This is a list of trolleybus systems in Russia. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.
Region | Location | From | To | Depots (as of July 2021 [update] ) | Routes | Vehicles (as of July 2021 [update] ) | Notes |
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![]() | ![]() | 3 Dec 1967 | 30 Jun 2022 [1] | 1 [2] | 4 [2] | 53 [3] | Operated by LLC 'Best' at time of closing. |
![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started in 1989, not completed. [4] | |
![]() | ![]() | 3 Dec 1960 | - | 1 [5] | 11 [5] | 93 [6] | - |
![]() | ![]() | 5 Nov 1952 [7] | - | 1 [7] | 9 | 70 [8] | 'Officially' opened on 7 November 1952 [7] |
![]() | 6 Mar 1975 [9] | - | 1 [9] | 6+2 special [9] | 57 [10] | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 6 Nov 1960 | - | 1 [11] | 4 [11] | 61 [12] | Only 33 in actual service [12] |
![]() | ![]() | 5 Nov 1962 [13] | - | 1 [13] | 11 [13] | 138 [14] | 108 in service [14] |
![]() | ![]() | 30 Mar 1956 [15] | - | 1 [15] | 14 | 107 [16] | 70 in service |
![]() | ![]() | 10 Jan 1974 [17] | 30 Jun 2023 | 1 [17] | 7 | 53 [18] | Operated by MUE 'Trolleybusnoe Upravlenie' |
![]() | ![]() | 21 Aug 1972 [19] | - | 1 [19] | 8 | 80 [20] | - |
![]() | ![]() | 1 Feb 1972 | 15 Aug 2017 [21] | 1 | 5 [21] | 39 [21] | Trolleybuses were operated by MUP 'Lipetskpassazhirtrans' [21] Statistics at time of closing |
![]() | ![]() | 15 Nov 1933 | 25 Aug 2020 [22] | 3 | 6 | 649 | Numbers 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] |
![]() | ![]() | 24 Jul 1997 | - | 1 [26] | 3 [27] | 45 [28] | 2 routes (out of 3) run between Khimki and Moscow city Operated by MUP 'Khimkielektrotrans' |
![]() | 1 May 2001 | - | 1 [29] | 5 [30] | 47 [31] | Operated by MUE “Podolskiy Trolleybus” [29] | |
![]() | 9 Sep 2000 | - | 1 [32] | 3 [33] | 21 [34] | Operated by MUE 'Vidnoe Trolleybus Depot' [32] | |
![]() | ![]() | 29 Oct 1968 [35] | - | 1 | 4 [35] | 59 [36] | Operated by MUP 'Tram and trolleybus enterprise' [35] |
![]() | ![]() | 13 Nov 1949 [37] | - | 2 [37] | 15 | 188 [38] | Another depot is not in use, but not 'closed'. 126 vehicles in use [38] |
![]() | ![]() | 8 Apr 1991 [39] | - | 1 [39] | 4 [39] | 102 [40] | Operated by Smolensk Municipal Unitary Tram and Trolleybus Enterprise [41] |
![]() | ![]() | 5 Nov 1955 [42] | - | 1 [42] | 3 [42] | 15 [43] | Operated by ME 'Tambovgorstrans' [42] 7 vehicles in operation [43] |
![]() | ![]() | 5 May 1967 | 14 April 2020 [44] | 1 | 7 | 104 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 5 Nov 1962 [45] | - | 1 [45] | 7 [45] | 100 [46] | Operated by MUE 'Tulgorelectrotrans' [45] |
![]() | ![]() | 14 Dec 1976 [47] | - | 1 | 4 [47] | 61 [48] | Operated by JSC Rybinskelectrotrans [47] |
![]() | 7 Nov 1949 [45] | - | 1 [49] | 7 [49] | 107 [50] | Operated by JSC 'Yargorelectrotrans' [49] |
Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
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(As of September 2012 [update] ) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 22 Aug 1979 | 08 July 2016 | 1 | 2 | 31 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 17 Jan 1975 | - | 1 | 4 | 54 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 29 Jan 1965 | - | 1 | 4 | 38 | - |
Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
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(As of September 2012 [update] ) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 14 Oct 1974 | 11 Apr 2008 | - | - | - | Operation suspended October 2006 - December 2007. [51] |
![]() | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started in 1992; stopped ca. 1996, remaining infrastructure dismantled 2008 [52] |
![]() | 22 Aug 1979 | - | 1 | 6 | 90 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 27 Nov 1936 | Jan 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] |
![]() | 15 Oct 1943 | 27 Jan 1945 | - | - | - | Closed because of war damage | |
5 Nov 1975 | - | 1 | 4 | 60 | - | ||
![]() | ![]() | 5 Sep 1961 | - | 1 | 8 | 121 | See Trolleybuses in Petrozavodsk |
![]() | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | 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] |
![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by one source as under construction. No information since 2002.[ citation needed ] | |
![]() | ![]() | 11 Feb 1962 | - | 2 | 5 | 141 | World's northernmost trolleybus system. |
![]() | ![]() | 3 Dec 1995 | - | 1 | 5 | 40 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 21 Oct 1936 | - | 6 | 44 | 742 | Operation suspended Nov 1941 - 1945 because of war. |
Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
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(As of September 2012 [update] ) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 19 Oct 1973 | - | 1 | 5 | 57 | - |
![]() | 28 Dec 1973 | - | 1 | 2 | 49 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 30 Dec 1970 | - | 1 | 5 | 77 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 6 Nov 1970 | - | 1 | 5 | 40 | - |
![]() | 1 Feb 1975 | - | 1 | 5 | 50 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 25 Sep 1970 | - | 1 | 10 | 88 | - |
