Editing Grozny (section)

===Trams and trolleybuses===
On 5 November 1932, the Grozny tram system was opened to the public, and by 1990 it was {{convert|85|km|sp=us|adj=on}} long, with 107 new Russian-built [[KTM-5]] trams that it received in the late 1980s, and two depots. The Grozny trolleybus system began operation on 31 December 1975, and by 1990 was approximately {{convert|60|km|sp=us|adj=on}} long, with 58 buses and one depot. Both types of transport came under difficult pressure in the early 1990s, with frequent theft of equipment, staff not being properly paid and resultant strikes. A major planned trolleybus route extension to the airport was cancelled. 

With the outbreak of the [[First Chechen War]] both transport services stopped operation in November 1994. During the destructive battles, the tram tracks were blocked or damaged, and cars and buses were turned into barricades. The trolleybus system was luckier, as most of its equipment, including the depot, survived the war. In 1996 it was visited by specialists from the [[Vologda]] Trolleybus Company, who repaired some of the lines, with services planned to restart in 1997. However, after specialists left, most of the equipment was stolen. The surviving buses were transported to [[Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast|Volzhsky]] where they were repaired and used on the new trolleybus system there.

After the [[Second Chechen War]], little of the infrastructure of either system was left. The Ministry of Transport of the Chechen Republic, created in 2002, decided not to rebuild the tram system (considered too expensive and no longer meeting the city's needs, as it had by then lost half of its population). Rebuilding of the trolleybus system, however, is still under consideration.