List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine explained

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

Cherkasy Oblast

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Cherkasy9 November 1965

Chernihiv Oblast

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Chernihiv4 November 1964

Chernivtsi Oblast

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Chernivtsi1 February 1939

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

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Alushta20 August 1993See also Simferopol – Alushta – Yalta.
Kerch18 September 2004
Simferopol7 October 1959
Simferopol – Alushta – Yalta6 November 1959Simferopol – Alushta opened 6 November 1959. Alushta – Yalta opened July 1961. World's longest trolleybus line, 86.7 km (53.7 mi). See Crimean Trolleybus.
Yalta1 May 1961See also Simferopol – Alushta – Yalta.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

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Dnipro7 November 1947
Kryvyi Rih21 December 1957

Donetsk Oblast

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Bakhmut (known as Artemivsk before 2016)29 April 196829 June 2022[1] Operation suspended due to extensive artillery damage to the depot and rolling stock, sustained at the start of the Battle of Bakhmut. Reopening uncertain.
Dobropillia23 August 196815 March 2011
Donetsk3 January 1940
Dzerzhynsk (now known as Toretsk)26 April 198515 May 2007City was named Dzerzhynsk during the entire period of trolleybus operation, but was renamed Toretsk in 2016.
Horlivka6 November 1974
Khartsyzk4 February 1982
Kramatorsk18 November 1971
Makiivka13 November 1969Trolleybus line from Donetsk extended to Makiivka on 7 November 1960, however no connection exists between the Donetsk and Makiivka trolleybus systems.
Mariupol21 April 19702 March 2022[2] 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.
Sloviansk19 March 1977
Vuhlehirsk8 July 198212 August 2014Closed due to extensive damage sustained during the War in Donbass.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

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Ivano-Frankivsk31 December 1983

Kharkiv Oblast

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Kharkiv5 May 1939

Kherson Oblast

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Kherson16 June 1960

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

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Khmelnytskyi25 December 1970

Kirovohrad Oblast

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Kropyvnytskyi (formerly Kirovohrad)4 November 1967

Kyiv

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Kyiv5 November 1935

Kyiv Oblast

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Bila Tserkva23 June 1980

Luhansk Oblast

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Alchevsk26 September 195416 July 2022An 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]
Antratsyt27 September 1987July 2018
Krasnodon/Sorokyne30 December 198731 May 2023[4]
Luhansk25 January 196219 July 2022[5]
Lysychansk7 March 197225 February 2022Operation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Lysychansk.[6] Reopening uncertain.
Sieverodonetsk1 January 197827 February 2022Operation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk.[7] Reopening uncertain.
Kadiivka (formerly Stakhanov)1 March 197031 August 2011Operation suspended 11 September 2008 – 15 July 2010.

Lviv Oblast

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Lviv27 November 1952

Mykolaiv Oblast

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Mykolaiv29 October 1967

Odesa Oblast

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Odesa5 November 1945Originally 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.

Poltava Oblast

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Kremenchuk6 November 1966
Poltava14 September 1962

Rivne Oblast

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Rivne27 December 1974

Sevastopol

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Sevastopol6 November 1950

Sumy Oblast

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Sumy25 August 1967

Ternopil Oblast

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Ternopil24 December 1975

Vinnytsia Oblast

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Vinnytsia20 February 1964

Volyn Oblast

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Lutsk8 April 1972

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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Zaporizhzhia22 December 1949

Zhytomyr Oblast

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Zhytomyr1 May 1962

See also

Sources

Books and periodicals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bakhmut . 2023-02-12 . transphoto.org . en.
  2. Web site: Mariupol . 2022-07-23 . transphoto.org . en.
  3. Web site: Alchevsk . 2022-07-23 . transphoto.org . en.
  4. Web site: Krasnodon . 2023-06-22 . transphoto.org . en.
  5. Web site: Luhansk . 2022-07-23 . transphoto.org . en.
  6. Web site: Lisichansk . 2022-07-23 . transphoto.org . en.
  7. Web site: Severodonetsk . 2022-07-23 . transphoto.org . en.

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