Crimean Trolleybus

A trolleybus on interurban route 52 Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta at the Simferopol terminus station. Trolleybus no. 2005 is a Škoda14Tr.

Trolleybus shelter at Angarskyi Pass (elevation 752 metres)

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Crimean Trolleybus Line (Ukrainian: Кримський тролейбус, translit. Kryms’kyi troleibus; Russian: Крымский троллейбус, translit. Krymskiy trolleybus; Crimean Tatar: Qırım trolleybusı) in Crimea, Ukraine is currently the longest trolleybus line in the world.^[1][2] It is 86 kilometres (53 mi) long,^[3] and runs between the autonomous republic's capital, Simferopol, and the coastal city of Yalta on the Black Sea.

The trolleybus line, managed by the public transport company Krymtrolleybus, was built in the 1959 in the Ukrainian SSR as an alternative to extending the current railway line in Simferopol over the mountains to the coastal settlements. The line was opened in two parts: Simferopol—Alushta segment was opened in 1959 and the Alushta—Yalta segment in 1961. The journey to Alushta is about 1½ hours long, and the journey to Yalta is about 2½ hours long, and costs about 8 hryvnias.^[1]

The trolleybus line's route passes through the Crimean Mountains across the Angarskyi Pass, reaching 752 metres (2,500 ft) at the road's highest point, then descends down 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.

The Škoda 9Tr, Škoda 14Tr vehicles are used on the route, although starting from 2010 newer Bogdan T601-11 trolleybuses started to replace the aged Škoda vehicles.

See also

• List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "The longest trolleybus line in the world!". blacksea-crimea.com. http://www.blacksea-crimea.com/Places/trolleybuses.html. Retrieved January 15, 2007. 
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).

This article incorporates information from the revision as of January 15, 2006 of the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

External links

• Krym State Production Enterprise "Krymtrolleybus" - official website (Russian)