Saint Petersburg reviewed the day of the city with public transport the 20th and 21st centuries

28 May 2019

In St. Petersburg hosted the 5th St. Petersburg parade of vintage transport and 1 transport festival SPbTransportFest

From 23 to 25 may in celebration of the founding of the Northern capital was the First international vehicle festival SpbTransportFest, in which were the V St. Petersburg international parade of vintage vehicles, an Exhibition of innovative technology and international competition of professional skills of bus drivers. The festival was organized by the largest passenger carrier in North-West region of Russia SPb GUP "passazhiravtotrans" with the support of the government of St. Petersburg.

In the context of the international parade of vintage vehicles over 50 vintage buses were on the route from the Vasilyevsky island to the centre of St. Petersburg. Retroposed kicked off at noon may 25 at the Sea promenade, which also hosted an exhibition of vintage cars.

The parade, on an unprecedented scale collected rarities from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ryazan, Rostov-on-don, Volgograd, Veliky Novgorod, and also from Estonia, Finland and Germany. Next column and simply old buses passed on Vasilevsky island, Palace bridge, Nevsky and Suvorovsky avenues to the Engineering of the street, where they were joined by trams of different eras.

The convoy passed the curiosities of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ryazan, Rostov-on-don, Volgograd, Veliky Novgorod, and also from Estonia, Finland and Germany. The range of bus and trolleybus equipment was from the pre-war buses-grandparents GAZ-03-30 and ZIS-8 and trolley YATB-1 to most modern cars, including the new-fangled buses.

Brand MAN was presented to the city bus SL200 produced in the early 1980s. a Lot of cars of three brands (Mercedes-Benz, MAN and Magirus-Deutz) the "standard urban bus," VÖV, came in used form in our country and worked in another and more useful life. Of course were the most widely represented Lyase (from 5256 to 158В) and "Icarus" (from 55th to 283-th model).

In total, the parade was attended by more than 250 vehicles.

A separate column headed cars, worked in Leningrad as a taxi. This action was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the state of taxis in the Northern capital.
There were the cab models from Emka (GAZ-M1) trophy German front wheel drive car DKW with a wooden body (by the way, in post-war Leningrad, including captured vehicles were equipped with three taxis) and

the legendary GAZ-M20 "Pobeda", which post-war taxi drivers called a slogger, unlike the "hipsters" GAZ-21. As well as a number of "of Samara players" (from the first GAS-21 to almost modern GAZ-3110) with a green "light", sung in the famous hit "green-eyed taxi" as well as RAF-2203 in the form of a minibus.

The exhibition under the open sky on the Engineering street has become the center of attraction for the citizens and guests of the Northern capital, which could also see the latest models of equipment at the Exhibition of innovative technology. Visitors are also entertained with a concert program, the headliners of which were revived VIA "Belarusian Pesnyary", and also competitions on the theme of public transport, with prizes from the organizers.
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