DRUZHKOVKA
There was only one tram in service during our visit on route 3. One of the two cars on route 1 had broken down in the late afternoon and the service was abandoned for the day.
1 & 2. The sole car on route 2.
3. A handwritten timetable pasted on the back on the cab.
4. The defective tram on route 1 being pushed back to the depot.

KRAMATORSK - a tramway with a development plan



KRAMATORSK

DONETSK 6 Tatraland.
Tatra T3s provide the backbone of the service in Donetsk. The lady in pink on the third picture is the driver checking her car at the city terminus.

DONETSK 5 The worl'd bleakest tram junction. I'm not sure how the theories about flange wear and check rail apply to this crossing.

DONETSK 4 coupling trams.
Breakdowns are commonplace on Ukrainian tramways and as a result the mostly female crews are skilled at coupling trams and pushing them back to the depot. In picture 2 the lady is putting a wooden block under the tow bar to equalise the heights.

DONETSK 3 an MTV82.
MTV82s were built in Moscow between 1947 and 1949 and then production was transferred to Riga until 1966 when they were replaced by the PCC inspired RVZ6.

DONETSK 2 works cars etc.
A feature of former Soviet tramways is a vast number of works cars and here are two examples. Very few new trams have been delivered since 1992 and most depot yards are full of rusting hulks stripped of useful parts. Donetsk is unusual in cutting up old bodies.