Crimean Trolleybus
Operation
LocaleCrimea, Ukraine
OpenNovember 6, 1959 (1959-11-06)
StatusOpen
Operator(s)Krymtrolleybus
Infrastructure
Electrification600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Statistics
Route length86 km (53 mi)
Trolleybus shelter at Angarskyi Pass (elevation 752 metres)

Crimean Trolleybus Line (Russian: Крымский троллейбус, romanized: Krymskiy trolleybus; Ukrainian: Кримський тролейбус, romanized: Kryms’kyi troleibus; Crimean Tatar: Qırım trolleybusı) in Crimea is the longest trolleybus line in the world.[1][2] It is 86 kilometres (53 mi) long,[3] between the capital of Crimea, Simferopol, and the coastal city of Yalta on the Black Sea.

Managed by the public transport company Krymtrolleybus, it was built in 1959 in the Ukrainian SSR as an alternative to extending the railway line in Simferopol over the mountains to the coast. It opened in two parts: Simferopol–Alushta in 1959 and Alushta–Yalta in 1961. The journey time to Alushta is about 1+1⁄2 hours, to Yalta about 2+1⁄2 hours, and the fare is about ₴15 (since March 2014, ₽58).[1]

It passes through the Crimean Mountains across the Angarskyi Pass, reaching 752 metres (2,500 ft) at the highest point, then descends to the resort town of Alushta on the coast.[1] The remaining distance to Yalta is 41 kilometres (25 mi) and winds around the mountains above the sea.

Vehicle fleet

Current

Picture Manufacturer Model Quantity Since
Ukraine Antonov Kyiv-12.03 3 2004
Ukraine Antonov Kyiv-12.04 1 2004
 Ukraine Bogdan T701 82 2010
 Ukraine Bogdan T801 2 2011
 Russia Trolza 5265 Megapolis 96 2013
 Russia VMZ 5298 Avangard 26 2015
Russia SVARZ 6275 14 2016

Historical

Picture Manufacturer Model Quantity Since
Czech Republic Škoda 8Tr 94 1959–1979
 Czech Republic Škoda 9Tr 561 1961–2018
 Czech Republic Škoda 14Tr 163 1980–2020
Czech Republic Škoda 15Tr 6 1990–2015
Ukraine YuMZ T1 8 1995–2011
Ukraine YuMZ T2 11 1995–2014
 Russia Trolza 620501 3 1994–2010
 Belarus BKM 32102 5 2008–2016

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The longest trolleybus line in the world!". blacksea-crimea.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
  2. ↑ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. p. 41. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
  3. ↑ Makewell, Roy. "Trolleybuses Over the Yaila Mountains". Trolleybus Magazine No. 193 (January–February 1994), pp. 2–16. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK).
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