List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine
This is a list of trolleybus systems in Ukraine by oblast. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.
| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Cherkasy |
9 November 1965 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Chernihiv |
4 November 1964 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Chernivtsi |
1 February 1939 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Alushta |
20 August 1993 |
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See also Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta. |
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Kerch |
18 September 2004 |
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Simferopol |
7 October 1959 |
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♦ Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta |
6 November 1959 |
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Simferopol - Alushta opened 6 November 1959. Alushta - Yalta opened July 1961. World's longest trolleybus line, 86.7 km (53.7 mi). See Crimean Trolleybus. |
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Yalta |
1 May 1961 |
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see also Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta. |
| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Artemivsk |
29 April 1968 |
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Dobropillia |
23 August 1968 |
15 March 2011 |
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Donetsk |
3 January 1940 |
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Dzerzhynsk |
26 April 1985 |
15 May 2007 |
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Horlivka |
6 November 1974 |
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Khartsyzk |
4 February 1982 |
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Kramatorsk |
18 November 1971 |
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Makiivka |
13 November 1969 |
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Trolleybus line from Donetsk extended to Makiivka, 7 November 1960. (Makiivka system opened 13 November 1969.) |
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Mariupol |
21 April 1970 |
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Sloviansk |
19 March 1977 |
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Vuhlehirsk |
8 July 1982 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Ivano-Frankivsk |
31 December 1983 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Kharkiv |
5 May 1939 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Kherson |
16 June 1960 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Khmelnytskyi |
25 December 1970 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Kirovohrad |
4 November 1967 |
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Trolleybuses in Kiev
| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Kiev |
5 November 1935 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Bila Tserkva |
23 June 1980 |
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Operation suspended 1-12 Oct 2010. |
| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Alchevsk |
26 September 1954 |
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Trolleybus line Alchevsk — Perevalsk was working in period 1962 — 2008 |
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Antratsyt |
27 September 1987 |
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Krasnodon |
30 December 1987 |
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Luhansk |
25 January 1962 |
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Lysychansk |
7 March 1972 |
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Sieverodonetsk |
1 January 1979 |
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Stakhanov |
1 March 1970 |
31 August 2011 |
Operation suspended September 2008 - 15 July 2010. |
| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Lviv |
27 November 1952 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Mykolaiv |
29 October 1967 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Odessa |
5 November 1945 |
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Originally 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. |
| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Kremenchuk |
6 November 1966 |
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Poltava |
14 September 1962 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Rivne |
27 December 1974 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Sevastopol |
6 November 1950 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Sumy |
25 August 1967 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Ternopil |
24 December 1975 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Vinnytsia |
20 February 1964 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Lutsk |
8 April 1972 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Zaporizhia |
22 December 1949 |
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| Name of System |
Location |
Date (From) |
Date (To) |
Notes |
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Zhytomyr |
1 May 1962 |
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See also
Sources
Books and periodicals
- Murray, Alan. 2000. "World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia" (ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
- Peschkes, Robert. 1987. "World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus and Rapid Transit Systems, Part Two: Asia & USSR /Africa/Australia" (ISBN 0-948619-00-7). London: Rapid Transit Publications.
- "Straßenbahnatlas ehem. Sowjetunion / Tramway Atlas of the former USSR" (ISBN 3-926524-15-4). 1996. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn, in conjunction with Light Rail Transit Association, London.
- Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
External links
Urban public transport networks and systems in Ukraine |
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| | Metros | |
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| | Trams |
- Avdiivka
- Berdychiv
- Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
- Chernivtsi
- Dniprodzerzhynsk
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Donetsk
- Druzhkivka
- Horlivka
- Kerch
- Kirovohrad
- Kharkiv
- Konotop
- Kostiantynivka
- Kiev
- Kramatorsk
- Kryvyi Rih
- Luhansk
- Lviv
- Makiivka
- Mariupol
- Molochne
- Mykolaiv
- Nizhyn
- Odessa
- Poltava
- Sevastopol
- Simferopol
- Sviatohirsk
- Sloviansk
- Stakhanov
- Vinnytsia
- Yenakiieve
- Yevpatoria
- Zaporizhia
- Zhytomyr
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| | Trolleybuses |
- Alchevsk
- Antratsyt
- Bila Tserkva
- Cherkasy
- Chernihiv
- Chernivtsi
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Donetsk
- Horlivka
- Ivano-Frankivsk
- Kerch
- Kiev
- Kharkiv
- Khartsyzk
- Kherson
- Khmelnytskyi
- Kirovohrad
- Kramatorsk
- Krasnodon
- Kremenchuk
- Kryvyi Rih
- Luhansk
- Lutsk
- Lviv
- Lysychansk
- Makiivka
- Mariupol
- Mykolaiv
- Odessa
- Poltava
- Rivne
- Sevastopol
- Severodonetsk
- Simferopol–Alushta–Yalta
- Sloviansk
- Sumy
- Ternopil
- Vinnytsia
- Vuhlehirsk
- Zaporizhia
- Zhytomyr
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| | Misсellaneous | |
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