List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine


Ukraine has numerous trolleybus systems throughout the country, both past and present.
Name
CitiesAdministrative subdivisionYears operatingNotes
Cherkasy trolleybus CherkasyCherkasypresentREF
Chernihiv trolleybus ChernihivChernihivpresentREF
Chernivtsi trolleybus ChernivtsiChernivtsipresentREF
Crimean trolleybus Alushta, Simferopol, YaltaCrimeapresentSimferopolAlushta opened 6 November 1959. Alushta – Yalta opened July 1961. World's longest trolleybus line, 86.7 km. Whole line opened 6 November 1959; Simferopol trolley opened 7 October 1959; Alushta opened 20 August 1993.
Kerch trolleybus KerchCrimeapresentREF
Dnipro trolleybus DniproDnipropetrovskpresentREF
Kryvyi Rih trolleybus Kryvyi RihDnipropetrovskpresentREF
Bakhmut trolleybus BakhmutDonetskOperation suspended due to extensive artillery damage to the depot and rolling stock, sustained at the start of the Battle of Bakhmut. Reopening uncertain.
Dobropillia trolleybus DobropilliaDonetskREF
Donetsk trolleybus DonetskDonetskpresentREF
Toretsk trolleybus ToretskDonetskCity was named Dzerzhynsk during the entire period of trolleybus operation, but was renamed Toretsk in 2016.
Horlivka trolleybus HorlivkaDonetskpresentREF
Khartsyzk trolleybus KhartsyzkDonetskpresentREF
Kramatorsk trolleybus KramatorskDonetskpresentREF
Makiivka trolleybus MakiivkaDonetskpresentTrolleybus line from Donetsk extended to Makiivka on 7 November 1960, however no connection exists between the Donetsk and Makiivka trolleybus systems.
Mariupol trolleybus MariupolDonetskOperation 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 SlovianskDonetskpresentREF
Vuhlehirsk trolleybus VuhlehirskDonetskClosed due to extensive damage sustained during the War in Donbas.
Ivano-Frankivsk trolleybus Ivano-FrankivskIvano-FrankivskpresentREF
Kharkiv trolleybus KharkivKharkivpresentREF
Kherson trolleybus KhersonKhersonpresentREF
Khmelnytskyi trolleybus KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyipresentREF
Kropyvnytskyi trolleybus KropyvnytskyiKirovohradpresentREF
Kyiv trolleybus KyivKyivpresentREF
Bila Tserkva trolleybus Bila TserkvaKyivpresentREF
Alchevsk trolleybus AlchevskLuhanskAn 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 AntratsytLuhanskREF
Sorokyne trolleybus SorokyneLuhanskClosed 31 May 2023.
Luhansk trolleybus LuhanskLuhanskClosed 19 July 2022.
Lysychansk trolleybus LysychanskLuhanskOperation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Lysychansk. Reopening uncertain.
Sieverodonetsk trolleybus SieverodonetskLuhanskOperation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk. Reopening uncertain.
Kadiivka trolleybus KadiivkaLuhanskOperation suspended 11 September 2008 – 15 July 2010
Lviv trolleybus LvivLvivpresentREF
Mykolaiv trolleybus MykolaivMykolaivpresentREF
Odesa trolleybus OdesaOdesapresentOriginally 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 KremenchukPoltavapresentREF
Poltava trolleybus PoltavaPoltavapresentREF
Rivne trolleybus RivneRivnepresentREF
Sevastopol trolleybus SevastopolSevastopolpresentREF
Sumy trolleybus SumySumypresentREF
Ternopil trolleybus TernopilTernopilpresentREF
Vinnytsia trolleybus VinnytsiaVinnytsiapresentREF
Lutsk trolleybus LutskVolynpresentREF
Zaporizhzhia trolleybus ZaporizhzhiaZaporizhzhiapresentREF
Zhytomyr trolleybus ZhytomyrZhytomyrpresentREF

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. National Trolleybus Association. Bimonthly.