List of trolleybus systems in Russia

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

Trolza trolleybus in Moscow, Russia

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 Dec 196730 Jun 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 Dec 1960-1[5]11[5]93[6]-
Vladimir obl. Vladimir5 Nov 1952[7]-1[7]970[8]'Officially' opened on 7 November 1952[7]
Kovrov6 Mar 1975[9]-1[9]6+2 special[9]57[10]-
Voronezh obl. Voronezh6 Nov 1960-1[11]4[11]61[12]Only 33 in actual service[12]
Ivanovo obl. Ivanovo5 Nov 1962[13]-1[13]11[13]138[14]108 in service[14]
Kaluga obl. Kaluga30 Mar 1956[15]-1[15]14107[16]70 in service
Kostroma obl. Kostroma10 Jan 1974[17]30 Jun 20231[17]753[18]Operated by MUE 'Trolleybusnoe Upravlenie'
Kursk obl. Kursk21 Aug 1972[19]-1[19]880[20]-
Lipetsk obl. Lipetsk1 Feb 197215 Aug 2017[21]15[21]39[21]Trolleybuses were operated by MUP 'Lipetskpassazhirtrans'[21]

Statistics at time of closing

Moscow Moscow15 Nov 193325 Aug 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 Jul 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 Sep 2000-1[32]3[33]21[34]Operated by MUE 'Vidnoe Trolleybus Depot'[32]
Oryol obl. Oryol29 Oct 1968[35]-14[35]59[36]Operated by MUP 'Tram and trolleybus enterprise'[35]
Ryazan obl. Ryazan13 Nov 1949[37]-2[37]15188[38]Another depot is not in use, but not 'closed'.

126 vehicles in use[38]

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

7 vehicles in operation[43]

Tver obl. Tver5 May 196714 April 2020[44]17104-
Tula obl. Tula5 Nov 1962[45]-1[45]7[45]100[46]Operated by MUE 'Tulgorelectrotrans'[45]
Yaroslavl obl. Rybinsk14 Dec 1976[47]-14[47]61[48]Operated by JSC Rybinskelectrotrans[47]
Yaroslavl7 Nov 1949[45]-1[49]7[49]107[50]Operated by JSC 'Yargorelectrotrans'[49]

Far Eastern Federal District
Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Amur obl. Blagoveshchensk22 Aug 197908 July 20161231-
Khabarovsk krai Khabarovsk17 Jan 1975-1454-
Primorsky krai Vladivostok29 Jan 1965-1438-

Northwestern Federal District
Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Arkhangelsk obl. Arkhangelsk14 Oct 197411 Apr 2008---Operation suspended October 2006 - December 2007.[51]
Vologda obl. Cherepovets-----Construction started in 1992; stopped ca. 1996, remaining infrastructure dismantled 2008[52]
Vologda22 Aug 1979-1690-
Kaliningrad obl. Chernyakhovsk27 Nov 1936Jan 1945---Operated by Stadtwerke Omnibusbetrieb Insterburg

Closed because of war damage.[53] During the period of operation of the trolleybus network, the city was known as Insterburg.[54]

Kaliningrad15 Oct 194327 Jan 1945---Closed because of war damage
5 Nov 1975-1460-
Karelia Petrozavodsk5 Sep 1961-18121See Trolleybuses in Petrozavodsk
Leningrad obl. Gatchina-----Construction started in 2004;[55] following plans drawn up in the late 1980s. Construction was suspended in 2005 and is not expected to resume.[56]
Tosno-----Reported by one source as under construction. No information since 2002.
Murmansk obl. Murmansk11 Feb 1962-25141World's northernmost trolleybus system.
Novgorod obl. Veliky Novgorod3 Dec 1995-1540-
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg21 Oct 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 Oct 1973-1557-
Rubtsovsk28 Dec 1973-1249-
Zabaykalsky krai Chita30 Dec 1970-1577-
Irkutsk obl. Irkutsk6 Nov 1970-1540-
Bratsk1 Feb 1975-1550-
Kemerovo obl. Kemerovo25 Sep 1970-11088-
Leninsk-Kuznetsky11 Jan 1984-1331-
Novokuznetsk1 Jan 1978-1453-
Krasnoyarsk krai Krasnoyarsk5 Nov 1959-28140-
Novosibirsk obl. Novosibirsk11 Nov 1957-414322-
Omsk obl. Omsk5 Nov 1955-210216-
Tomsk obl. Tomsk7 Nov 1967-1893-
Khakassia Abakan31 Dec 1980-11224-

