 The cost was 35 kopecks, a fair amount of money at the time.Nevertheless, the trams were always packed with passengers.By 1893, the city's trams easily climbed the many steep streets of Kyiv, including the Proreznay ("Prorezna"), Karavayevskaya ("Karavaievs’ka," now the "Ploscha L’va Tolstoho Street") and even the Kruglouniversitetskaya ("Kruhlouniversitets’ka") Streets.