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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Tallinna Trammi- ja Trollibussikoondis (TTTK)
| 1 | Kopli - Karjamaa - Balti Jaam (Railway Station) - Hobujaama - Kadriorg |
| 2 | Kopli - Karjamaa - Balti Jaam (Railway Station) - Hobujaama - Lubja - Majaka põik - Suur-Paala |
| 3 | Tondi - Vineeri - Hobujaama - Kadriorg |
| 4 | Tondi - Vineeri - Hobujaama - Lubja - Majaka põik - Suur-Paala |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways: 20 km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways: (horse-drawn) 1888 - 1925; (petrol/steam): 1915 - 1953; (electric): 1925 - today
GAUGE
- Urban tramways: 1067 mm. (Steam/petrol tramways: 1524 mm between 1915-1931)
SOURCES
- Leppänen, I. "Tallinn tramways", Modern Tramway, June 1974 (37: 438), p.187-192.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.85: Tallinn, Estonia" Tramways & Urban Transit Oct. 2014 (77: 922), p.433-436.
- Pulling, N: "Systems Factfile No.144: Tallinn, Estonia", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2019 (82: 982), p.385-389.
- Straßenbahnatlas ehem. Sowjetunion - Tramway atlas of the former USSR. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn / London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1996.
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