List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine


Ukraine has numerous trolleybus systems throughout the country, both past and present.
Name
CitiesAdministrative subdivisionYears operatingNotes
Cherkasy trolleybus CherkasyCherkasy–presentREF
Chernihiv trolleybus ChernihivChernihiv–presentREF
Chernivtsi trolleybus ChernivtsiChernivtsi–presentREF
Crimean trolleybus Alushta, Simferopol, YaltaCrimea–presentSimferopol – Alushta 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 KerchCrimea–presentREF
Dnipro trolleybus DniproDnipropetrovsk–presentREF
Kryvyi Rih trolleybus Kryvyi RihDnipropetrovsk–presentREF
Bakhmut trolleybus BakhmutDonetsk–Operation 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 DobropilliaDonetsk–REF
Donetsk trolleybus DonetskDonetsk–presentREF
Toretsk trolleybus ToretskDonetsk–City was named Dzerzhynsk during the entire period of trolleybus operation, but was renamed Toretsk in 2016.
Horlivka trolleybus HorlivkaDonetsk–presentREF
Khartsyzk trolleybus KhartsyzkDonetsk–presentREF
Kramatorsk trolleybus KramatorskDonetsk–presentREF
Makiivka trolleybus MakiivkaDonetsk–presentTrolleybus line from Donetsk extended to Makiivka on 7 November 1960, however no connection exists between the Donetsk and Makiivka trolleybus systems.
Mariupol trolleybus MariupolDonetsk–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 SlovianskDonetsk–presentREF
Vuhlehirsk trolleybus VuhlehirskDonetsk–Closed due to extensive damage sustained during the War in Donbas.
Ivano-Frankivsk trolleybus Ivano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk–presentREF
Kharkiv trolleybus KharkivKharkiv–presentREF
Kherson trolleybus KhersonKherson–presentREF
Khmelnytskyi trolleybus KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi–presentREF
Kropyvnytskyi trolleybus KropyvnytskyiKirovohrad–presentREF
Kyiv trolleybus KyivKyiv–presentREF
Bila Tserkva trolleybus Bila TserkvaKyiv–presentREF
Alchevsk trolleybus AlchevskLuhansk–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 AntratsytLuhansk–REF
Sorokyne trolleybus SorokyneLuhansk–Closed 31 May 2023.
Luhansk trolleybus LuhanskLuhansk–Closed 19 July 2022.
Lysychansk trolleybus LysychanskLuhansk–Operation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Lysychansk. Reopening uncertain.
Sieverodonetsk trolleybus SieverodonetskLuhansk–Operation suspended due to extensive damage sustained during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk. Reopening uncertain.
Kadiivka trolleybus KadiivkaLuhansk–Operation suspended 11 September 2008 – 15 July 2010
Lviv trolleybus LvivLviv–presentREF
Mykolaiv trolleybus MykolaivMykolaiv–presentREF
Odesa trolleybus OdesaOdesa–presentOriginally 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 KremenchukPoltava–presentREF
Poltava trolleybus PoltavaPoltava–presentREF
Rivne trolleybus RivneRivne–presentREF
Sevastopol trolleybus SevastopolSevastopol–presentREF
Sumy trolleybus SumySumy–presentREF
Ternopil trolleybus TernopilTernopil–presentREF
Vinnytsia trolleybus VinnytsiaVinnytsia–presentREF
Lutsk trolleybus LutskVolyn–presentREF
Zaporizhzhia trolleybus ZaporizhzhiaZaporizhzhia–presentREF
Zhytomyr trolleybus ZhytomyrZhytomyr–presentREF

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.