page_title: Trams in Saint Petersburg
section_title: Current operations
hierarchical_section_title: Trams in Saint Petersburg / Current operations
caption_attribution_description: Tram-only viaduct in Saint Petersburg, Russia
context_page_description: Trams in Saint Petersburg are a major mode of public transit in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Saint Petersburg once had the second-largest tram network in the world, consisting of about 340 kilometres of unduplicated track in the late 1980s. However, since 1995 the tramway network has declined sharply in size as major portions of track were removed, particularly in the city centre. Saint Petersburg lost its record to Melbourne, Australia. While it still had 285 kilometres of length in 2002, by early 2007 the tram network's had declined to just over 220 kilometres, and by the 2010s operated on just 205.5 kilometres of network.
  The system is operated by Gorelektrotrans, a municipal organization that operates St. Petersburg's 41 tram routes, as well as the city's trolleybus network.
context_section_description: As of 2015, 41 tramway routes currently operate in Saint Petersburg. About one third of the tracks are operated with frequencies of 10 minutes and lower. Other sections are operated with frequencies of up to 30 minutes. The remaining lines through the city center have been more or less abandoned, carrying no passengers. Also, the fleet is still decreasing in size; by the autumn of 2006 there were about 950 cars, operating from 5 depots, most of which were the older four-axle type. About half the fleet is out-of-date, with  new cars limited to 30 each year.
caption: Tram tracks span the viaduct over the Avtovo railway station.
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