List of trolleybus systems in Russia

This is a list of trolleybus systems in Russia. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

Trolza trolleybus in Moscow, Russia

List of trolleybus systems

Central Federal District

Region	Location	From	To	Depots (as of July 2021[update])	Routes	Vehicles (as of July 2021[update])	Notes
Belgorod obl.	Belgorod	3 Dec 1967	30 Jun 2022[1]	1[2]	4[2]	53[3]	Operated by LLC 'Best' at time of closing.
	Stary Oskol	-	-	-	-	-	Construction started in 1989, not completed.[4]
Bryansk obl.	Bryansk	3 Dec 1960	-	1[5]	11[5]	93[6]	-
Vladimir obl.	Vladimir	5 Nov 1952[7]	-	1[7]	9	70[8]	'Officially' opened on 7 November 1952[7]
	Kovrov	6 Mar 1975[9]	-	1[9]	6+2 special[9]	57[10]	-
Voronezh obl.	Voronezh	6 Nov 1960	-	1[11]	4[11]	61[12]	Only 33 in actual service[12]
Ivanovo obl.	Ivanovo	5 Nov 1962[13]	-	1[13]	11[13]	138[14]	108 in service[14]
Kaluga obl.	Kaluga	30 Mar 1956[15]	-	1[15]	14	107[16]	70 in service
Kostroma obl.	Kostroma	10 Jan 1974[17]	30 Jun 2023	1[17]	7	53[18]	Operated by MUE 'Trolleybusnoe Upravlenie'
Kursk obl.	Kursk	21 Aug 1972[19]	-	1[19]	8	80[20]	-
Lipetsk obl.	Lipetsk	1 Feb 1972	15 Aug 2017[21]	1	5[21]	39[21]	Trolleybuses were operated by MUP 'Lipetskpassazhirtrans'[21] Statistics at time of closing
Moscow	Moscow	15 Nov 1933	25 Aug 2020[22]	3	6	649	Numbers given are at the time of closure. The first trolleybus system in Russia and in former USSR,[23] it was the largest trolleybus system in the world for many years, from circa the mid-1950s until 2017.[24] One trolleybus route retained as an attraction.[25]
Moscow obl.	Khimki (Khimki trolleybus)	24 Jul 1997	-	1[26]	3[27]	45[28]	2 routes (out of 3) run between Khimki and Moscow city Operated by MUP 'Khimkielektrotrans'
	Podolsk	1 May 2001	-	1[29]	5[30]	47[31]	Operated by MUE “Podolskiy Trolleybus”[29]
	Vidnoye	9 Sep 2000	-	1[32]	3[33]	21[34]	Operated by MUE 'Vidnoe Trolleybus Depot'[32]
Oryol obl.	Oryol	29 Oct 1968[35]	-	1	4[35]	59[36]	Operated by MUP 'Tram and trolleybus enterprise'[35]
Ryazan obl.	Ryazan	13 Nov 1949[37]	-	2[37]	15	188[38]	Another depot is not in use, but not 'closed'. 126 vehicles in use[38]
Smolensk obl.	Smolensk	8 Apr 1991[39]	-	1[39]	4[39]	102[40]	Operated by Smolensk Municipal Unitary Tram and Trolleybus Enterprise[41]
Tambov obl.	Tambov	5 Nov 1955[42]	-	1[42]	3[42]	15[43]	Operated by ME 'Tambovgorstrans'[42] 7 vehicles in operation[43]
Tver obl.	Tver	5 May 1967	14 April 2020[44]	1	7	104	-
Tula obl.	Tula	5 Nov 1962[45]	-	1[45]	7[45]	100[46]	Operated by MUE 'Tulgorelectrotrans'[45]
Yaroslavl obl.	Rybinsk	14 Dec 1976[47]	-	1	4[47]	61[48]	Operated by JSC Rybinskelectrotrans[47]
	Yaroslavl	7 Nov 1949[45]	-	1[49]	7[49]	107[50]	Operated by JSC 'Yargorelectrotrans'[49]

