The system of urban and intercity electric transport on the Crimean Peninsula - the Crimean trolleybus - has existed since 1959. The routes of the Crimean trolleybuses pass along the picturesque South Bank linking the series settlements... The sights of the Crimea are located along the route. Since Soviet times, independent tourists have appreciated the advantages of such a budgetary way to travel around Crimea.
The Crimean trolleybus connects Simferopol with Alushta, Gurzuf, Yalta. Autonomous trolleybuses follow in some directions. The Crimean trolleybus fleet amazes with the presence of simply rare models. There are really not new, not very new trolleybuses. Rather, it is the legacy of the Ukrainian authorities, they just did not allocate enough money. But nevertheless, the "oldies" are still driving. I don’t know if it’s possible to see this somewhere else?
The length of the intercity trolleybus route in Crimea is 84 km, from the airport - 96 km.
Trolleybus Simferopol - Alushta (No. 51)
- Trolleybus Schedule
The trip from Simferopol to Alushta takes just over an hour. On ordinary days, trolleybuses leave at intervals of 25-60 minutes.
Trolleybus Simferopol - Yalta (No. 52)
The route passes through Perevalnoye, Alushta, Gurzuf. The interval between flights during the day is also from 30 to 40 minutes. Travel time takes 2.5 hours.
Trolleybus Alushta - Yalta (No. 53)
There are few such flights: one in the morning from Alushta and two in the evening from Yalta. Travel time is 1 hour.
Trolleybuses from Simferopol airport
The route of five Crimean trolleybuses passes by the Simferopol airport, two of them are intercity.
Trolleybuses of local routes (in Simferopol):
- No. 17 Airport - Rural, ten flights a day, see;
- No. 9 Airport - 7th City Hospital (runs frequently at intervals of 10-15 minutes);
- No. 20 Airport - Railway station (recently introduced in July 2017), flights from 20:00 to 5:00, interval - 20 minutes.
Trolleybus airport - Alushta (No. 54)
From the airport you can go directly to Alushta. Trolleybuses to Alushta leave once an hour.
The route ends its work earlier than flights to other destinations. Travel time is a little over 3 hours.
Trolleybus airport - Yalta (No. 55)
This route started over again in June 2016. The trip by trolleybus to Yalta takes 3 hours.
V holidays the schedule of the Crimean trolleybuses may change. Check on the site of the "Crimean trolleybus".
Scheme of international trolleybus routes in Crimea.
City trolleybuses of Crimea
There are separate trolleybus parks in the cities of Crimea: in Simferopol, in Alushta and in Yalta.
Trolleybuses of Simferopol
The trolleybus network in Simferopol is the most extensive in Crimea. Routes move through the city center, past the railway station, airport and to the nearest villages.
- in the northern part it reaches the Zagorodny microdistrict, stops “Ul. Glinka "and" Svoboda "(behind the Bypass road);
- in the southeastern part it connects the bus station, university, Maryino, Pionerskoye;
- in the south-west direction the final stops are “Novo-Romanovka”, “7th City Hospital”.
Route number 21 ( Train Station and Perevalnoe) and No. 23 (Freedom - Perevalnoe).
The main flights around the city:
- No. 4 (7th City Hospital - Maryino),
- No. 6 (Maryino - Main Post Office),
- No. 7 (Balaklava market - Freedom),
- No. 16 (Agrarian - Maryino).
- No. 5 (Novoromanovka - Freedom),
- No. 10 (Zavodskoe - Zagorodny),
- No. 14 (Maryino - Arbatskaya).
The main transport to the airport is the already mentioned route number 9 (7th City Hospital - Airport). On the northern outskirts of the city, trolleybus No. 17 goes from the airport to the Selskaya stop.
Trolleybus number 15 on the route st. Marshal Zhukov - Maryino from April 13, 2017 operates flights to.
Scheme of the movement of trolley buses in Simferopol: 
Trolleybuses of Alushta
The route of the city trolleybus number 2 in Alushta (Trolleybus station - Rabochiy ugolok) runs along Komsomolskaya Street and Gorky Street in the southwestern part of the resort, not far from the coast.
Suburban trolleybus routes:
Yalta
It is convenient to get to the Massandra Palace and Nikitsky Botanical Garden by Yalta trolleybus.
City routes:
- No. 1 (Trolleybus station - Krasnoarmeyskaya Street),
- No. 3 (Massandra - Krasnoarmeyskaya Street).
