Trolleybuses in Petrozavodsk

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Petrozavodsk trolleybus system
Петрозаводский троллейбус

Petroskoin trolleibus

Petroskoin johdinauto
Petrozavodsk trolleybus 2022.jpg
(From left to right) VMZ-5298.01 "Avangard", MTRZ-6223 and BKM 321 in 2022
Operation
Locale Petrozavodsk, Russia
Open1961 (1961)
StatusOpen
Routes6
Operator(s)Gorodskoy Transport
Infrastructure
Electrification (?) V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot(s)1
Stock65
Website http://ptzgortrans.ru

The Petrozavodsk trolleybus system is the only existing trolleybus system in the Republic of Karelia of the Russian Federation and is one of the northern most trolleybus systems in the world. It is operated by the city-owned public transportation company "Gorodskoy Transport". As of April 2023, the network consisted of 6 lines, [1] with 41 operational trolleybuses and 24 in storage. [2]

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History

In 1934 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Karelian ASSR Edward Gylling suggested creating a trolleybus system in the city but the plans were cancelled after the beginning of World War II. [3]

The construction of the system began in 1947 but the launch was delayed by many years due to various problems. [4]

The system opened on September 5, 1961, along route No. 1 "Tovarnaya Kontora - Kirov Square" and used ZiU-5 trolleybuses.

In 2004, the Trolleybus Administration was reorganized into OJSC "Trolleybus Department of the City of Petrozavodsk" and renamed to "Gorodskoy Transport" in 2010.

Up until 2008 new lines were being planned out but due to the lack of funding and manpower many of the lines were closed down. [5]

Some of the lines had to be changed or closed down due to the lack of maintenance of the Soviet infrastructure. [6]

Due to the lack of fuding "Gorodskoy Transport" often buys used trolleybuses from Moscow and Saint-Peterburg. [7]

In 2023 a transport reform has started which seeks to increase the amount of active lines and upgrade the rolling stock. [8]

Lines

Petrozavodsk trolleybus map as of 2022 Petrozavodsk trolleybus map 2022-05.svg
Petrozavodsk trolleybus map as of 2022
Currently Active [1]
NumberRouteFrequency
1Kemskaya – Sudostroitel'naya – Klychevaya – Onezhskoy Flotilii – Rigachina – Chernyshevskogo – Lunacharskogo – Aleksandra Nevskogo – "Pravdy" – Kuibisheva – Lenina – Shotmana – Chapaeva – Lesnoy – Lososinskoe – Heikkonena10-23 min.
3Zavodskaya – Pervomaisky – Moskovskaya – Varkausa – Kirova – Lenina – Gagarina – Krasnoarmeiksaya – Aleksandra Nevskogo – Lunacharskogo – Radisheva – Hlebokombinat15-29 min.
5Lyzhnaya – Rovio – Komsomolsky – Krasnoarmeiksaya – Gagarina – Lenina – Kirova – Varkausa – Melen'tyevoi - Zaitseva – "DSK" – Zavodskaya – Zaitseva12-29 min.
6Korabelov – Antonova – Repnikova – Klychevskoye – Kalinina – Aleksandra Nevskogo – "Pravdy" – Kuibysheva – Lenina – Kirova – Varkausa – Moskovskaya – Pervomaisky – Melen'tyevoi14-31 min.
7aKorabelov – Antonova – Repnikova – Klychevskoye – Lyzhnaya – Rovio – Komsomolsky – Rovioup to 40 min. (excluding weekends and holidays)
8Zavodskaya – Pervomaisky – Moskovskaya – Varkausa – Kirova – Lenina – Gagarina – Shotmana – Chapaeva – Lesnoy – Lososinskoe – Heikkonena30-38 min.
Currently Inactive [9]
NumberRouteLengthDate
1ATrolleybus Control – Avangard17 km.1983–1984
2The same route as current line 51964–1976, 1982–2018
2ARovio – Gagarina6,1 km.1986–1987
3AZavodskaya – Rovio19 km.1977–1984
4Lyzhnaya – Oktyabyrsky1976–2021
4ARovio – Mashinostroitelny kolledzh12 km.1985
5ALyzhnaya – Gagarina9,4 km.1988–1996
5ДTrolleybus Control – Gagarina7,8 km.
6AKorabelov – Cargo station22,4 km.2003–2004
7Same as 7a23 km.2004–2007
9Korabelov – Cargo station22,4 km.2006–2008
10Heikkonena – Park kultury i otdykha17 km.2007–2008
ЭPobeda cinema – Kirova Square5,1 km.2005

The fleet

Trolleybus depot Trolleybus depot in Ptz (3).jpg
Trolleybus depot
ZiU-682V-012 [V0A] with the pre-reorganization logo, 2008 Petrozavodsk traffic trolleybus.jpg
ZiU-682V-012 [V0A] with the pre-reorganization logo, 2008
BKM-321 on Lenin Avenue BKM-321.jpg
BKM-321 on Lenin Avenue
ModelNumberYears of OperationOperated as of January 2024Total Amount
ZiU-5 01—491961—1977049
ZiU-5G 50—671967—1981018
ZiU-5D 68—851969—1981018
ZiU-682B 86—139, 141—1501973—1990064
ZiU-682V 86—139, 141—1501979—1995052
ZiU-682V (B00) 203—246, 2481985—2022045
ZiU-682V-012 [V0A]247, 249—2641985—2022017
ZiU-682V-013 [V0V]265—2721990—202208
ZiU-682G [G00] 273—3191991–2023047
ZiU-682G-012 [G0A]320—3231995—202103
ZiU-682G-016.02 358—361, 372—376Since 200938
VMZ-170 322, 325, 3822000—202103
VMZ-5298.01-50 "Avangard" 370, 371, 377, 378, 409, 413–426, 428, 430, 432, 452Since 20121219
VZTM-5284 324, 326–333, 335, 379, 403, 405, 406, 411, 422Since 2003116
MTRZ-5279-0000012334-3382005—202201
LiAZ-5280 (VZTM) 339—345, 347, 348, 350–357, 359Since 2005021
LiAZ-5280 362—367, 369Since 200917
LiAZ-5280.02 (PT) 346, 3492006—200802
MAZ-103T 3682010—201601
KTG-1 1401977—199401
BTZ-52768T377,3782018—202202
VMZ-5298-020 3852018—202201
VMZ-5298-23-01 3802018—202101
MTRZ-6223-0000010381, 383, 384, 386, 397, 399, 402, 404Since 201819
MTRZ-52791 "Sadovoye Kol'tso"387—4002020—2022010
PTZ-52834072021—202101
BKM 321 427, 429, 434, 436, 438Since 202245
VMZ-5298.01 (VMZ-463)439, 441, 444—450Since 202307
Trolza-5275.03 "Optima"443, 454Since 202302
VMZ-52981440Since 202301
VMZ-5298-22442Since 202301

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