InTramCities with Gordon Stewart

Film No	No	Location	View	Dir	Tram
850192	1	1905 Goda			5510
						Above : This photo is taken on Krasnaya Presnya Ulitsa at Ulitsa 1905 Goda Metro Station. The tram has come from the junction with Ulitsa 1905 Goda. Trams were removed in 2000 but trolleybuses remain. From here the tram ran south via Ulitsa Trekhgornyy Val to a terminus loop at Shmitovskiy Proyezd and northwards to meet Leningradskiy Prospekt via Zvenigorodskoye Shosse, Ulitsa Sergeya Makeeva, Ulitsa 1905 Goda (northern section), Begovaya Ulitsa and 1-y Botkinskiy Proyezd.
850192	2	1905 Goda			5510
						Above : This photo is taken on Krasnaya Presnya Ulitsa at Ulitsa 1905 Goda Metro Station. The tram has come from the junction with Ulitsa 1905 Goda. The monument is to the heroes of the 1905 revolution and is in front of the entrance to the metro station
850192	3	Zvenigorodskoye Shosse			1026
						Above : The oubound continuation of Krasnaya Presnya Ulitsa after the junction with Ulitsa 1905 Goda is Zvenigorodskoye Shosse. This view just to the north-west of the junction has been totally transformed. The block of flats remains although with commercial units at ground floor level. Almost all of the greenery has been removed and the northern side of the road built on. The road itself, with trams removed, has been transformed into an eight-lane highway
850192	4	Zvenigorodskoye Shosse			1831
						Above : The construction of a housing block is the first sign of transformation of what is almost a rural scene with the Tatra tram 1831 having turned out of Ulitsa Sergeya Makeeva into Zvenigorodskoye Shosse en route to Ulitsa 1905 Goda
850192	5	Volokolamskoye Shosse			1026
						Above : View towards the city centre on Volokolamskoye Shosse just outwards of the junction with Baltijskaya Ulitsa, another scene where road building has transformed the view with a multi-lane highway, road tunnel and elevated access roads. The tramway, heading onwards towards the city on Leningradskiy Prospekt was removed in 2000 and now terminates at a loop at this point, with close access to Sokol metro station.
850192	6	Volokolamskoye Shosse			5505
						Above : Looking outwards, the scene is more recognisable. The tram tracks and tram services remain, although at this point they are now approaching a terminus loop close to Sokol metro station
850192	7	Volokolamskoye Shosse			1838
						Above : The loop for terminating services was in use in 1985 as illustrated above with the tram behind the trees. The network in the north-west of the city now served from Sokol remains largely intact and also remains isolated from the remainder of the city's system.
850192	8	Volokolamskoye Shosse			5505
						Above : Another view towards the city centre with a billboard relating to the upcoming 27th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
850192	9	Volokolamskoye Shosse			1961
						Above : Information boards celebrate the 26th party congress amongst other events designed to encourage the population.
