TRAMS IN TASHKENT

Tashkent tram energy storage

The network opened with in 1901. Since 1912 the system has been converted to electric . As of its closing in 2016, the network consisted of six lines of 87.8 kilometres (54.6 mi) of route, a decline from the tram system's maximum of 24 lines. Tashkent Mayor Rakhmonbek Usmonov announced on March 29, 2016, that the network would close by year's end in order to make way for more cars and thus aid in reducing congestions wit. [pdf]