Crimean Trolleybus

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Crimean trolleybus: The 52 Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta inter-city trolleybus Škoda 14Tr n. 2005 at its end station in Simferopol

Trolleybus shelter at Angarskyi Pass (elevation 752 metres)

Crimean Trolleybus Line (Ukrainian: Кримський тролейбус, translit. Kryms’kyi troleibus; Russian: Крымский троллейбус, translit. Krymskiy trolleybus) in Crimea, Ukraine is currently the longest trolleybus line in the world.^[1] It is about 86 kilometres (54 miles) long, 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 1950s 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 feet) at the road's highest point, then decends down to the resort town of Alushta on the coast.^[1] The remaining distance to Yalta is 41 km and winds around the mountains above the sea.

The list of stops of the trolleybus line are: Simferopol Railroad Station — Marine — Lozove — Pionerske — Dobre — Zarichne — Perevalne — Sosnivka — Angarskyi Pass — Kutuzovsky Fountain — Luchiste — Verkhnya Kutozovka — Nizhnya Kutozovka — Alushta — Lazurne — Malyi Mayak — Kiparisne — Pushkine — Partenit — Zaprudne — Artek — Krasnokamyanka — Gurzuf — Ai-Danil — Nikitsky Botanical Garden — Sosnyak — Massandra — Yalta

The Škoda 9Tr, Škoda 14Tr vehicles are used on the route.