City News
St. Petersburg will celebrate the 110th Anniversary of tram
31 August 2017
On 30 September 2017 citizens and guests of the North Capital of Russia will see some extraordinary trams: from first-ever standards to the most modern models.
This day a big celebration, dedicated to this kind of transport will take place in the city. Kronverksky prospekt near Alexandrovsky park will become a venue for this event. Here the Museum of Urban Electric Transport will present “konkas” (the very first trams that is now named “grandmothers of trams”), retro-trams and he latest developments in tram technology – the low-floor trams.
The beginning of celebration will be at 11 o`clock.
We remind that the first rail public transport appeared in our city on 29 September, 1907.