Ukraine has numerous trolleybus systems throughout the country, both past and present.
| Name (in Ukrainian)[a] |
Cities | Administrative subdivision | Years operating | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherkasy trolleybus (Черкаський тролейбус) | Cherkasy | Cherkasy | 9 November 1965–present | REF |
| Chernihiv trolleybus (Чернігівський тролейбус) | Chernihiv | Chernihiv | 4 November 1964–present | REF |
| Chernivtsi trolleybus (Чернівецький тролейбус) | Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | 1 February 1939–present | REF |
| Crimean trolleybus (Кримський тролейбус) | Alushta, Simferopol, Yalta | Crimea | 1 May 1961–present | Simferopol – Alushta opened 6 November 1959. Alushta – Yalta opened July 1961. World's longest trolleybus line, 86.7 km (53.7 mi). Whole line opened 6 November 1959; Simferopol trolley opened 7 October 1959; Alushta opened 20 August 1993. |
| Kerch trolleybus (Керченський тролейбус) | Kerch | Crimea | 18 September 2004–present | REF |
| Dnipro trolleybus (Дніпровський тролейбус) | Dnipro | Dnipropetrovsk | 7 November 1947–present | REF |
| Kryvyi Rih trolleybus (Криворізький тролейбус) | Kryvyi Rih | Dnipropetrovsk | 21 December 1957–present | REF |
| Bakhmut trolleybus (Бахмутський тролейбус) | Bakhmut | Donetsk | 29 April 1968–29 June 2022 | Operation suspended due to extensive artillery damage to the depot and rolling stock, sustained at the start of the Battle of Bakhmut. Reopening uncertain.[1] |
| Dobropillia trolleybus (Добропільський тролейбус) | Dobropillia | Donetsk | 23 August 1968–15 March 2011 | REF |
| Donetsk trolleybus (Донецький тролейбус) | Donetsk | Donetsk | 3 January 1940–present | REF |
| Toretsk trolleybus (Торецький тролейбус) | Toretsk | Donetsk | 26 April 1985–15 May 2007 | City was named Dzerzhynsk during the entire period of trolleybus operation, but was renamed Toretsk in 2016. |
| Horlivka trolleybus (Горлівський тролейбус) | Horlivka | Donetsk | 6 November 1974–present | REF |
| Khartsyzk trolleybus (Харцизький тролейбус) | Khartsyzk | Donetsk | 4 February 1982–present | REF |
| Kramatorsk trolleybus (Краматорський тролейбус) | Kramatorsk | Donetsk | 18 November 1971–present | REF |
| Makiivka trolleybus (Макіївський тролейбус) | Makiivka | Donetsk | 13 November 1969–present | Trolleybus line from Donetsk extended to Makiivka on 7 November 1960, however no connection exists between the Donetsk and Makiivka trolleybus systems. |
| Mariupol trolleybus (Маріупольський тролейбус) | Mariupol | Donetsk | 21 April 1970–2 March 2022 | Operation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Siege of Mariupol. A few undamaged trolleybuses continue to operate in battery-only mode with charging in the depot.[2] |
| Sloviansk trolleybus (Слов'янський тролейбус) | Sloviansk | Donetsk | 19 March 1977–present | REF |
| Vuhlehirsk trolleybus (Вуглегірський тролейбус) | Vuhlehirsk | Donetsk | 8 July 1982–12 August 2014 | Closed due to extensive damage sustained during the War in Donbas. |
| Ivano-Frankivsk trolleybus (Івано-Франківський тролейбус) | Ivano-Frankivsk | Ivano-Frankivsk | 31 December 1983–present | REF |
| Kharkiv trolleybus (Харківський тролейбус) | Kharkiv | Kharkiv | 5 May 1939–present | REF |
| Kherson trolleybus (Херсонський тролейбус) | Kherson | Kherson | 16 June 1960–present | REF |
| Khmelnytskyi trolleybus (Хмельницький тролейбус) | Khmelnytskyi | Khmelnytskyi | 25 December 1970–present | REF |
| Kropyvnytskyi trolleybus (Кропивницький тролейбус) | Kropyvnytskyi | Kirovohrad | 4 November 1967–present | REF |
| Kyiv trolleybus (Київський тролейбус) | Kyiv | Kyiv | 5 November 1935–present | REF |
| Bila Tserkva trolleybus (Білоцерківський тролейбус) | Bila Tserkva | Kyiv | 23 June 1980–present | REF |
| Alchevsk trolleybus (Алчевський тролейбус) | Alchevsk | Luhansk | 26 September 1954–16 July 2022 | An intercity trolleybus line from Alchevsk to Perevalsk operated from 1962 to 2008. Closed due to extensive artillery damage to the depot and rolling stock sustained in the Russo-Ukrainian War.[3] |