![]() | 11 Jan 1984 | - | 1 | 3 | 31 | - | |
![]() | 1 Jan 1978 | - | 1 | 4 | 53 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 5 Nov 1959 | - | 2 | 8 | 140 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 11 Nov 1957 | - | 4 | 14 | 322 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 5 Nov 1955 | - | 2 | 10 | 216 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 7 Nov 1967 | - | 1 | 8 | 93 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 31 Dec 1980 | - | 1 | 12 | 24 | - |
Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
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(As of September 2012 [update] ) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 29 Nov 1974 | - | 1 | 12 | 53 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 5 Nov 1967 | 30 Oct 2017 | 1 | 3 | 40 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 31 Dec 1960 | - | 4 | 15 | 357 | - |
![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started 1985 and stopped 1991. [57] | |
![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started in early 1990s; stopped 1998. [58] | |
![]() | ![]() | 3 Feb 1973 | - | 1 | 3 | 46 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 22 Nov 1980 | - | 1 | 4 | 52 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 19 Dec 1988 | - | 1 | 9 | 42 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 16 Jun 1973 | - | 1 | 5 | 44 | - |
![]() | 28 Jul 1950 | - | 2 | 17 | 209 | - | |
![]() | 1 Apr 1969 | - | 1 | 14 | 79 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 1 Feb 1977 | 8 Aug 2010 | 1 | 2 | 12 | A PKTS-6281.00 'Admiral' trolleybus was delivered on May 30, 2022. [59] |
![]() | ![]() | 24 Jul 1964 | - | 1 | 9 | 96 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 18 Mar 1936 | - | 2 | 8 | 108 | - |
![]() | 30 Sep 1975 | 27 Oct 2007 | - | - | - | - | |
![]() | 25 Dec 1977 | - | 1 | 7 | 35 | Operated by MUE 'TTU' Trolleybus traffic suspended since May 2022 due to repairs on electricity substations. [60] | |
![]() | 4 Oct 1977 | - | 1 | 6 | 32 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 31 Dec 1975 | Dec 1994 | - | - | - | Closed because of war damage. [61] |
Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
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(As of September 2012 [update] ) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 24 Nov 1965 | 29 Apr 2015 | 1 | 4 | 33 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 11 Nov 1972 | Dec 1985 | - | - | - | - |
![]() | 1 Nov 1956 | 3 Mar 2015 | 1 | 3 | 59 | - | |
![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by only one source as under construction. Other sources state that construction was planned for 1996 but did not start.[ citation needed ] | |
![]() | 17 Oct 1943 | - | 2 | 19 | 356 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 12 Jun 1970 | 5 Oct 2009 | - | - | - | Service operated by ME 'Trolleybusnoe Predpriyatie' [62] |
![]() | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by only one source as under construction. No confirmation, no recent information.[ citation needed ] |
![]() | ![]() | 22 Nov 1942 | - | 3 | 22 | 360 | - |
![]() | 1 Feb 1975 | - | 1 | 5 | 69 | - |
Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
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(As of September 2012 [update] ) | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 24 Feb 1961 | - | 2 | 23 | 195 | - |
![]() | 27 Jan 1962 | - | 2 | 21 | 211 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 8 Nov 1943 | - | 2 | 8 | 157 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 1 Feb 1971 | - | 1 | 12 | 158 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 29 Jan 1966 | - | 2 | 17 | 141 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 15 Apr 1976 | - | 1 | 5 | 79 | - |
![]() | 27 Jun 1947 | - | 3 | 21 | 227 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 1 May 1953 | - | 1 | 5 | 99 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 4 Nov 1948 | - | 2 | 6 | 100 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 14 Mar 1961 | - | 1 | 11 | N/A | - |
![]() | 5 Nov 1960 | 1 Jul 2019 | 1 | 13 | 136 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 4 Jan 1986 | - | 1 | 16 | 56 | - |
![]() | 7 Nov 1942 | - | 3 | 16 | 259 | - | |
![]() | 1 Sep 2002 | 1 Nov 2009 | - | - | - | - | |
![]() | 21 Jan 1966 | - | 1 | 21 | 183 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 18 Nov 1967 | - | 2 | 10 | 60 | - |
![]() | 29 Apr 1964 | - | 1 | 4 | 55 | - | |
![]() | 6 Nov 1952 | - | 2 | 11 | 220 | - | |
![]() | ![]() | 13 Jan 1976 | - | 1 | 4 | 48 | - |
![]() | 27 Nov 1948 | - | 2 | 16 | 238 | - | |
![]() | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by one source as under construction. No recent information.[ citation needed ] | |
![]() | ![]() | 6 Nov 1968 | - | 2 | 11 | 245 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 31 Dec 1973 | - | 1 | 7 | 57 | - |
![]() | ![]() | 7 Nov 1964 | - | 3 | 19 | 301 | - |
![]() | 2 Nov 1979 | - | 1 | 4 | 48 | - |
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