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UKVZ
The Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant, officially the Ust-Katavskiy Carriage Works named after S. M. Kirov (russian: Усть-Катавский вагоностроительный завод имени С. М. Кирова, Ust'-Katavskiy Vagonostroitel'nyy Zavod imeni S. M. Kirova) is a railroad carriage works in Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. From 1947 to the end of the 20th century (before the series KTM-8), the factory built trams under the brand name KТМ, which is often used as an informal designation for subsequent models with digital items (e.g. tram 71-619 is also known as KTM-19). History The factory was founded in 1758. The plant built streetcars (trams) from 1901. The first tram was made for Tbilisi. In 1960, the enterprise created a special design office to design tramway rolling stock, which has developed about 20 models of trams. The factory set a world record for the number of cars produced for one model (14,991 cars of model KTM-5). Currently, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTM-8
The 71-608 (in colloquial language KTM-8) is a Russian motor four-axle high-floor tramcar. These rail vehicles are produced by Ust'-Katav Vagon-building plant (UKVZ, УКВЗ, Усть-Катавский Вагоностроительный Завод имени С. М. Кирова - Russian abbreviature and full name). "KTM" means ''Kirov Motor Tramcar'' (russian: Кировский Трамвай Моторный). This abbreviature was producer's official trademark before 1976, when new designation system for tram and subway rolling stock was introduced in the Soviet Union. After official abandoning KTM trademark it still lives in everyday conversations of Russian tram workers and enthusiasts. Types * 71-608 - two prototypes from 1988, used in Tver and Moscow. Withdrawn. * 71-608K - standard model 1991-1993 * 71-608KM - standard model 1993 - 2000s Gallery 71-608 nn.jpg, 71-608KM model 2004 tramcar in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Car from last batches, interior similar to 71 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
71-608
The 71-608 (in colloquial language KTM-8) is a Russian motor four-axle high-floor tramcar. These rail vehicles are produced by Ust'-Katav Vagon-building plant (UKVZ, УКВЗ, Усть-Катавский Вагоностроительный Завод имени С. М. Кирова - Russian abbreviature and full name). "KTM" means ''Kirov Motor Tramcar'' (russian: Кировский Трамвай Моторный). This abbreviature was producer's official trademark before 1976, when new designation system for tram and subway rolling stock was introduced in the Soviet Union. After official abandoning KTM trademark it still lives in everyday conversations of Russian tram workers and enthusiasts. Types * 71-608 - two prototypes from 1988, used in Tver and Moscow. Withdrawn. * 71-608K - standard model 1991-1993 * 71-608KM - standard model 1993 - 2000s Gallery 71-608 nn.jpg, 71-608KM model 2004 tramcar in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Car from last batches, interior similar to 71 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTM/KTP-1
KTM-1 is a Soviet-made two-axle tram with a metal body. KTP-1 is a two-axle trailer car to intended to work under KTM-1 traction. It was the first Soviet-made tram to be originally single ended, as well as designated to work on looped (not dead-end) lines. It was the first Soviet-made tram with wide four-segment folding doors and bigger passenger storage spaces. Doors were driven pneumatically. History KTM/KTP1 development began after World War II. The production of experimental KTM/KTP-11 trams began in December 1947 in a tram manufacturing plant in Ust' Katavsk City. In the next year, the plant started serial production of the trams. Production lasted until 1961, when the plant switched to the production more modern KTM/KTP-2 trams. Usage The KTM/KTP1 operated in most Soviet cities. In the Russian Federation cities without the KTM/KTP-1 were Zlatoust, Kolomna, Kopeysk, Kursk, Leningrad, Noginsk, Smolensk, and Yekaterinburg. Design KTM/KTP1 was a transitional stage between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kh (tramcar)
Kh (russian: Х) was the class of double axled high-floor tramcars, which were built in Soviet Union in interbellum period. First vehicles were built in 1927 and delivered to Kharkov, Ukraine. First letter of city name, Cyrillic ''Х'' (usually transliterated as ''Kh''), was selected as a designation of whole series. After Kharkiv, tramcars of this type were supplied to many Soviet cities and became most numerous in the fleets of many municipalities. In 1941, after the onset of Operation Barbarossa, their production was stopped for maximizing war efforts. The Kh-class tramcars were finally withdrawn from the city service in the mid-1960s as they had become operationally obsolete; their sturdy construction would have allowed them to be used much longer, but tram systems preferred more modern, better riding, newer trams. A small number of surviving cars are preserved for museum purposes in Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low-floor Tram
