Odessa trams and trolleybuses will remain at the depot for the fifth day.
In Odesa, the city’s electric transport will not be able to enter the routes due to insufficient limits on electricity.
This was reported by the press service of the utility company “Odesmiskelektrotrans”. “On January 30, we continue the forced simple: due to insufficient electricity limits, public electric transport will remain at the depot,” the message reads.
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As a representative of the Odesa City Council told , minibuses will ply their routes in the city (which functioned before). Run buses on all electric transport routes that are idle until it is planned.
“We don’t have the opportunity, we don’t have a fleet of communally owned cars, to duplicate all tram and trolleybus routes with buses,” he said.
On the morning of January 26 in Odesa, the city’s electric transport stopped working due to an emergency power outage. DTEK reported that emergency shutdowns were applied due to the threat of missile fire. That day, two energy infrastructure facilities were damaged in Odesa. Since January 26, Odessa city electric transport has not resumed work.