In Yekaterinburg, trams bound for Verkhnyaya Pyshma were observed idle at Frazerovshchikov-Old Bolsheviks. URA.ru readers reported the scene. The incident turned out to be caused by an electrical fault. (URA.ru)
Witnesses described a confusing halt where three trams were headed toward the terminal and another trams direction remained unclear. One observer noted that the street nearby was flooded and everything seemed to freeze in place. (URA.ru)
Another reader added that vehicles were parked on ice at the same location, underscoring how adverse conditions compounded the disruption. (URA.ru)
In a separate incident, 17 apartment buildings in Zheleznogorsk, located in the Kursk region, lost heating due to a disruption in the heating network caused by a power surge and a water hammer effect. The situation was resolved, and heat and electricity were restored after containment measures were put in place. (URA.ru)
At the end of December, a passenger bus in St. Petersburg’s Vyborg district overturned. The collision caused several public transport vehicles to tilt onto their sides. Authorities confirmed there were at least 20 people inside the cabin. Passengers escaped through the emergency exit window, and there were no serious injuries reported. (URA.ru)
Earlier, residents across another Russian city faced heating losses and a lack of hot water as infrastructure issues emerged, affecting daily comfort and service reliability. (URA.ru)