Sibir'skaya Zvezda ('Siberian Star') with 75.000 inhabitants is located in the Eastern Siberian region of the USSR. Founded in 1962 as a 'model laboratory city', it was meant to become a way for Soviet urban planners to experiment with designs that would later be adopted across the entire Union.

Construction of the Metropolitan Tramway began as early as 1963, with a single-car single-track line running between Red Star Depot and Republic Theater for three years, until tracks were laid to the Sibir'skaya Station

Further extensions to the network happened in 1967, with the planned construction of the Metallurgic Kombinat leading to the creation of what will come to be known as Line 2, running between Mechanical Factory and Micro-05, until being expanded to Outskirts in 1971, with the opening of the Solar Farms.

7 Aug 1963: Republic Theater - Red Star Depot
15 Dec 1966: Republic Theater - Sibir'skaya Station
25 Mar 1967: Mechanical Factory - V.I. Lenin Square
30 Dec 1967: V.I. Lenin Square - Micro-05
19 May 1972: Line A: Metallurgy Kombinat - Rayon-3
17 Jun 1972: Rayon-3 - Dostoevskiy Depot
19 Jul 1972: Line A: Rayon-3 - Solar-5
25 Aug 1972: Micro-05 - Outskirts
1 Dec 1972: Line B: Rayon-3 - Outskirts

 Projects

The following stations are currently planned for a city centre extension: Samarskaya and Teatral'naya. At the eastern end, one more station Krylya Sovetov is planned, but may only be built after the second line has been completed, which is to run from the railway station north via Moskovskaya on the first line.