List of trolleybus systems in Russia

Trolza trolleybus in Moscow, Russia

This is a list of trolleybus systems in Russia. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

List of trolleybus systems

Central Federal District

Region Location From To Depots
(as of July 2021)		 Routes Vehicles
(as of July 2021)		 Notes
Belgorod obl. Belgorod3 December 196730 June 2022[1]1[2]4[2]53[3]Operated by LLC 'Best' at time of closing.
Stary Oskol-----Construction started in 1989, not completed.[4]
Bryansk obl. Bryansk3 December 1960-1[5]11[5]93[6]-
Vladimir obl. Vladimir5 November 1952[7]-1[7]970[8]'Officially' opened on 7 November 1952[7]
Kovrov6 March 1975[9]-1[9]6+2 special[9]57[10]-
Voronezh obl. Voronezh6 November 1960-1[11]4[11]61[12]Only 33 in actual service[12]
Ivanovo obl. Ivanovo5 November 1962[13]-1[13]11[13]138[14]108 in service[14]
Kaluga obl. Kaluga30 March 1956[15]-1[15]14107[16]70 in service
Kostroma obl. Kostroma10 January 1974[17]30 June 20231[17]753[18]Operated by MUE 'Trolleybusnoe Upravlenie'
Kursk obl. Kursk21 August 1972[19]-1[19]880[20]-
Lipetsk obl. Lipetsk1 February 197215 August 2017[21]15[21]39[21]Trolleybuses were operated by MUP 'Lipetskpassazhirtrans'[21]

Statistics at time of closing

Moscow Moscow15 November 193325 August 2020[22]36649Numbers given are at the time of closure. The first trolleybus system in Russia and in former USSR,[23] it was the largest trolleybus system in the world for many years, from circa the mid-1950s until 2017.[24] One trolleybus route retained as an attraction.[25]
Moscow obl. Khimki (Khimki trolleybus)24 July 1997-1[26]3[27]45[28]2 routes (out of 3) run between Khimki and Moscow city

Operated by MUP 'Khimkielektrotrans'

Podolsk1 May 2001-1[29]5[30]47[31]Operated by MUE “Podolskiy Trolleybus”[29]
Vidnoye9 September 2000-1[32]3[33]21[34]Operated by MUE 'Vidnoe Trolleybus Depot'[32]
Oryol obl. Oryol29 October 1968[35]-14[35]59[36]Operated by MUP 'Tram and trolleybus enterprise'[35]
Ryazan obl. Ryazan13 November 1949[37]-2[37]15188[38]Another depot is not in use, but not 'closed'.

126 vehicles in use[38]

Smolensk obl. Smolensk8 April 1991[39]-1[39]4[39]102[40]Operated by Smolensk Municipal Unitary Tram and Trolleybus Enterprise[41]
Tambov obl. Tambov5 November 1955[42]30 September 2025[43]1[42]3[42]15[44]Operated by ME 'Tambovgorstrans'[42]

7 vehicles in operation[44]

Tver obl. Tver5 May 196714 April 2020[45]17104-
Tula obl. Tula5 November 1962[46]-1[46]7[46]100[47]Operated by MUE 'Tulgorelectrotrans'[46]
Yaroslavl obl. Rybinsk14 December 1976[48]-14[48]61[49]Operated by JSC Rybinskelectrotrans[48]
Yaroslavl7 November 1949[46]-1[50]7[50]107[51]Operated by JSC 'Yargorelectrotrans'[50]

Far Eastern Federal District

Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Amur obl. Blagoveshchensk22 August 197908 July 20161231-
Khabarovsk krai Khabarovsk17 January 1975-1454-
Primorsky krai Vladivostok29 January 1965-1438-

Northwestern Federal District

Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Arkhangelsk obl. Arkhangelsk14 October 197411 April 2008---Operation suspended October 2006 - December 2007.[52]
Vologda obl. Cherepovets-----Construction started in 1992; stopped ca. 1996, remaining infrastructure dismantled 2008[53]
Vologda30 December 1976-1690-
Kaliningrad obl. Chernyakhovsk27 November 1936January 1945---Operated by Stadtwerke Omnibusbetrieb Insterburg

Closed because of war damage.[54] During the period of operation of the trolleybus network, the city was known as Insterburg.[55]

Kaliningrad15 October 194327 January 1945---Closed because of war damage
5 November 1975-1460-
Karelia Petrozavodsk5 September 1961-18121See Trolleybuses in Petrozavodsk
Leningrad obl. Gatchina-----Construction started in 2004;[56] following plans drawn up in the late 1980s. Construction was suspended in 2005 and is not expected to resume.[57]
Tosno-----Reported by one source as under construction. No information since 2002.
Murmansk obl. Murmansk11 February 1962-25141World's northernmost trolleybus system.
Novgorod obl. Veliky Novgorod3 December 1995-1540-
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg21 October 1936-644742Operation suspended Nov 1941 - 1945 because of war.

