhBK neighborhood, began here and followed Voroshilova Ul. in the background of this photo. It was served by a local neighborhood circular Line 5 from the early 1980s until 1983, and by the KhBK - Artyom Line 2 from 1983 until 11.1997. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-15d.
Tekstilnaya Ul. / Voroshilova Ul., the KhBK Terminal Loop.
ZiU-VMZ-100 43. Line 3. A winter scene at the same terminal. The KhBK (the textile factory) in the background happens to be the only significant manufacturing facility in the city that remained in operation after the collapse of the mining industry in the early 1990s. (01.2006, Denis Artamonov) |
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2-16.
Voroshilova Ul.
The Shakhty trolleybus system was famous for two long semi-interurban lines to the satellite town of Artyom. The first line to Artyom, served by Line 2, opened in segments between 1975 and 1983. It followed the indirect and rather curvilinear route through the KhBK. Here is the site of the former trolleybus stop at the beginning of the KhBK - Artyom line as it leaves the KhBK neighborhood. (15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-17a.
Trolleybus interior.
ZiU-VMZ-100 23. Line 3. (15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-17b.
Trolleybus interior.
ZiU-VMZ-100 23. Line 3. Signs inside the trolleybus provide phone numbers and names of heads of the city's public transport committee and the 'Avtoelktrotrans' undertaking. The latter is the service provider responsible for municipal buses and trolleybuses. (15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-18a.
The entrance to the Trolleybus Depot.
Ever since the merger of bus and trolleybuses undertakings into one enterprise, the Trolleybus Depot is more likely to house diesel buses, midibuses and minibuses, rather than anything electric. (15 Jul 2005, Blackcat) |
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2-18b.
Trolleybus Depot.
ZiU-682G 11 on the left. ZiU-682V 32 on the right. The last remaining ZiU-682G and ZiU-682V trolleybuses from the pre-VMZ-100 fleet. (12 Sep 2003, YM) |
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2-18c.
Trolleybus Depot.
ZiU-682V 32. The same trolleybus as above at exactly the same spot four years later. Some tires and windows are missing, however. (11 Oct 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
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2-18d.
Trolleybus Depot.
ZiU-VMZ-100 10. All ZIU-VMZ-100 vehicles that remained on the property during last years of operation were a product of the last rolling stock upgrade that took place in 2000. These were refurbished ZiU-682V and ZiU-682G vehicles with VMZ-100 bodies manufactured in Vologda. (11 Oct 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
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2-18e.
Trolleybus Depot.
ZiU-VMZ-100 28. Even though relatively new, the ZiU-VMZ-100 trolleybuses kept dropping like flies for reasons that couldn't be explained. This photo is made a month prior to the system's closure. (11 Oct 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
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2-18f.
Trolleybus Depot.
ZiU-VMZ-100 33. (11 Oct 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
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2-15e.
Tekstilnaya Ul. / Voroshilova Ul., the KhBK Terminal Loop.
LIAZ-5256 diesel bus. Line 3. A diesel bus serving the same route as trolleybus Line 3. The last remaining trolleybus services 1 and 3 were heavily and officially duplicated by an assortment of municipal and private diesel buses, midibuses and gipsy minibuses, that operated under the same route number designation together with a few remaining trolleybuses. (15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-19a.
PAZ midibus. Line 3.
(15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-19b.
GAZel minibus. Line 1.
(15 Jul 2005, BlackCat) |
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2-19c.
LAZ-695 diesel bus. Line 120.
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