Suburban trolleybuses:
- No. 41 (Trolleybus station - Krasnokamenka),
- No. 42 (Center - Nikitsky Botanical Garden).
Unfortunately, traffic on some routes in the cities of Crimea may be suspended, and it is not always possible to find out about this on the Krymtrolleybus website. 
In Crimea, you have a great chance to tour the longest trolleybus line in Europe. The route passes along mountain roads from Simferopol to Alushta and further to Yalta. It is an hour and a half to Alushta, two and a half to Yalta. The trolleybus route Simferopol-Alushta was opened in 1959, and in 1961 the line was extended to Yalta.
In total, there are seventeen trolleybus routes operated by Krymtrolleybus: three in Yalta, two in Alushta, six urban routes in Simferopol and six - suburban and intercity routes. The Crimean trolleybus line, the longest in the world, is 96 km. In total, the trolleybus lines of Simferopol are about 120 km long.
Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta: stops and attractions
The route starts with a change at the Central bus station, then goes the village of Maryino, which is considered a suburb of Simferopol, Lozovoye, Pionerskoye and Zarechnoye. From the stop in the village of Perevalnoye, you can walk to the Red Caves, Kizil-Koba - only three kilometers. The next stop is "Sosnovka", there is a tourist camp of the same name, from which the trail begins on the Chatyr-Dag plateau, to the Marble cave. Next is the Angarsk Pass, from here you can also hiking trails to get to Chatyr-Dag and Demerdzhi, there is also a tourist center "Angarsk pass", in snowy winters there is a ski center.
Stop "Radiant" - from here you can walk to the Valley of Ghosts and to the foot of South Demerdzhi. "Upper Kutuzovka" and "Lower Kutuzovka" are the last stops before Alushta. Next is the village of Maly Mayak, there is a tourist center "Karabakh", the next stop is "Kiparisnoe". From the stop "Pushkino" you can go down to the sanatoriums "Karasan" and "Utes". Further - "Partenit", behind it the stop "Artek", from here the road leads to children's camp"Artek" and to the "Coral" autoturbase. "Gurzuf" - here is the Pushkin grotto, the rocky islets of Adalary and nearby - the famous Bear Mountain. The next stop is "Botanicheskoe", it is here that the Nikitsky Botanical Garden is located. The last stop before Yalta is "Massandra", here is the palace of Alexander III, a beautiful park and a waterfall. The route ends at the trolleybus station in Yalta.
Records of "Krymtrolleybus"
The "Krymtrolleybus" enterprise got into the Guinness Book of Records as a company that has the oldest trolleybuses in the world in its technical park. The average age of the cars is 25.7 years.
The world's longest trolleybus line Simferopol - Yalta.
For half a century of operation, trolleybuses have transported a total of more than 5 billion passengers.
At the dawn of the development of trolleybus services, 24 freight trolleybuses were used on the line.
In the midst of holiday season in the 70s and 80s, trolleybuses on the Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta route departed every two minutes, which was 500 trips a day.
One of the Crimean landmarks that receives little attention is the unique trolleybus system, which includes the longest trolleybus route in the world. The length of the route from Simferopol airport to Yalta is 96 kilometers.
The oldest linear trolleybus in the CIS, the Škoda 9Tr, produced in 1972, is also in operation in Crimea.
It seems to me that it is worthwhile to devote a separate story to the Crimean trolleybuses.
2. The trolleybus service in Crimea was opened in 1959. The Crimean trolleybuses are serviced by the Krymtrolleybus enterprise. One of the stations is located at the forecourt of the Simferopol airport. 
3. For many years, to get by trolleybus from the airport to Yalta, one had to go with a change. This route was restored last year. 
4. The fare is very low, both on city routes and on intercity routes. You can get from the airport to Yalta for only 98 rubles. 
5. There are also travel tickets. Ticket- an inexpensive but useful gift! 
6. In Crimea, thanks to the climate and technology, very old trolleybuses are still found. 
7. Pay attention to what an imposing lady is behind the wheel. There are a lot of female drivers. 
8. Now in Crimea there are 25 trolleybus routes, of which 7 are suburban and 5 intercity. 
9. Many modern trolleybus models. In total, there are 244 cars in Crimea. 
10. On the section from Simferopol to Alushta, the route passes through the pass. There is a monument to the trolleybus. 
11. Trolleybuses run very briskly, the slides pass without problems. 
12. In Soviet times, in the summer, the interval between trolleybuses was 2 minutes. For the convenience of passengers, tickets for trolley buses to Alushta and Yalta were sold together with train tickets to Simferopol at railway ticket offices major cities Soviet Union. 
