Kryvyi Rih Metrotram
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Zarichna metrotram station
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| Overview | |||
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| Locale | Kryvyi Rih | ||
| Transit type | Light rail | ||
| Number of lines | 3 (routes) | ||
| Number of stations | 15 (+1 abandoned) | ||
| Daily ridership | 45 340 (2009) | ||
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| Began operation | 26 December 1986 | ||
| Operator(s) | KP "Shvydkisnyi Tramvai" | ||
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| System length | 18.7 km (11.6 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) | ||
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The Kryvyi Rih Metrotram or the Kryvyi Rih Fast Tram (Ukrainian: Криворізький Швидкісний Tрамвай) or until 2003, the Kryvyi Rih Metropoliten (Ukrainian: Криворізький метрополітен) is a partially underground rapid tram/light rail system that serves the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the eighth-largest city in Ukraine.
Despite its designation as a "metro tram" and its use of tram cars as rolling stock, the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram is a fully grade-separated both from roads and from the city's conventional tram lines, with enclosed stations and tracks.
The design of the Metrotram seen in Kryvyi Rih has its roots in the socialist urban planning guidelines that were formulated in the 1960s, based on models of the emergence of new urban centers and the transport arrangements that would suit them, in particular, how a small settlement would grow into a full-sized city, and at which point a rapid transit system would need to be built. Kryvyi Rih and Volgograd were both chosen to test whether construction of a full-scale metro system could be avoided by adopting a light rail design for a socialist city. Both cities had developed tram networks, but like most urban centres, overcrowding and widespread congestion proved too much for the trams to serve as the main transport arteries. Moreover, both cities were destroyed in World War II and rebuilt, with all the requirements of a modern city considered in planning.
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