Ukraine has numerous trolleybus systems throughout the country, both past and present.
+ Name(in Ukrainian) Cities Administrative subdivision Years operating NotesCherkasy trolleybus (Черкаський тролейбус) Cherkasy Cherkasy –present REFChernihiv trolleybus (Чернігівський тролейбус) Chernihiv Chernihiv –present REFChernivtsi trolleybus (Чернівецький тролейбус) Chernivtsi Chernivtsi –present REFCrimean trolleybus (Кримський тролейбус) Alushta, Simferopol, Yalta Crimea –present Simferopol – Alushta opened 6 November 1959. Alushta – Yalta opened July 1961. World's longest trolleybus line, 86.7 km (53.7 mi). Whole line opened 6 November 1959; Simferopol trolley opened 7 October 1959; Alushta opened 20 August 1993.Kerch trolleybus (Керченський тролейбус) Kerch Crimea –present REFDnipro trolleybus (Дніпровський тролейбус) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk –present REFKryvyi Rih trolleybus (Криворізький тролейбус) Kryvyi Rih Dnipropetrovsk –present REFBakhmut trolleybus (Бахмутський тролейбус) Bakhmut Donetsk – Closed due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Bakhmut. Dobropillia trolleybus (Добропільський тролейбус) Dobropillia Donetsk – REFDonetsk trolleybus (Донецький тролейбус) Donetsk Donetsk –present REFToretsk trolleybus (Торецький тролейбус) Toretsk Donetsk – City was named Dzerzhynsk during the entire period of trolleybus operation, but was renamed Toretsk in 2016.Horlivka trolleybus (Горлівський тролейбус) Horlivka Donetsk –present REFKhartsyzk trolleybus (Харцизький тролейбус) Khartsyzk Donetsk –present REFKramatorsk trolleybus (Краматорський тролейбус) Kramatorsk Donetsk – Operation suspended due to proximity to the front line and general impracticality of continuing operations.Makiivka trolleybus (Макіївський тролейбус) Makiivka Donetsk –present Trolleybus line from Donetsk extended to Makiivka on 7 November 1960, however no connection exists between the Donetsk and Makiivka trolleybus systems.Mariupol trolleybus (Маріупольський тролейбус) Mariupol Donetsk – 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.Sloviansk trolleybus (Слов'янський тролейбус) Sloviansk Donetsk –' Overhead lines dismantled to allow installation of anti-drone nets.Vuhlehirsk trolleybus (Вуглегірський тролейбус) Vuhlehirsk Donetsk – Closed due to extensive damage sustained during the War in Donbas.Ivano-Frankivsk trolleybus (Івано-Франківський тролейбус) Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk –present REFKharkiv trolleybus (Харківський тролейбус) Kharkiv Kharkiv –present REFKherson trolleybus (Херсонський тролейбус) Kherson Kherson –present REFKhmelnytskyi trolleybus (Хмельницький тролейбус) Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi –present REFKropyvnytskyi trolleybus (Кропивницький тролейбус) Kropyvnytskyi Kirovohrad –present REFKyiv trolleybus (Київський тролейбус) Kyiv Kyiv –present REFBila Tserkva trolleybus (Білоцерківський тролейбус) Bila Tserkva Kyiv –present REFAlchevsk trolleybus (Алчевський тролейбус) Alchevsk Luhansk – An 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.Antratsyt trolleybus (Антрацитівський тролейбус) Antratsyt Luhansk – REFSorokyne trolleybus (Сорокинський тролейбус) Sorokyne Luhansk – Closed 31 May 2023.Luhansk trolleybus (Луганський тролейбус) Luhansk Luhansk – Closed 19 July 2022.Lysychansk trolleybus (Лисичанський тролейбус) Lysychansk Luhansk – Closed due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Lysychansk.Sieverodonetsk trolleybus (Сєвєродонецький тролейбус) Sieverodonetsk Luhansk – Closed due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk.Kadiivka trolleybus (Кадіївський тролейбус) Kadiivka Luhansk – Operation suspended 11 September 2008 – 15 July 2010Lviv trolleybus (Львівський тролейбус) Lviv Lviv –present REFMykolaiv trolleybus (Миколаївський тролейбус) Mykolaiv Mykolaiv –present REFOdesa trolleybus (Одеський тролейбус) Odesa Odesa –present 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.Kremenchuk trolleybus (Кременчуцький тролейбус) Kremenchuk Poltava –present REFPoltava trolleybus (Полтавський тролейбус) Poltava Poltava –present REFRivne trolleybus (Рівненський тролейбус) Rivne Rivne –present REFSevastopol trolleybus (Севастопольський тролейбус) Sevastopol Sevastopol –present REFSumy trolleybus (Сумський тролейбус) Sumy Sumy –present REFTernopil trolleybus (Тернопільський тролейбус) Ternopil Ternopil –present REFVinnytsia trolleybus (Вінницький тролейбус) Vinnytsia Vinnytsia –present REFLutsk trolleybus (Луцький тролейбус) Lutsk Volyn –present REFZaporizhzhia trolleybus (Запорізький тролейбус) Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia –present REFZhytomyr trolleybus (Житомирський тролейбус) Zhytomyr Zhytomyr –present REF
See also List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries Trolleybuses in former Soviet Union countries Trolleybus usage by country List of town tramway systems List of light-rail transit systems List of rapid transit systems
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References
Sources Books and periodicals Murray, Alan. 2000. "World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia" (). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks. Peschkes, Robert. 1987. "World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus and Rapid Transit Systems, Part Two: Asia & USSR /Africa/Australia" (). London: Rapid Transit Publications. "Straßenbahnatlas ehem. Sowjetunion / Tramway Atlas of the former USSR" (). 1996. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn, in conjunction with Light Rail Transit Association, London. Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
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