Pirshagi
A settlement on the Caspian shore: a sandy beach, a 17th-century mosque and the shrine behind its name.
pirshagi.tut.az
Transport
The Baku Tram
From the 1889 horse tram to the rails lifted in 2004 — the story of a network that vanished.
Go to the site
tramvay.tut.az
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In brief
Rail transport in Baku began with a horse tram in 1889. The electric tram opened on 8 February 1924; the first route ran from the railway station to Azneft Square.
By the late 1930s the network passed a hundred kilometres, then gave way to buses and the metro. The last routes closed in 2004, leaving photographs and rails under the asphalt.
On the site
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Routes
A map of the lines by year
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Rolling stock
From horse cars to Soviet KTM trams
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The shutdown
Why the network was dismantled
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04
Traces
What is still visible in the city
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Baku Funicular
A short mountain railway from the boulevard up to the Alley of Martyrs — the city's simplest lift since 1960.
funikulyor.tut.az
Yanardag
A hillside on the Absheron that has burned for decades — the plainest explanation of the “Land of Fire”.
yanardag.tut.az