Siberian Federal District

Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Altai krai Barnaul19 October 1973-1557-
Rubtsovsk28 December 1973-1249-
Zabaykalsky krai Chita30 December 1970-1577-
Irkutsk obl. Irkutsk6 November 1970-1540-
Bratsk1 February 1975-1550-
Kemerovo obl. Kemerovo25 September 1970-11088-
Leninsk-Kuznetsky11 January 1984-1331-
Novokuznetsk1 January 1978-1453-
Krasnoyarsk krai Krasnoyarsk5 November 1959-28140-
Novosibirsk obl. Novosibirsk6 November 1957-414322-
Omsk obl. Omsk5 November 1955-210216-
Tomsk obl. Tomsk7 November 1967-1893-
Khakassia Abakan31 December 1980-11224-

Southern Federal District

Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Adygea Maykop29 November 1974-11253-
Astrakhan obl. Astrakhan5 November 196730 October 20171340-
Volgograd obl. Volgograd31 December 1960-415357-
Kamyshin-----Construction started 1985 and stopped 1991.[58]
Volzhsky-----Construction started in early 1990s; stopped 1998.[59]
Dagestan Makhachkala3 February 197318 December 20251346-
Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik22 November 1980-1452-
Karachay–Cherkessia Cherkessk19 December 1988-1942-
Krasnodar krai Armavir16 June 1973-1544-
Krasnodar28 July 1950-217209-
Novorossiysk1 April 1969-11479-
North Ossetia Vladikavkaz1 February 19778 August 20101212A PKTS-6281.00 'Admiral' trolleybus was delivered on May 30, 2022.[60]
Stavropol krai Stavropol24 July 1964-1996-
Rostov obl. Rostov-on-Don18 March 1936-28108-
Shakhty30 September 197527 October 2007----
Taganrog25 December 19775 May 20221735Operated by MUE 'TTU'

Trolleybus traffic suspended since May 2022 due to repairs on electricity substations.[61]

Volgodonsk4 October 1977-1632-
Chechnya Grozny31 December 1975December 1994---Closed because of war damage.[62]

Urals Federal District

Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Kurgan obl. Kurgan24 November 196529 April 20151433-
Sverdlovsk obl. Kachkanar11 November 1972December 1985----
Kamensk-Uralsky1 November 19563 March 20151359-
Nizhny Tagil-----Reported by only one source as under construction. Other sources state that construction was planned for 1996 but did not start.
Yekaterinburg17 October 1943-219356-
Tyumen obl. Tyumen12 June 19705 October 2009---Service operated by ME 'Trolleybusnoe Predpriyatie'[63]
Khanty–Mansi AO Surgut-----Reported by only one source as under construction. No confirmation, no recent information.
Chelyabinsk obl. Chelyabinsk22 November 1942-322360-
Miass1 February 1985-1569-

Volga Federal District

Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Bashkortostan Sterlitamak24 February 1961-223195-
Ufa27 January 1962-221211-
Kirov obl. Kirov8 November 1943-28157-
Mari El Yoshkar-Ola1 February 1971-112158-
Mordovia Saransk29 January 1966-217141-
Nizhny Novgorod obl. Dzerzhinsk15 April 1976-1579-
Nizhny Novgorod27 June 1947-321227-
Orenburg obl. Orenburg1 May 1953-1599-
Penza obl. Penza4 November 1948-26100-
Perm krai Berezniki14 March 196128 February 20261425Numbers at time of closure
Perm5 November 196030 June 2019113136-
Samara obl. Novokuybyshevsk4 January 1986-11656-
Samara7 November 1942-316259-
Syzran1 September 20021 November 2009----
Tolyatti21 January 1966-121183-
Saratov obl. Balakovo18 November 1967-21060-
Engels29 April 1964-1455-
Saratov6 November 1952-211220-
Tatarstan Almetyevsk13 January 1976-1448-
Kazan27 November 1948-216238-
Udmurtia Izhevsk6 November 1968-211245-
Ulyanovsk obl. Ulyanovsk31 December 1973-1757-
Chuvashia Cheboksary7 November 1964-319301-
Novocheboksarsk2 November 1979-1448-

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.
  • Tarkhov, Sergei. 2000. "Empire of the Trolleybus: Vol 1 - Russia" (ISBN 0-948619-02-3). London: Rapid Transit Publications.
  • Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.

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  21. 1 2 3 4 "Lipetsk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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  32. 1 2 "Vidnoye". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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  35. 1 2 3 "Oryol". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  36. ↑ "Oryol, Trolleybus — Vehicle Statistics". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  37. 1 2 "Ryazan". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  38. 1 2 "Ryazan, Trolleybus — Vehicle Statistics". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  39. 1 2 3 "Smolensk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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  41. ↑ "История предприятия" (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  42. 1 2 3 4 "Tambov". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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  45. ↑ "Tver". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  46. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tula". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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  50. 1 2 3 "Yaroslavl". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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  52. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 278, March–April 2008, p. 45.v
  53. ↑ "Cherepovets". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  54. ↑ Angrapa.ru
  55. ↑ "Insterburg".
  56. ↑ TM No. 257, September.-October. 2004, p. 122.
  57. ↑ "Gatchina". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  58. ↑ "Kamyshin — Maps — Photo".
  59. ↑ Tarkhov (2000), "Empire of the Trolleybus: Vol 1 - Russia", p. 135.
  60. ↑ "Vladikavkaz".
  61. ↑ "Taganrog".
  62. ↑ "Grozny". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  63. ↑ "Tyumen".
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