Far Eastern Federal District

Region	Location	From	To	Depots	Routes	Vehicles	Notes
				(As of September 2012[update])
Amur obl.	Blagoveshchensk	22 Aug 1979	08 July 2016	1	2	31	-
Khabarovsk krai	Khabarovsk	17 Jan 1975	-	1	4	54	-
Primorsky krai	Vladivostok	29 Jan 1965	-	1	4	38	-

Northwestern Federal District

Region	Location	From	To	Depots	Routes	Vehicles	Notes
				(As of September 2012[update])
Arkhangelsk obl.	Arkhangelsk	14 Oct 1974	11 Apr 2008	-	-	-	Operation suspended October 2006 - December 2007.[51]
Vologda obl.	Cherepovets	-	-	-	-	-	Construction started in 1992; stopped ca. 1996, remaining infrastructure dismantled 2008[52]
	Vologda	30 Dec 1976	-	1	6	90	-
Kaliningrad obl.	Chernyakhovsk	27 Nov 1936	Jan 1945	-	-	-	Operated by Stadtwerke Omnibusbetrieb Insterburg Closed because of war damage.[53] During the period of operation of the trolleybus network, the city was known as Insterburg.[54]
	Kaliningrad	15 Oct 1943	27 Jan 1945	-	-	-	Closed because of war damage
		5 Nov 1975	-	1	4	60	-
Karelia	Petrozavodsk	5 Sep 1961	-	1	8	121	See Trolleybuses in Petrozavodsk
Leningrad obl.	Gatchina	-	-	-	-	-	Construction started in 2004;[55] following plans drawn up in the late 1980s. Construction was suspended in 2005 and is not expected to resume.[56]
	Tosno	-	-	-	-	-	Reported by one source as under construction. No information since 2002.[citation needed]
Murmansk obl.	Murmansk	11 Feb 1962	-	2	5	141	World's northernmost trolleybus system.
Novgorod obl.	Veliky Novgorod	3 Dec 1995	-	1	5	40	-
Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	21 Oct 1936	-	6	44	742	Operation suspended Nov 1941 - 1945 because of war.

Siberian Federal District

Region	Location	From	To	Depots	Routes	Vehicles	Notes
				(As of September 2012[update])
Altai krai	Barnaul	19 Oct 1973	-	1	5	57	-
	Rubtsovsk	28 Dec 1973	-	1	2	49	-
Zabaykalsky krai	Chita	30 Dec 1970	-	1	5	77	-
Irkutsk obl.	Irkutsk	6 Nov 1970	-	1	5	40	-
	Bratsk	1 Feb 1975	-	1	5	50	-
Kemerovo obl.	Kemerovo	25 Sep 1970	-	1	10	88	-
	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	11 Jan 1984	-	1	3	31	-
	Novokuznetsk	1 Jan 1978	-	1	4	53	-
Krasnoyarsk krai	Krasnoyarsk	5 Nov 1959	-	2	8	140	-
Novosibirsk obl.	Novosibirsk	11 Nov 1957	-	4	14	322	-
Omsk obl.	Omsk	5 Nov 1955	-	2	10	216	-
Tomsk obl.	Tomsk	7 Nov 1967	-	1	8	93	-
Khakassia	Abakan	31 Dec 1980	-	1	12	24	-

Southern Federal District

Region	Location	From	To	Depots	Routes	Vehicles	Notes
				(As of September 2012[update])
Adygea	Maykop	29 Nov 1974	-	1	12	53	-
Astrakhan obl.	Astrakhan	5 Nov 1967	30 Oct 2017	1	3	40	-
Volgograd obl.	Volgograd	31 Dec 1960	-	4	15	357	-
	Kamyshin	-	-	-	-	-	Construction started 1985 and stopped 1991.[57]
	Volzhsky	-	-	-	-	-	Construction started in early 1990s; stopped 1998.[58]
Dagestan	Makhachkala	3 Feb 1973	-	1	3	46	-
Kabardino-Balkaria	Nalchik	22 Nov 1980	-	1	4	52	-
Karachay–Cherkessia	Cherkessk	19 Dec 1988	-	1	9	42	-
Krasnodar krai	Armavir	16 Jun 1973	-	1	5	44	-
	Krasnodar	28 Jul 1950	-	2	17	209	-
	Novorossiysk	1 Apr 1969	-	1	14	79	-
North Ossetia	Vladikavkaz	1 Feb 1977	8 Aug 2010	1	2	12	A PKTS-6281.00 'Admiral' trolleybus was delivered on May 30, 2022.[59]
Stavropol krai	Stavropol	24 Jul 1964	-	1	9	96	-
Rostov obl.	Rostov-on-Don	18 Mar 1936	-	2	8	108	-
	Shakhty	30 Sep 1975	27 Oct 2007	-	-	-	-
	Taganrog	25 Dec 1977	5 May 2022	1	7	35	Operated by MUE 'TTU' Trolleybus traffic suspended since May 2022 due to repairs on electricity substations.[60]
	Volgodonsk	4 Oct 1977	-	1	6	32	-
Chechnya	Grozny	31 Dec 1975	Dec 1994	-	-	-	Closed because of war damage.[61]