A low-floor tram is a tram that has no stairsteps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin. The low-floor design improves the accessibility of the tram for the public, and also may provide larger windows and more airspace. An accessible platform-level floor in a tram can be achieved either by using a high-floor vehicle serving high-platform tram stops, or with a true low-floor vehicle interfacing with curb level stops. Currently both types are in use, depending on the station platform infrastructure in existing rail systems. Some systems may make use of former railway alignments where use of existing high platforms is desirable, while others, particularly new systems, may not have the space to site high-level stops in urban centres. Low-floor tram configurations Trams traditionally had high floors, and these designs evolved into the tram with a low-floor centre section. Examples of this design are Amsterdam 11g/12g-trams and the Kusttrams in Belgium. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ust-Katav
Ust-Katav (russian: Усть-Ката́в) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River. Population: Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Ust-Katav—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Resolution #161 As a municipal division, the Town of Ust-Katav is incorporated as Ust-Katavsky Urban Okrug. Economy Ust-Katav is best known for its factory UKVZ, which is the production place of the world's most numerous model of streetcar, the KTM-5. Transportation Ust-Katav is situated near the Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ..., as well as the M5 "Ural" motorway. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khrunichev State Research And Production Space Center
The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (''Государственный космический научно-производственный центр (ГКНПЦ) имени М. В. Хру́ничева'' in Russian) is a Moscow-based manufacturer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets, and the Russian modules of Mir and the International Space Station. The company's history dates back to 1916, when an automobile factory was established at Fili, western suburb of Moscow. It soon switched production to airplanes and during World War II produced Ilyushin Il-4 and Tupolev Tu-2 bombers. A design bureau, OKB-23, was added to the company in 1951. In 1959, the company started developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, and later spacecraft and space launch vehicles. The company designed and produced all Soviet space stations, including Mir. OKB-23, renamed to ''Salyut Design Bureau'', became an independent company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal State Unitary Enterprise
A unitary enterprise (russian: унитарное предприятие) is a government-owned corporation in Russia and some other post-Soviet states. Unitary enterprises are business entities that have no ownership rights to the assets that they use in their operations. This form is possible only for state and municipal enterprises, which respectively operate state or municipal property. The owners of the property of a unitary enterprise have no responsibility for its operation and vice versa. Russia Federal Law No. 161-ФЗ "''On State and Municipal Unitary Enterprises''" (amended July 13, 2015), defines the legal status of unitary enterprises in Russia. The State Duma passed this law on October 11, 2002, and President Putin signed it on November 14, 2002. The assets of unitary enterprises belong to the federal government, to a Russian federal subject, or to a municipality. A unitary enterprise holds assets under economic management (for both state and municipal unitary e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrovagonmash
Metrowagonmash, also Metrovagonmash (russian: ОАО "Метровагонмаш", OAO "Metrovagonmash"), is an engineering company in Mytishchi, Russia. Metrowagonmash (MWM) is one of the leading enterprises in Russia operating in the field of transport machine building. It specializes in development, designing and manufacturing of rolling stock for Rapid transit, metro systems and railways. Metrowagonmash is part of Transmashholding. In May 2009 its Mytishchi Machine-building Factory was spun off as a separate truck and armored vehicle manufacturing company. History The plant was founded in 1897 (in the village of Big Mytishchi) to manufacture railcars, first for the Northern Railway (Russia), Russian North Railway. Tramways and snowplows for Moscow have been produced since 1903, electric passenger trains since 1929 and metro-cars since 1934. During World War II, self-propelled guns, military tractors, tracked vehicles and other military material were produced. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