13. The old man. Škoda 9Tr19 1979 release. 
14. The model is fresher. Škoda 14Tr02 / 6 1988. 
15. There are many "oldies" on the roads of Crimea, not only among trolleybuses. Pay attention to the number, it is still Soviet. 
16. You can see such rarities. 
17. On the way, we spotted the interval between trolleybuses, it turned out that the maximum interval on the Simferopol - Alushta line is 20 minutes. 
18. Interesting fact: in October 2014 in Simferopol began testing the trolleybus Trolza-5265 "Megapolis" with autonomous running to the area of st. Heroes of Stalingrad, where there is no contact network. Since November, he has been serving the residents of the area. 
19. Unfortunately, because of the fog on the South Coast, it was difficult to photograph. 
20. Ukrainian model Bogdan T70115. 2011 release. There are a lot of such trolleybuses on the roads. 
21. The Crimean trolleybuses had different times... In 2006, the Krymtrolleybus enterprise became the property of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. 2009 was a particularly difficult year, the company was declared bankrupt and it was on the verge of closure, many routes were closed. But I managed to survive. I consider this a great achievement. 
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25. In the coming years, it is planned to develop the Crimean trolleybus network. In January 2015, the first trolleybus VMZ-5298.01-50 "Avangard" entered the Simferopol trolleybus fleet. There are plans to build a trolleybus line from the Sevastopol Belbek airport to Yalta. 
26. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to ride a trolleybus on this trip, but we would have to take the longest trolleybus route in the world. 
Reports from a trip to the spring Crimea:
The Crimean trolleybus is a unique intercity trolleybus system that connects Simferopol with the resorts of the southern coast of Crimea, the longest trolleybus system in the world (86 km).
Trolleybus traffic on the Simferopol - Alushta route was opened in 1959, on the Simferopol - Yalta route - in 1961.
Travel time from Simferopol to Alushta is 1.5 hours, to Yalta - 2.5 hours. On the way from Simferopol to Alushta, the trolleybus crosses the Angarsk pass (752 m).
The Crimean Republican Production Enterprise "Krymtrolleybus" includes Simferopol, Alushta and Yalta trolleybus fleets.
In October 1958, the Council of Ministers of Ukraine made a decision to build the first mountainous intercity trolleybus line Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta in the USSR and Europe. The first stage of this line Simferopol - Alushta with a length of 52 km was built and put into operation in a record-short time in 11 months. This line was built by specialists from more than 80 enterprises from 10 cities of Ukraine. In the first stage, 2 trolleybus fleets were built in Simferopol and Alushta, 16 traction substations, more than 3 thousand, supports were installed and more than 200 km of overhead wire were suspended.
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In May 1959, the Crimean trolleybus administration was organized by the decision of the Crimean Oblast Executive Committee No. 337. In the summer of the same year, the first 40 trolleybuses arrived in Simferopol: MTB-82D of domestic production and 8Tr8 from Skoda. On September 12, 1959, running-in of the contact network began in the city of Simferopol, and on October 7, regular traffic was opened on the railway station - Maryino route, with a length of 8.5 km. On the route there were 9 trolleybuses of domestic production of the MTB - 82 brand. During the first month of operation, over 200 thousand passengers were transported. In the late 1980s, about 500 thousand passengers were transported in the city in one day. Today over 220 thousand passengers are transported in one day.
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On November 6, 1959, in a solemn atmosphere, the movement of trolleybuses on the Simferopol-Alushta line was opened. The first trolleybuses on this line worked with conductors. The fare was 6 rubles 50 kopecks, and the conductor also performed the duties of a guide. On April 28, 1961, a trolleybus service was opened in Yalta along the city ring with a length of 4.5 km. On this route, trolleybuses operated at intervals of 1 - 2 minutes. In July 1961, the second stage of the Alushta-Yalta intercity trolleybus line, 33 km long, was built. The duration of the trip to Alushta was 1 hour 50 minutes, to Yalta - 2 hours 50 minutes.
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Employee of the trolleybus fleet, who has been working since the day of its foundation
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In general, in the 1960-70s. there was an active expansion of the trolleybus network. The intercity route became very popular in the country, trolleybuses worked in 3 shifts. The Simferopol park reached its design capacity by 1962, with 102 vehicles. By 1968. Simferopol ranked 19th in the USSR in terms of saturation and intensity of urban transport. In the same year, there were 212 trolleybuses in inventory, which required reconstruction, which was completed in 1972.
