News:
15.06.2001 The English and Romanian variants of the Site have appeared.
Gratitude:
first of all to Mr. Aare Olander from Tallinns (Estonia), which has given the most valuable photos for the site - photos of trams and old trolley-buses;
to Mr. Sergey Fedosov from Colambus (USA) for some ideas and material, which while is not present on the site, but which sometime will appear;
to Mr. Valeriy Korchmar for 14 photos, which he for the certain payment has allowed Me to place on the Site;
well and to Sergey Kroytor from Kishinev (Moldavia) for the rest :)
From the Author: not all pages are available in English yet.
Virtual Kishinev |
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All lines are served by Bus Dpt. nr. 2. The general number of buses on lines doesn't exceed 178, from which about 30 are Ikarus-280 (15 of them serve route 23R, 10 - 3R), 2 - Ikarus-263 (on routes 17Е and 38), others - Ikarus-260. There are also some buses LiAZ-5205 but, probably, in a non-working status. At present there are 30 bus routes in Kishinev. In the number of a route the letter "R" stands for "rapid", Е - "express", "C" - "commercial", though there isn't any difference in the mode of circulation. They differ only by fare: in simple (without a letter in the number) - 75 bani (about 6 cents), "C" and "R" - 1 leu (approximately 8 cents), Е - 1.5 lei (12 cents). |
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The lines are served by three urban Trolley-Bus Depts. General number of Trolley-Buses on lines is approximately 240, from which 9 are Skoda-14tr (5 of them serve route 1, 4 - on route 8), 4 articulated YUMZ (2 - on route 1, 2 - on route 8), 7 articulated ZiU-10 (1 - on route 1, 2 - on route 8, 4 - on route 22), others are ЗиУ-9. At present 24 routes work. In October, 2001, by The Day of City, the Authorities of Kishinev are going to hand over in operation a new trolleybus line connecting the Centre with Durleshty. Fare is 50 bani (about 4 cents) yet. |
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In Kishinev the given type of transport is most accessible as covers all city and plies much more often than buses and trolley buses, besides on the majority of routes - from 5:00 untill 23:30, and on some - untill 01:00. The general number of machines on lines is approximately 1500. Models of vans are very different: the majority are Mercedes-207D, -208D, -209D, -210D, -308D, -310D; also there are a lot of Mercedes-407D, -408D and so on; Fiat, Peugeot, RAF, Ford, Hyunday-Н100, DAF, GAZ-Elle, Iveco and lots of others. At present there are 61 route in operation. Fare is 2 lei (about 16 cents). |
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The given type of transport in Kishinev existed since 1888 on 1960. At first it was the horse-railway, then in the period from 1910 till 1913 trams completely have been transferred to electrical draft. |
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Railway Transportation |
The date of Birth of Moldavian Railway is considered August 28, 1871 - day of opening of movement of trains on Tiraspol-Kishinev direction. More detailed information can be gathered on a Site of the Moldavian Railway. |
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If you have any remarks or offers, you can leave a message in the Guest Book. |
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This page was created on June 15, 2001.