Crimean Trolleybus

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

Crimean Trolleybus Line (Russian: Крымский троллейбус, romanized: Krymsky trolleybus; Ukrainian: Кримський тролейбус, romanized: Krymskyi 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

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

Historical

Manufacturer	Model	Quantity	Since
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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The longest trolleybus line in the world!". blacksea-crimea.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. p. 41. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
^ Makewell, Roy. "Trolleybuses Over the Yaila Mountains". Trolleybus Magazine No. 193 (January–February 1994), pp. 2–16. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK).

External links

Krym State Production Enterprise "Krymtrolleybus"—official website (in Russian)
Excursion by a trolleybus (Simferopol–Yalta)

[Crimea-1] "The longest trolleybus line in the world!". blacksea-crimea.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Murray-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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