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In which city does the function of the subway perform ordinary trams, which have a door on only one side?

In the 1970s, due to the difficult transport situation in Volgograd, there was a need for a metro, but Volgograd was not then a "millionaire" city, and it was not supposed to have a metro.

They found a way out of the situation by tearing out three underground stations under the busiest intersections and launching the so-called "light rail" through them, which traveled both through tunnels and along ordinary streets. An additional complication was that it was not possible to find trams with doors on both sides of the car. Therefore, in order to ensure that the tram always arrives on the platform on the right side, the tunnels underground were built with twists.

A similar light rail system has also been built in the Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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