Abelmanovskaya Zastava Square is one of the key nodes of the Moscow tram system. Four tramlines meet here, and most tram
routes of the South-East of Moscow cross this square. Unfortunately, the square is a key node for car traffic, too, and
trams began to stuck in traffic here. The situation had become catastrophic by early 2000's when tram and car jams were
almost regular and lasted for many hours, with dozens of trams batched in stillstands. Lately the problem has become less
severe as the jams moved farther to a newly built intersection where no trams run, and today Abelmanovskaya Zastava is
again just a busy square. With trams which have survived the heavy times.
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Abelmanovskaya Zastava Square has changed much during the last
decades. There have risen new high buildings, the car traffic increased in times. But the tram remains a remarkable
part of the square.
This tramcar is making for Rogozhskiy Val street from Bolshaya Kalitnikovskaya street.
September 1999 |
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Having passed a little from the square along the Rogozhsky
Val Street, the tram line forks. One branch continues along Rogozhskiy Val while the other turns to Malaya Andronyevskaya
Street. Here you can see this junction and a queue of tramcars heading for the Abelmanovskaya Zastava.
This crossing without any traffic lights is the main reason for tram problems in this district, as the motorcars are reluctant
to give priority to trams.
April 2000 |
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This is a crossroad of Malaya Andronyevskaya and Trudovaya streets.
The buildings along the Rogozhsky Val Street loom in the background.
April 2000 |
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The traffic in Bolshaya Andronyevskaya street is not as heavy as in
Rogozhsky Val. This street still keeps a look of old sweet Moscow - two-three-storey houses, green yards...
April 2000 |
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This is a building of Rogozhskaya power substation that stands on a corner of Bolshaya Andronyevskaya and Shkolnaya streets.
This substation was built in 1909 specially for tram, and it still continues to feed the tramway and trolleybus of
Moscow with electric power.
April 2000 |
[ Home | Shkolnaya
Street
| Rogozhskiy
Val
| Abelmanovskaya
Street
| Bolshaya
Kalitnikovskaya Street
]
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