Vyborg Tram

Russian period

• September 28, 1912 - the opening of traffic along the line Papula - Abosky bridge 2.522 km long

• October 13, 1912 - opening of the second line

• December 5, 1912 - the opening of traffic along the Abo Bridge- Neitsyutniemi line 1,1481 km long

Finnish period

In 1920, the largest tram accident in Finland occurred in Vyborg when two wagons went off the rails when turning from a steep descent, as a result of which five people died and at least ten people were injured.

• November 1922 - expansion of the route network
• September 1926 - expansion of the route network
• October 1937 - expansion of the route network
• December 1, 1939 - cessation of operation as a result of the bombing of Vyborg by the Soviet Air Force ^[1]
• December 16, 1939 - restoration of movement ^[1]
• December 23, 1939 - the cessation of exploitation as a result of the destruction of the city economy by the Finns during the retreat ^[1]
• March 13, 1940 - Vyborg is occupied by Soviet troops

Soviet period

• May 1940 - Vyborg Tram Office organized

• August 22, 1940 - the opening of traffic along the routes Station - Papula - Fire Square and Station - the village named after Lenin

• Spring 1941 - opening of traffic on the line Fortress - Fire Square

• August 1941 - cessation of movement as a result of the capture of Vyborg by the Finnish army ^[1]

War Finnish Period

• May 5, 1943 - restoration of movement ^[1]

• June 15, 1944 - cessation of movement as a result of the storming of Vyborg by the Red Army ^[1]

Post-war Soviet period

• September 21, 1946 - restoration of movement
• July 1947 - the second stage of the city tram was put into operation - the two-kilometer line Vyborg - Fortress Bridge - Hospital Street - Sorvali ^[2] .
• June 1948 - restoration of the third stage of the tram (lines behind the railway bridge) began.
• August 1952 - a 0.8 km long line was put into operation in the Northern Village ^[2]
• 1953 - a self-propelled snow blower was built in the depot.
• 1954 - the tram line in the Vyborg castle area was reconstructed. The line along Pionerskaya and Krepostnaya Streets was eliminated, which eliminated the danger of wagons operating on the complex profile of Krepostnaya Mountain in winter. The new line instead of the old one was laid along the bay along the Northern embankment from Ave. Lenin to the Fortress Bridge. For 45 days, 650 meters of a new route were laid at the initiative of the depot workers and without attracting additional allocations.
• June 7, 1954 - completion of the reconstruction.

• Summer 1954 - construction of revolving rings at the hospital and at the dairy began ^[2] . At the same time, the conversion of some cars to one-way control was started. The cars were equipped with cabs of carriages and began to have steps for boarding passengers only on the right side.
• November 1954 - completion of the construction of the ring at the dairy ^[2] .
• The end of 1954 - the construction of a junction on Battalion Street began ^[2] .
• June 1955 - the construction of pavilions at stops has begun, reconstruction of the track facilities is underway: the broken stone and crushed stone base has been replaced by a new sleeper-sand base. New shooters of production of the Leningrad termite-switch plant are being installed. The double-track section from the communal bank to the Market Square is extended.
• February 1957 - a decision was made to close the tram traffic, motivated by the low power and technical backwardness of the tram economy: “the total length of the tracks is only 12 km; over 60% of the paths require replacement; traction substation is unsuitable for further operation; the annual loss from the tram system is 500 thousand rubles; the tram requires large financial investments for reconstruction and restricts the movement of vehicles in the narrow streets of Vyborg; the planned reconstruction of the Fortress Bridge will lead to a long termination of the tram communication between the center and the district hospital ” ^[2] .
• April 1, 1957 ^[2] - cessation of movement

As you know, the last rails of the Vyborg tram on the site from the market to Battery Mountain were removed on July 10, 1957. However, on Krepostnaya Street for a long time there were three tram rails near the hatches, and the rail at the former exit of the depot was also preserved. In the city of Lappeenranta (Finland), in the Museum of South Karelia there is a model of Vyborg for September 1939, which depicts trams of that time at work.

In 2018, a monument to the Vyborg tram was installed in a small triangular square, separated from the main part of Theater Square by Bank Passage, a life-size model decorated with statues of a conductor and a farewell boy. In this regard, the square was named Tramway. The monument is placed on historical tracks taken in the former tram depot of Vyborg.

• Vyborg Tram
• History of the Vyborg Tram
• Viipurin raitiotiet / Tramways of Viipuri (/ Vyborg) (Fin .)
• A short article about the Vyborg tram in the newspaper Vyborg Vedomosti
• Short excerpts about the Vyborg tram from newspapers of the mid-20th century
• About the issue of the brochure “Meeting with the Vyborg Tram”