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Tatra T6B5 Tatra T6B5 is a Czechoslovak-built high floor four axle tram with a pulse-width-modulation ('chopper') speed control. This model of tram was produced by CKD Praha in Smíchov, Prague in the period of 1983-1995, following one year in Zličín un ...

tram in Tashkent, 2009. , locale =

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

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(Association "Toshshahartranshizmat") , era2_gauge =
(1912–68)

(since 1936) , era2_propulsion_system = electricity , era2_el = 600 V DC , era2_depot = , era2_stock = , era2_single_track_length = , era2_double_track_length = , era2_total_track_length = , era2_route_length = 87.8 km , era2_pass_year = , era2_passengers = , era3_pass_percent = , era2_pass_system = , era2_mpassengers = , era2_map = , era2_website = http://www.tshtx.uz/ Ассоциации "TOSHSHAHARTRANSXIZMAT"
The Tashkent tramway network ( uz, Toshkent tramvayi) formed part of the

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typi ...

system in

, the

capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses t ...

History

The network opened with

horsecar A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar. Summary The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, w ...

s in 1901. Since 1912 the system was converted to electric

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

way. As of its closing in 2016, the network consisted of six lines of 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 within the capital. City-owned operating company Tashgorpastrans also plans to sell the 30 KTM-19 and 20 Vario LF trams, which it acquired in 2007 and 2011, respectively. The system was closed on May 2, 2016. The plans are to restore the tram system by 2024. This will be done by the French company Alstom.

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