List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine

Ukraine has numerous trolleybus systems throughout the country, both past and present.

LAZ trolleybus in Ternopil, Ukraine
Trolleybuses in Kyiv
Trolleybusses in Ukraine
Name
(in Ukrainian)[a]
Cities Administrative subdivision Years operating Notes
Cherkasy trolleybus (Черкаський тролейбус) Cherkasy Cherkasy 9 November 1965present REF
Chernihiv trolleybus (Чернігівський тролейбус) Chernihiv Chernihiv 4 November 1964present REF
Chernivtsi trolleybus (Чернівецький тролейбус) Chernivtsi Chernivtsi 1 February 1939present REF
Crimean trolleybus (Кримський тролейбус) Alushta, Simferopol, Yalta Crimea 1 May 1961present 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 2004present REF
Dnipro trolleybus (Дніпровський тролейбус) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 November 1947present REF
Kryvyi Rih trolleybus (Криворізький тролейбус) Kryvyi Rih Dnipropetrovsk 21 December 1957present REF
Bakhmut trolleybus (Бахмутський тролейбус) Bakhmut Donetsk 29 April 196829 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 196815 March 2011 REF
Donetsk trolleybus (Донецький тролейбус) Donetsk Donetsk 3 January 1940present REF
Toretsk trolleybus (Торецький тролейбус) Toretsk Donetsk 26 April 198515 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 1974present REF
Khartsyzk trolleybus (Харцизький тролейбус) Khartsyzk Donetsk 4 February 1982present REF
Kramatorsk trolleybus (Краматорський тролейбус) Kramatorsk Donetsk 18 November 1971present REF
Makiivka trolleybus (Макіївський тролейбус) Makiivka Donetsk 13 November 1969present 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 19702 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 1977present REF
Vuhlehirsk trolleybus (Вуглегірський тролейбус) Vuhlehirsk Donetsk 8 July 198212 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 1983present REF
Kharkiv trolleybus (Харківський тролейбус) Kharkiv Kharkiv 5 May 1939present REF
Kherson trolleybus (Херсонський тролейбус) Kherson Kherson 16 June 1960present REF
Khmelnytskyi trolleybus (Хмельницький тролейбус) Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi 25 December 1970present REF
Kropyvnytskyi trolleybus (Кропивницький тролейбус) Kropyvnytskyi Kirovohrad 4 November 1967present REF
Kyiv trolleybus (Київський тролейбус) Kyiv Kyiv 5 November 1935present REF
Bila Tserkva trolleybus (Білоцерківський тролейбус) Bila Tserkva Kyiv 23 June 1980present REF
Alchevsk trolleybus (Алчевський тролейбус) Alchevsk Luhansk 26 September 195416 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 1987July 2018 REF
Sorokyne trolleybus (Сорокинський тролейбус) Sorokyne Luhansk 30 December 198731 May 2023 Closed 31 May 2023.[4]
Luhansk trolleybus (Луганський тролейбус) Luhansk Luhansk 25 January 196219 July 2022 Closed 19 July 2022.[5]
Lysychansk trolleybus (Лисичанський тролейбус) Lysychansk Luhansk 7 March 197225 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 197827 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 197031 August 2011 Operation suspended 11 September 2008 – 15 July 2010
Lviv trolleybus (Львівський тролейбус) Lviv Lviv 27 November 1952present REF
Mykolaiv trolleybus (Миколаївський тролейбус) Mykolaiv Mykolaiv 29 October 1967present REF
Odesa trolleybus (Одеський тролейбус) Odesa Odesa 5 November 1945present 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 1966present REF
Poltava trolleybus (Полтавський тролейбус) Poltava Poltava 14 September 1962present REF
Rivne trolleybus (Рівненський тролейбус) Rivne Rivne 27 December 1974present REF
Sevastopol trolleybus (Севастопольський тролейбус) Sevastopol Sevastopol 6 November 1950present REF
Sumy trolleybus (Сумський тролейбус) Sumy Sumy 25 August 1967present REF
Ternopil trolleybus (Тернопільський тролейбус) Ternopil Ternopil 24 December 1975present REF
Vinnytsia trolleybus (Вінницький тролейбус) Vinnytsia Vinnytsia 20 February 1964present REF
Lutsk trolleybus (Луцький тролейбус) Lutsk Volyn 8 April 1972present REF
Zaporizhzhia trolleybus (Запорізький тролейбус) Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia 22 December 1949present REF
Zhytomyr trolleybus (Житомирський тролейбус) Zhytomyr Zhytomyr 1 May 1962present REF

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Links to Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city.

References

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  1. ^ "Bakhmut". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  2. ^ "Mariupol". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  3. ^ "Alchevsk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  4. ^ "Krasnodon". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. ^ "Luhansk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  6. ^ "Lisichansk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  7. ^ "Severodonetsk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.

Sources

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Books and periodicals

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  • 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.
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