850192	10	Volokolamskoye Shosse			1808
						Above : View inwards along Volokolamskoye Shosse towards Sokol metro station
850192	11	Aviatsionnaya Ulitsa			1928
						Above : Despite all around now being built-up high rise, the tramway still runs on a private right of way through a wooded area crossing Aviatsonnaya Ulitsa
850192	12	Aviatsionnaya Ulitsa			1834
						Above : Despite all around now being built-up high rise, the tramway still runs on a private right of way through a wooded area
850192	13	Ulitsa Konstantina Tsareva			1835
						Above : View north-eastwards on Ulitsa Konstantina Tsareva, approching the bridge with the Leningradskoye Shosse highway
850192	14	UIitsa Konstantina Tsareva			5445
						Above : View south-westwards on Ulitsa Konstantina Tsareva with the Moscow Aviation Institute tower block in the background
850192	15	Most Pobedy			929
						Above : Tram leaves the bridge taking tram over the Moscow-Riga railway line at Most Pobedy
850201	1	Most Pobedy			1831
						Above : Tram leaves the bridge taking tram over the Moscow-Riga railway line at Most Pobedy
850201	2	1. Novopodmoskovniy Peruolok.			5523
						Above : Tram heading south on 1-yi Novopodmoskovnyy Pereulok. In the background is a tram on Zoi I Aleksandra Komodem'yanskikh Ulitsa, shortly before arriving at the terminus at Voykovskaya metro station
850201	3	Voykovskaya metro			919
						Above : Voykovskaya Metro Staion tram terminus with the tram turning into Zoi I Aleksandra Komodem'yanskikh Ulitsa. The large building faces onto the Leningradskoye Shosse
850201	4	Voykovskaya metro			1912
						Zoi I Aleksandra Komodem'yanskikh Ulitsa with a tram turning into 1-yi Novopodmoskovnyy Pereulok rather than straight on to the nearby terminus
850201	5	Voykovskaya metro			1850
						Above: Tram turning out of 1-yi Novopodmoskovnyy Pereulok into Zoi I Aleksandra Komodem'yanskikh Ulitsa
850201	6	Kosmodemianskikh Street			5495
						Above: Tram north-eastbound on Zoi I Aleksandra Komodem'yanskikh Ulitsa at 2. Podmorskovnyy Pereulok
850201	7	Ulitsa Klery Tsetkin			1037
						Above : On Ulitsa Klery Tsetkin and about to turn right into Zoi I Aleksandra Komodem'yanskikh Ulitsa
850201	8	Kosmodemianskikh Street			1848
						Above : On Zoi I Aleksandra Komodem'yanskikh Ulitsa about to turn left into Ulitsa Klery Tsetkin
850201	9	Sobolevskiy Proyezd			924
						Above : Sobolevskiy Proyezd, although flanked by large housing blocks, remains a quiet tree-lined street, primarily a tram-only alignment but with access for motor vehicles. Modern higher-rise flats have been added to the traditional Soviet-style blocks
850201	10	Sobolevskiy Proyezd
850201	11	Sobolevskiy Proyezd			5567
850201	12	Sobolevskiy Proyezd			1002
850201	13	Mikhalkovskaya Street			5271
						Above : View south-eastwards on Mikhalkovskaya Ulitsa approaching the junction with Ulitsa Bol'shaya Akademischeskaya
850201	14	Mikhalkovskaya Street			924
						Above : Tatra tram 924 heads south east on Mikhalkovskaya Ulitsa approaching the junction with Ulitsa Bol'shaya Akademischeskaya. Tram route 27, which commenced at Voykovskaya metro station continued along Timiryazevskaya Ulitsa and other major streets almost to the edge of the city centre before turning back in a large arc to terminate at Ulitsa 8. Marta. At the junction of Butyrskaya Ulitsa and Ulitsa Nizhnyaya Maslovka at Savyolovskaya metro station, the line came within 750 metres of the main Moscow tram network on Ulitsa Dvintsev. Whilst this might now have been regarded as a perfect opportunity to connect the two systems, that opportunity no longer exists. Line 27 was curtailed to a new loop at Dmitrovskaya Station. In 2019 new proposals were tabled to make a link from the surviving section of line 27 to the northern part of the main network at Ostankino.
850201	15	Tikhvinskaya Street
						Above : View northwards on Tikhvinskaya Ulitsa at the junction with Minayevskiy Pereulok. The tram has come the short distance from the nearby Ulitsa Dvintsev terminus on tracks which are now closed. Tracks remain in Tikhvinskaya Ulitsa south of here and in Minayevskiy Pereulok. The ground floor of the block of flats has been turned over to shops. A new block towers over the smaller building in the distance
850201	16	Perunovskiy Pereulok
						Above : View south west of a tram on Perunovskiy Pereulok seen from the junction with Tikhvinskaya Ulitsa. Tracks on Sushchevskaya Ulitsa (left) and Ulitsa Palika (ahead behind the tram) all remain in service as well as the line in Tikhvinskaya Ulitsa.