Urals Federal District

Region	Location	From	To	Depots	Routes	Vehicles	Notes
				(As of September 2012[update])
Kurgan obl.	Kurgan	24 Nov 1965	29 Apr 2015	1	4	33	-
Sverdlovsk obl.	Kachkanar	11 Nov 1972	Dec 1985	-	-	-	-
	Kamensk-Uralsky	1 Nov 1956	3 Mar 2015	1	3	59	-
	Nizhny Tagil	-	-	-	-	-	Reported by only one source as under construction. Other sources state that construction was planned for 1996 but did not start.[citation needed]
	Yekaterinburg	17 Oct 1943	-	2	19	356	-
Tyumen obl.	Tyumen	12 Jun 1970	5 Oct 2009	-	-	-	Service operated by ME 'Trolleybusnoe Predpriyatie'[62]
Khanty–Mansi AO	Surgut	-	-	-	-	-	Reported by only one source as under construction. No confirmation, no recent information.[citation needed]
Chelyabinsk obl.	Chelyabinsk	22 Nov 1942	-	3	22	360	-
	Miass	1 Feb 1975	-	1	5	69	-

Volga Federal District

Region	Location	From	To	Depots	Routes	Vehicles	Notes
				(As of September 2012[update])
Bashkortostan	Sterlitamak	24 Feb 1961	-	2	23	195	-
	Ufa	27 Jan 1962	-	2	21	211	-
Kirov obl.	Kirov	8 Nov 1943	-	2	8	157	-
Mari El	Yoshkar-Ola	1 Feb 1971	-	1	12	158	-
Mordovia	Saransk	29 Jan 1966	-	2	17	141	-
Nizhny Novgorod obl.	Dzerzhinsk	15 Apr 1976	-	1	5	79	-
	Nizhny Novgorod	27 Jun 1947	-	3	21	227	-
Orenburg obl.	Orenburg	1 May 1953	-	1	5	99	-
Penza obl.	Penza	4 Nov 1948	-	2	6	100	-
Perm krai	Berezniki	14 Mar 1961	-	1	11	N/A	-
	Perm	5 Nov 1960	30 Jun 2019	1	13	136	-
Samara obl.	Novokuybyshevsk	4 Jan 1986	-	1	16	56	-
	Samara	7 Nov 1942	-	3	16	259	-
	Syzran	1 Sep 2002	1 Nov 2009	-	-	-	-
	Tolyatti	21 Jan 1966	-	1	21	183	-
Saratov obl.	Balakovo	18 Nov 1967	-	2	10	60	-
	Engels	29 Apr 1964	-	1	4	55	-
	Saratov	6 Nov 1952	-	2	11	220	-
Tatarstan	Almetyevsk	13 Jan 1976	-	1	4	48	-
	Kazan	27 Nov 1948	-	2	16	238	-
	Naberezhnye Chelny	-	-	-	-	-	Reported by one source as under construction. No recent information.[citation needed]
Udmurtia	Izhevsk	6 Nov 1968	-	2	11	245	-
Ulyanovsk obl.	Ulyanovsk	31 Dec 1973	-	1	7	57	-
Chuvashia	Cheboksary	7 Nov 1964	-	3	19	301	-
	Novocheboksarsk	2 Nov 1979	-	1	4	48	-

See also

• List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries
• List of town tramway systems in Russia
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• Trolleybuses in former Soviet Union countries
• Trolleybus usage by country