Southern Federal District
Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Adygea Maykop29 Nov 1974-11253-
Astrakhan obl. Astrakhan5 Nov 196730 Oct 20171340-
Volgograd obl. Volgograd31 Dec 1960-415357-
Kamyshin-----Construction started 1985 and stopped 1991.[57]
Volzhsky-----Construction started in early 1990s; stopped 1998.[58]
Dagestan Makhachkala3 Feb 1973-1346-
Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik22 Nov 1980-1452-
Karachay–Cherkessia Cherkessk19 Dec 1988-1942-
Krasnodar krai Armavir16 Jun 1973-1544-
Krasnodar28 Jul 1950-217209-
Novorossiysk1 Apr 1969-11479-
North Ossetia Vladikavkaz1 Feb 19778 Aug 20101212A PKTS-6281.00 'Admiral' trolleybus was delivered on May 30, 2022.[59]
Stavropol krai Stavropol24 Jul 1964-1996-
Rostov obl. Rostov-on-Don18 Mar 1936-28108-
Shakhty30 Sep 197527 Oct 2007----
Taganrog25 Dec 1977-1735Operated by MUE 'TTU'

Trolleybus traffic suspended since May 2022 due to repairs on electricity substations.[60]

Volgodonsk4 Oct 1977-1632-
Chechnya Grozny31 Dec 1975Dec 1994---Closed because of war damage.[61]

Urals Federal District
Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Kurgan obl. Kurgan24 Nov 196529 Apr 20151433-
Sverdlovsk obl. Kachkanar11 Nov 1972Dec 1985----
Kamensk-Uralsky1 Nov 19563 Mar 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 Oct 1943-219356-
Tyumen obl. Tyumen12 Jun 19705 Oct 2009---Service operated by ME 'Trolleybusnoe Predpriyatie'[62]
Khanty–Mansi AO Surgut-----Reported by only one source as under construction. No confirmation, no recent information.
Chelyabinsk obl. Chelyabinsk22 Nov 1942-322360-
Miass1 Feb 1975-1569-

Volga Federal District
Region Location From To Depots Routes Vehicles Notes
(As of September 2012)
Bashkortostan Sterlitamak24 Feb 1961-223195-
Ufa27 Jan 1962-221211-
Kirov obl. Kirov8 Nov 1943-28157-
Mari El Yoshkar-Ola1 Feb 1971-112158-
Mordovia Saransk29 Jan 1966-217141-
Nizhny Novgorod obl. Dzerzhinsk15 Apr 1976-1579-
Nizhny Novgorod27 Jun 1947-321227-
Orenburg obl. Orenburg1 May 1953-1599-
Penza obl. Penza4 Nov 1948-26100-
Perm krai Berezniki14 Mar 1961-111N/A-
Perm5 Nov 196030 Jun 2019113136-
Samara obl. Novokuybyshevsk4 Jan 1986-11656-
Samara7 Nov 1942-316259-
Syzran1 Sep 20021 Nov 2009----
Tolyatti21 Jan 1966-121183-
Saratov obl. Balakovo18 Nov 1967-21060-
Engels29 Apr 1964-1455-
Saratov6 Nov 1952-211220-
Tatarstan Almetyevsk13 Jan 1976-1448-
Kazan27 Nov 1948-216238-
Naberezhnye Chelny-----Reported by one source as under construction. No recent information.
Udmurtia Izhevsk6 Nov 1968-211245-
Ulyanovsk obl. Ulyanovsk31 Dec 1973-1757-
Chuvashia Cheboksary7 Nov 1964-319301-
Novocheboksarsk2 Nov 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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