Crimean Trolleybus

The Crimean Trolleybus Line^[a] in Crimea is the world's longest trolleybus line.^[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.

Crimean Trolleybus
Trolza 5265 Megapolis passing by Simferopol International Airport in 2020
Operation
Locale	Crimea, Ukraine (Operared by Russia)
Open	November 6, 1959 (1959-11-06)
Status	Open
Operator(s)	Krymtrolleybus
Infrastructure
Electrification	600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Statistics
Route length	86 km (53 mi)

Trolleybus shelter at Angarskyi Pass (elevation 752 metres)

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
	Antonov	Kyiv-12.04	1	2004
	Bogdan	T701 T801	82 2	2010 2011
	Trolza	5265 Megapolis	96	2013
	VMZ	5298 Avangard	26	2015
	SVARZ MAZ	6275	14	2016

Crimean Trolleybus Monument

Historical

Picture	Manufacturer	Model	Quantity	Years
	Škoda	8Tr	94	1959–1979
	Škoda	9Tr	561	1961–2018
	Škoda	14Tr 15Tr	163 6	1980–2020 1990–2015
	YuMZ	T1 T2	8 11	1995–2011 1995–2014
	Trolza	620501	3	1994–2010
	Antonov	Kyiv-12.03	3	2004–2023
	BKM	32102	5	2008–2016

See also

Crimean Trolleybus
Legend
Simferopol railway station Lozove Andrusove Pionerske Dobre Zarichne Perevalne Sosnivka Angarskyi Pass Kutuzivskyi Fountain Verkhnia Kutuzovka Izobilne Nyzhnia Kutuzovka Alushta Zelenhosp Vynohradnyi Malyi Mayak Lazurne Kyparysne Pushkine Partenit Zaprudne Lavrove Krasnokamianka Artek Danylivka Nikitsky Botanical Garden Sosniak sanatorium Massandra Yalta

• List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine
• List of trolleybus systems in Russia

Notes

1. Russian: Крымский троллейбус, romanized: Krymskiy trolleybus; Ukrainian: Кримський тролейбус, romanized: Krymskyi troleibus; Crimean Tatar: Къырым троллейбусы, romanized: Qırım trolleybusı