| Antratsyt trolleybus (Антрацитівський тролейбус) | Antratsyt | Luhansk | 27 September 1987–July 2018 | REF |
| Sorokyne trolleybus (Сорокинський тролейбус) | Sorokyne | Luhansk | 30 December 1987–31 May 2023 | Closed 31 May 2023.[4] |
| Luhansk trolleybus (Луганський тролейбус) | Luhansk | Luhansk | 25 January 1962–19 July 2022 | Closed 19 July 2022.[5] |
| Lysychansk trolleybus (Лисичанський тролейбус) | Lysychansk | Luhansk | 7 March 1972–25 February 2022 | Operation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Lysychansk.[6] Reopening uncertain. |
| Sieverodonetsk trolleybus (Сєвєродонецький тролейбус) | Sieverodonetsk | Luhansk | 1 January 1978–27 February 2022 | Operation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk.[7] Reopening uncertain. |
| Kadiivka trolleybus (Кадіївський тролейбус) | Kadiivka | Luhansk | 1 March 1970–31 August 2011 | Operation suspended 11 September 2008 – 15 July 2010 |
| Lviv trolleybus (Львівський тролейбус) | Lviv | Lviv | 27 November 1952–present | REF |
| Mykolaiv trolleybus (Миколаївський тролейбус) | Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | 29 October 1967–present | REF |
| Odesa trolleybus (Одеський тролейбус) | Odesa | Odesa | 5 November 1945–present | Originally built in 1941, and trolley coaches were bought just before World War II started. But due to war hardships, the system was not able to be opened until 1945. |
| Kremenchuk trolleybus (Кременчуцький тролейбус) | Kremenchuk | Poltava | 6 November 1966–present | REF |
| Poltava trolleybus (Полтавський тролейбус) | Poltava | Poltava | 14 September 1962–present | REF |
| Rivne trolleybus (Рівненський тролейбус) | Rivne | Rivne | 27 December 1974–present | REF |
| Sevastopol trolleybus (Севастопольський тролейбус) | Sevastopol | Sevastopol | 6 November 1950–present | REF |
| Sumy trolleybus (Сумський тролейбус) | Sumy | Sumy | 25 August 1967–present | REF |
| Ternopil trolleybus (Тернопільський тролейбус) | Ternopil | Ternopil | 24 December 1975–present | REF |
| Vinnytsia trolleybus (Вінницький тролейбус) | Vinnytsia | Vinnytsia | 20 February 1964–present | REF |
| Lutsk trolleybus (Луцький тролейбус) | Lutsk | Volyn | 8 April 1972–present | REF |
| Zaporizhzhia trolleybus (Запорізький тролейбус) | Zaporizhzhia | Zaporizhzhia | 22 December 1949–present | REF |
| Zhytomyr trolleybus (Житомирський тролейбус) | Zhytomyr | Zhytomyr | 1 May 1962–present | REF |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Links to Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city.
References
edit- ^ "Bakhmut". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "Mariupol". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "Alchevsk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "Krasnodon". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Luhansk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "Lisichansk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "Severodonetsk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
Sources
editBooks and periodicals
edit- Murray, Alan. 2000. "World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia" (ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
- Peschkes, Robert. 1987. "World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus and Rapid Transit Systems, Part Two: Asia & USSR /Africa/Australia" (ISBN 0-948619-00-7). London: Rapid Transit Publications.
- "Straßenbahnatlas ehem. Sowjetunion / Tramway Atlas of the former USSR" (ISBN 3-926524-15-4). 1996. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn, in conjunction with Light Rail Transit Association, London.
- Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
External links
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Media related to Trolleybuses in Ukraine at Wikimedia Commons
