Crimean Trolleybus Line (russian: Крымский троллейбус, Krymskiy trolleybus; uk, Кримський тролейбус, Kryms’kyi troleibus; crh, Qırım trolleybusı) in

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

is the longest

trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or trol ...

line in the world.Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia''. p. 41. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. . It is long,Makewell, Roy. "Trolleybuses Over the Yaila Mountains". ''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 193 (January–February 1994), pp. 2–16. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). between the capital of Crimea,

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...

, and the coastal city of

Yalta Yalta (: Я́лта) is a resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Cri ...

on the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...

. Managed by the public transport company Krymtrolleybus, it was built in 1959 in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

as an alternative to extending the railway line in Simferopol over the mountains to the coast. It opened in two parts: Simferopol–Alushta in 1959 and Alushta–Yalta in 1961. The journey time to

Alushta Alushta ( uk, Алушта; crh, Aluşta; ) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Republic of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de ...

is about hours, to Yalta about hours, and the fare is about ₴15 (since March 2014, ₽58). It passes through the Crimean Mountains across the

Angarskyi Pass The Angarskyi Pass ( uk, Ангарський перевал; russian: Ангарский перевал; crh, Anğara boğazı) is a mountain pass of the Crimean Mountains on the Crimean peninsula. The pass is the highest point on the Simferopol� ...

, reaching at the highest point, then descends to the resort town of Alushta on the coast. The remaining distance to Yalta is and winds around the mountains above the sea.

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Krym State Production Enterprise "Krymtrolleybus"
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Excursion by a trolleybus (Simferopol–Yalta)
{{Crimea topics Transport in Crimea Transport in the Soviet Union Trolleybus transport in Ukraine Simferopol Yalta Alushta

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