Travels 2017 – Part VIII (VDVA Riga, Kaunas & Vilnius)
On 12. September 2017 by WebmasterThe big 2017 VDVA tour took us to the Baltics and Helsinki. The group met in Riga as this was easiest to reach for most participants by air). We then took a coach down to Lithuania and started the tour with visits to the two trolleybus systems there. If you are interested in joining us
Kharkiv Works Cars
On 20. July 2017 by WebmasterKharkiv is another system with a large number of work (non-passenger) equipment, though much reduced in size compared to just a few years ago. Some of the retired cars remain stored on property. We have tried to list the location where all vehicles are stationed (by personal observation during 2 separate visits to all depots).
Kiev Works Cars
On 12. July 2017 by WebmasterLike many large tramway systems the Kiev fleet sports a fairly large number of work (non-passenger) equipment. Some cars have been withdrawn in the last few years but a few of those still remain stored on property. We have tried to list the location where all vehicles are stationed (by personal observation during 3 separate
Travels 2017 – Part VII (Ukraine in June: Krywyj Rih to Odessa)
On 6. July 2017 by WebmasterThe last leg of this coach tour took us from Krywyj Rih to Odessa. We had visited Krywyj Rih before and to our surprise this time they allowed us to take photos on the fast tram (Metro Tram), but again no depot visit (only on the city network). Odessa is also not keen to show
Travels 2017 – Part VI (Ukraine in June: Kiev to Zaporizhia)
On 6. July 2017 by WebmasterMore to see in Kiev. We then headed East to Charkiw and ended up in Dnipro (which was also our base for the two other systems nearby). Driving around the country in a big coach is slightly better than driving around in a car (you don’t feel the potholes so much), but even on this
Travels 2017 – Part V (Ukraine in June: Lviv to Kiev)
On 4. July 2017 by WebmasterSecond visit of Ukraine this year! A well deserved repeat visit to all the systems shown. The group met in Kiev and we all flew to Lviv. From there our coach took us back to Kiev. day 1 – Київ/Kyjiw (Kiew/Kiev) day 2 – Львів (Lviv/Lemberg) day 3 – Тернопіль (Ternopil/Tarnopol) day 3 – Хмельницький
Travels 2017 – Part IV (Ukraine in April: Odessa to Kiev)
On 12. May 2017 by WebmasterHeading South again we arrived in Odessa. The last leg took us from Odessa back to Kiev. During this tour by car we had thus visited all the systems in Central Ukraine (Western Ukraine we had done in 2016 and Donbas in the East was to follow soon). Most of the roads we used were
Travels 2017 – Part III (Ukraine in April: Krywyj Rih to Tscherkassy)
On 12. May 2017 by WebmasterA lot of trolleybus systems on this part of the road tour heading West after Dnipro. This meant that we would miss Mariupol (thus to be done together with Donbas in 2018). days 12-13 – Криви́й Ріг (Krywyj Rih) day 14 – Кропивницький (Kropywnyzkyj – until recently Kirovohrad) day 15 – Кременчук (Kremenchuk/Krementschuk) day 16
Travels 2017 – Part II (Ukraine in April: Dnipro to Kamianske)
On 12. May 2017 by WebmasterOn we drove South towards Dnipro. We avoided Donbas this time as this was to be explored in 2018. days 7 + 10 + 11 – Дніпро (Dnipro – until recently Dnipropetrovsk) day 8 – Запорі́жжя (Zaporizhzhia) day 9 – Кам’янське (Kamianske – until recently Dniprodzerzhynsk)