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A trolleybus enters the square in-front of the Main Railroad Station.
( 21.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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Only the font door is opened at the drop off stop so fares could be collected by the driver. Passengers are met by a woman-scalper pushing railroad tickets.
( 02.06.2002 , Yury Maller )
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A trolleybus loops around the square in-front of the Main Railroad Station.
( 01.04.2011 , Mikhail Pochukaev )
Diesel Bus
At the time of this photo the Line 5 was briefly bustituted due to trolleybus rolling stock and personnel shortages. Municipal trolleybuses and diesel buses are under the same management, which provides for easy substitutions between modes.
( 01.04.2011 , Mikhail Pochukaev )
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Fine samples of Soviet-era city transport rolling stock at the pick up stop in-front of the Main Railroad Station.
( 02.06.2002 , Yury Maller )
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A trolleybus leaves the square in-front of the Main Railroad Station.
( 21.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
Diesel Bus
The city of Tambov is overwhelmed by diesel buses. Moreover, at the time of this photo some trolleybuses services were substituted with diesel buses due to rolling stock shortages. Consecutively trolleybuses appeared at the city’s Main Railroad Stations 3 times an hour. This was further reduced on the day in question to 1 trolleybus an hour due to equipment breakdowns. This prompted the author to settle for a shot of the city’s premier thoroughfare dominated with diesel buses.
( 20.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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At the time of this photo the Lines 3 and 20, served with 2 and 1 vehicles respectively, were the only trolleybus services to operate via Internatsionalnaya Ul. to the Main Railroad Station. However, due to breakdowns, on this particular late afternoon the given trolleybus was the sole vehicle left to serve the entire line.
( 20.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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( 22.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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Improvised rear windows, a sure sign of lack of funds for spare parts, earned such vehicles a nickname “armed vehicle”.
( 18.07.2009 , Aleksandr Ryabov )
VMZ-5298.01-50 "Avangard"
At the time of this photo there were 14 such Vologda-built low floor vehicles on the property (13 considering one of them catching fire on 01.2011). The line via Krasnaya Ul. used to be two-way, but was rewired into a one-way line due to traffic pattern changes in 1995. The contraflow overhead still remains, unconnected.
( 21.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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A trolleybus serving the Line 5 heads for the Main Railroad Station. A year later the line will be dieselized for a brief period of time due to equipment and personnel shortages.
( 23.06.2010 , Aleksandr Oleynikov )
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A trolleybus operating on the main Internatsionalnaya Ul. crosses the overhead diverge onto the southern section of Bazarnaya Ul.
( 21.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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The only Ufa-built BTZ trolleybus on the property.
( 18.06.2010 , Aleksandr Oleynikov )
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The only Ufa-built BTZ trolleybus on the property.
( 1984 , Provided by Mikhail Pochukaev )
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A trolleybus serving the Line 6 operates via a diversion route due to closure of Sovetskaya Ul. for road works. Ever since changes in traffic patterns in the city center took place in 1995, this intersection is in dire need of the south-east overhead turnoff from Bazarnaya Ul. onto Internatsionalnaya Ul. - the right turn for the given trolleybus. In absence of this option, the trolleybus makes the left turn in order to detour as far as through the Main Railroad Station loop, three stops away.
( 02.06.2002 , Yury Maller )
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( 08.08.2007 , Mikhail Pochukaev )
ZiU-5
ZiU-5 trolleybuses operated in the city between the early 1960s and the late 1980s. There were 114 such vehicles.
( 1984 , From the book "Po Obe Storony Tsny", provided by Mikhail Pochukaev )
VMZ-5298.00 (VMZ-375)
At the time of this photo only one trolleybus of this type remained on the property. 7 other such trolleybuses were brought in 2007 by the Vologda Holding Company with privatization of the enterprise, but they left the city with that operator pulling out in 2009. This particular vehicle, though, was fully paid for by the city, and thus, stayed behind.
( 08.07.2010 , Aleksandr Oleynikov )
MTB-82
MTB-82 trolleybuses operated in the city between 1955 and the 1970s. There were 61 such vehicles.
( 1971 , Postcard )
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The trolleybus overhead follows the outer perimeter of the main Lenin Square. The city's main Theater of Drama is in the background.
( 20.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
TrolZa-5265.00 "Megapolis"
New low-floor trolleybuses are showcased in the city's main square shortly after delivery to the city.
( 03.03.2011 , Aleksandr Oleynikov )
Diesel Bus
At the time of this photo the trolleybus Route 5 was bustituted. The diesel bus doesn't have to follow the overhead via the outer perimeter of the square, and thus shoots directly through the center of the square.
( 20.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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Tambov in the early 1990s. The communist propaganda is replaced with early commercial message declaring: "The profits await you". The font of the letters, however, is curiously the same.
( 08.04.1994 , Aare Olander )
VMZ-5298.00 (VMZ-375)
The given photo is made during a brief attempt to privatize the trolleybus enterprise, when between 2007-2009 it was operated by the Vologda Holding Company private trolleybus builder and operator. 7 such Vologda-built vehicles were brought into the city by the given company, but were taken back to Vologda when the company pulled out.
( 17.05.2009 , Mikhail Pochukaev )
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( 20.02.2011 , Yury Maller )
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The eastern end of the city' main Internatsionalnaya Ul. culminates with a boulevard.
( 09.05.2009 , Irina Rogozhina )
