 Since 1912 the system was converted to electric tramway.As of its closing in 2016, the network consisted of six lines of of route, a decline from the tram system's maximum of 24 lines.Tashkent Mayor Rakhmonbek Usmonov announced on March 29, 2016, that the network would close by year's end in order to make way for more cars and thus aid in reducing congestions within the capital.