850201	17	Dostoyevskogo Pereulok			5166
						Above : View northwards to the junction with Ulitsa Dostoyevsko, where the tram turns left. The old building has been replaced.
850201	18	3rd Samotechniy Pereulok			5304
						Above : View south-eastwards
850201	19	3rd Samotechniy Pereulok			1066
						Above : View northwestwards. The old building has been removed but not replaced
850201	20	Ulitsa Durova			5624
						Above : Ulitsa Durova, looking westwards from outside the Moscow Mosque,which was demolished in 2011 and rebuilt new, opening in 2015. The large grey building to the left has been removed but not replaced. A large tower building has been constructed behind the second, smaller, red building. The former Olympic Stadium is to the right of the view
850201	21	Protopopovskiy Pereulok			5458
						Above : Tram turns out of  Ulitsa Gilyarovskogo into Protopopovskiy Pereulok. Whilst tracks in the latter survive and trams still turn south into Gilyarovskogo Ulitsa, those going north (from where the tram has come) have now been closed. Gilyarovskogo runs parallel to Prospekt Mira and, further north, the tracks joined Prospekt Mira and continued on to VDNKh and Medvekovo. The surroundings have now been transformed and the Khram Sviyatitelya Filippa Metropolita Moskovskogo Church restored to resplendent glory. The photo is taken from the location of the current Sportkompleks "Olimpiyskiy" tram stop
850201	27	Protopopovskiy Pereulok
						Above : Tram on Protopopovskiy Pereoluk, crossing Prospekt Mira from east to west. The view is little changed except for the amount of motor traffic
850201	22	VDNKh / Prospekt Mira
						Above : A standard Tatra tram outside the VDNKh metro station on Prospekt Mira. VDNKh is a permanent exhibition park in the north of Moscow dedicated to the Achievements of the Russian (Soviet in 1985) Economy and doubles up as an amusement park. Although this alignment close to the metro station entrance survived the closure of services southbound on Prospekt Mira in 1995, it was later removed and replaced by a new line slightly to the west and closer to the park entrance which allowed for services between Medvekovo and Ostakino to continue without taking up space on this part of the upgraded Prospekt Mira highway.
850201	23	VDNKh / Prospekt Mira			5299
						Above : Tram 5299 heads south along Prospekt Mira at VDNKh. This scene has been totally transformed as Prospekt Mira has been transformed into a multi-lane high-speed highway with overpasses, slip roads and in the background of the view above, a road underpass. The wooded area to the left had been cut down by 1999 for the new road. Trams still serve VDNKh from Medvekovo in the north but on a new alignment parallel to Prospekt Mira at this location alongside the parking lots from where they run to the Ostankino terminus. Trams also link into the network on the eastern side of the city, the largest remaining concentration of tram routes by crossing Prospekt Mira on Ulitsa Borisa Galushkina, where the main highway dives into the cutting
850201	24	VDNKh/Prospekt Mira			5544
						Above : View towards the city centre on the wide avenue of Prospekt Mira just to the south of VDNKh at the junction with Zvozdnyy Bul'var and Ostankinskiy Proyezd. The generous proportion of roads in the Soviet city allowed space for the modern highway developments, but only at the expense of space for the tramway and pedestrians. Closure of this tram line removed the direct route to the northern edge of the city centre, but its demise was unsurprising as it duplicated a metro line which gave access to the heart of the city. This wass the most prominent of tramway closures in Moscow in modern times. Between 1995 and 1999 trams turned right into Ostankinskiy Proyezd to access the existing line to Ostankino or to terminate at the VDNKh park.
850201	25	Prospekt Mira			763
						Above : View southwards towards the city centre on Prospekt Mira
850201	26	Prospekt Mira			976
						Above : View southwards towards the city centre on Prospekt Mira

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