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The following photos were taken on the last day (more precisely, late night) of tram service in Leningradskiy Prospekt - 24 December 2004. The line was suddenly closed because of construction works on a new highway intersection and its future is still not known. Currently, most tracks and overhead remain in place.
If there were double-ended trams in Moscow, the line in Leningradskiy Prospekt could still be operated, even without the final link to a reversing loop in Botkinskiy Proyezd. The line could terminate by stubs with a crossover on one side and use a part of the existing but currently unused tracksge in Alabyana Street loop, as shown on the following diagram. Sorry, the legend is in Russian, but I think the idea is understandable: curent situation is shown in red lines, possible shuttle service - in blue. But in reality there are no such trams in Moscow, and the figure will remain nothing but my fantasy. Frankly speaking, the possibility of 'home-making' a double-ended tram was discussed but got rejected by obvious reasons - getting all required technical approvements would take a few months, and anyway by the end of 2005 it will get clear whether the line would be restored or be closed down for ever.
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