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In the 70-80s. at the height of the summer season, the intervals of trolleybus traffic on the Simferopol - Alushta route averaged 2 minutes. During these years, for the convenience of passengers, tickets for trolleybuses to Alushta and Yalta were sold together with train tickets to Simferopol at the ticket offices of the city of Yalta. Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Kharkov, Riga and Vilnius.
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Skoda 9Tr (Skoda 9Tr) is a trolleybus, which was produced from 1961 to 1982 by the Czechoslovakian enterprise “Skoda-Ostrov” and was one of the “legendary”, the most massive models of trolleybuses operated in the USSR - a total of more than 5 thousand vehicles.
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The USSR got acquainted with Czech trolleybuses back in 1959, when new Skoda-8Tr vehicles entered the Simferopol-Yalta intercity highway in Crimea. Initially, it was planned to operate domestic machines on this unique line, but tests of MTB-82 trolleybuses showed that they were not able to work on mountain track... On a long descent from the Angarsk Pass, the starting and braking rheostats, which were designed for the operation of trolley buses in cities with flat terrain, overheated. Czech trolleybuses did not have this problem. In addition, their operation on the Simferopol - Yalta highway was determined by a number of other advantages - better maneuverability on mountain serpentines, an improved dynamic braking system, greater strength of the body and chassis. An important role was also played by the fact that Czech technology looked much more modern than domestic cars, and only the best trolleybuses were supposed to work on the resort route of all-Union importance.
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The trolleybus body was manufactured in two versions: with two or three screen-type doors. The door drive is pneumatic. Traction motor control system - rheostat-contactor.
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For the USSR, a special two-door modification was made. This was due to the Soviet fare collection system - passengers enter through the back door, where the conductor is located, and exit through the front door. A small number of three-door cars were supplied to the USSR, but usually they blocked the middle door, leveled the floor and installed additional seats(this was done only on cars intended for the Simferopol-Alushta-Yalta highway; Skoda-14Tr was also modernized)
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Time has confirmed that the Skoda 9Tr turned out to be a very reliable car - some of them have worked for more than 35 years, and some are still in operation. The most whimsical part most often turned out to be the rheostat-contactor control system for the traction motor. A stepwise change in the strength of the electric current in the windings of the electric motor was dictated by the need for smooth acceleration and deceleration, and the system was designed in such a way that, if it malfunctioned, the trolleybus accelerated and slowed down with obvious jerks: which often caused discontent among passengers. But at the same time, it gave the trolleybus an unusually high maneuverability. According to this criterion, the Skoda 9Tr was superior not only to domestic ZiUs, but also to Skoda of newer models.
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With a declared speed of 60 km / h, an empty trolleybus on a 2 km stretch could easily develop a higher speed - over 90 km / h. Despite the uncomfortable jerks for passengers and the noise of the compressor, the Skoda 9Tr was quite comfortable due to the semi-soft seats and interior heating.
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A freshly painted trolleybus is being repaired in the workshop
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In the last year, new trolleybuses Bogdan T-601 of the Lutsk Automobile Plant began to actively arrive in Crimea. But many drivers believe that the old Skoda 14Tr of the 1980s are more reliable, since they are made entirely in the Czech Republic.
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The oldest trolleybus of the Alushta trolleybus fleet is Skoda 9Tr 1968. Car and driver peers
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Now this once ordinary passenger trolleybus has been redesigned for technical equipment.
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Old trolleybus bridges will still serve after repair
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You cannot buy original spare parts for old Czech trolleybuses, a lot is produced by repair shops, suitable replacements are used. After the final depletion of the resource, the trolleybus goes on its last journey - for scrap
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One of the "oldies" 9Tr, plowing the expanses of the Simferopol-Yalta highway, was lucky 3 years ago to become a museum exhibit in Moscow.
By the way, trolleybuses are transported by railroad... This is how all trolleybuses got to Crimea from Czechoslovakia - on the railway platform to Simferopol, and then on their own.
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Most often, an electrician breaks down in an old Czech trolleybus. But the trolleybus fleet employees and all trolleybus lovers are more worried about the competition with minibuses and routes. Today the tourist has gone with character and considers it shameful to go to the resort on a trolleybus
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Currently, the fare from Simferopol to Alushta is 7 hryvnia, to Yalta - 12 hryvnia (approximately 25 and 40 rubles, respectively)
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