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After almost 100 years the horse returned to St. Petersburg. On October 27, 2004, opposite the Vasileostrovskaya metro station, a model of the 1872-1878 model horse was installed. All its details were restored according to the drawings of the Putilov plant, found in the Central Historical Archive. October 24, 2005, sculptures of two horses by the sculptor Ahnaf Ziyakayev were made, made of plastic and concrete. In 2009, the sculpture of a tractor driver was added to the group.

The average wagons were accommodated by 22 people. On the second floor (Imperial) there were 24 more places for men only. The horse was driven by two people: a waggon and a conductor.

Konka (horse-drawn railway) was the first public transport of St. Petersburg. The first cargo crew was launched in 1862 from Nikolaevskaya Square to the Exchange Line of Vasilievsky Island. Later they began to transport people. Ondoetazhny or two-story wooden car stretched on rails by horses. One-story car pulled one horse, two-story - two horses. A couple of horses were harnessed to climb the hill.

The horse-drawn railway was very popular among the residents of St. Petersburg. Only in two years - 1863-1864, 1, 5 million people were transported. In 1876 the "Joint-stock company of horse-railroads" appeared. By the beginning of the 20th century, the total length of all the horse-drawn routes was almost 150 kilometers.

Address: St. Petersburg, about. Vasilyevsky.