Simferopol trolley bus

In 1958, the government of the Ukrainian SSR in Kiev decided to build a long-distance mountain trolleybus line Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta , while the Simferopol executive committee made proposals for the organization of urban trolleybus routes, since the tram system clearly could not cope with transportation in a dynamically growing city.

On September 12, 1959, a trial run-in of the contact network in Simferopol began, and on October 7, regular traffic was opened on the 8.5 km long railway line Zheleznodorozhny Train Station - Maryino. There were 9 domestic-made MTB-82 trolleybuses operating on the route. The first trolleybus drivers were trained in Sevastopol , where for 9 years the trolleybus movement had been operating and there was a training center for training drivers. On November 6, 1959, the movement of trolleybuses on the intercity line Simferopol - Alushta was inaugurated. The first trolleybuses on this line worked with tour guides.

In 1961, in connection with the closure of the tram traffic along Kirov Avenue, a new trolleybus line from pl. Soviet to the Central Market, and trolleybus routes No. 4 Maryino - Central Market and No. 5 Central Market - pl. Moscow.

In 1962, the opening of the trolleybus line on the street. Sevastopol to Novoromanovka with a branch to the Zavodskoye airport. Route No. 5 was extended to Novoromanovka, and route No. 5A was launched at Zavodskoye Airport from the same Moskovskaya Square.

In 1964, the opening of a new trolleybus line from pl. Kuibyshev along Victory Avenue in a remote residential district of Freedom, launched route number 3 Freedom - Central Market.

In 1966, a line was put into operation along the Evpatoria highway to the village of Aeroflot, where at that time the airport was located, through the village of state district power station. Connections with this are opened from routes No. 8 Central Market - State District Power Station, No. 9 Aeroflotsky - Railway Station, No. 14 Aeroflotsky - Alushta, No. 15 Aeroflotsky - Yalta.

In 1968, the line opens from pl. Moscow on the street Kecskemetskaya to Victory Avenue, introduced a new trolleybus route number 7 Freedom - Center. In November 1968, in connection with the termination of tram traffic on route No. 2, a trolleybus line was opened along Lermontov and Kuibyshev streets, a new route No. 10, Central Market - ul. Arabat.

In 1971, after the closure of the tram traffic in Simferopol , the Central Trolley Repair Shops opened in the territory of the tram park.

In the mid-1970s, the successful Kiev experience was adopted in Simferopol - trains from two Škoda 9Tr trolleybuses connected via the system of many units of Vladimir Veklich appeared on the streets of the city. In total, at least 5 such trains were operated.

In 1980, due to the congested trolleybus routes, peak shortened routes with the prefix “A” began to be introduced.

In 1981, a new trolleybus line to the 7th city hospital was opened, along the streets of Kozlov, Russkaya, 60 years of October, and the trolleybus route No. 12, the 7th city hospital, the Central Market, was launched.

In October 1983, a new trolleybus fleet No. 2 was commissioned, which allowed the production of more than 200 units of rolling stock on city routes. To the new trolleybus fleet a line was launched along the street. Glinka and new routes number 13 st. Glinka - pl. Sovetskaya, number 13A st. Glinka - Bus Station, No. 14 st. Glinka - pl. Kuibyshev.

In 1987, a single-track trolleybus line was launched in the city center along the streets of Zhelyabov and Gogol - it was she who was destined to become the last to be launched during the Soviet Union. On the new line routes No. 8 and 11 were sent.

In 1990, 6 Škoda 15Tr trolleybuses arrived in Simferopol. They became the first articulated trolleybuses in the city.

In 1992, in connection with the formation of the Amet-Khan Sultan Square near the Central Market, traffic on ul. Subhi - trolleybus routes that followed on the street. Sevastopol, went around by the new square and on the street. Kozlova. The trolleybus U-turn was moved to the same area from Sportivnaya Square between the Central Market and the Lokomotiv Stadium, and the control center was soon liquidated.

In 1993-1995, 8 articulated UMZ-T1 Ukrainian-made trolleybuses arrived in Simferopol.

In 1994, the Pnevmatika plant donated 3 articulated Russian-made trolley buses ZiU-620501 to Simferopol.

In 1999, traffic on Sq. Sportivnaya - a U-turn at the Central Market was arranged on Sq. Amet Khan of the Sultan, and in both directions.

In 2002, the line opens from the street. Russian to a large remote micro-district near the Pneumatic plant - it was she who became the first trolleybus line built under independent Ukraine. The trolleybus route No. 15 Balaklava Market - Central Market was launched along the new line.

In 2004, trolleybuses went to the Zagorodny microdistrict - today this is the last line launched in Simferopol. It began to be used by route No. 3 Zagorodny - Balaklava market. After the closure of bus traffic in Simferopol, there was talk of building a line to the area of ​​Marshal Zhukov Street, but it never came to that - only in 2013 trolleybus towers were installed on the streets of Elevatornaya and Heroes of Stalingrad, but eventually trolleybuses began to run on them. with autonomous progress.

In 2006, trolleybus park No. 2 was closed in Simferopol , and the Central Trolleybus Repair Shops moved to the place of the park; the old territory was sold for multi-storey buildings.

The year 2009 turned out to be especially difficult - Krymtrolleybus KRPRP was declared bankrupt and it was on the verge of closure; because of this, many routes have stopped working. The production of trolleybuses per line decreased significantly.

Only in 2010, a new page in history began for the Simferopol trolleybus. New Bogdan T70110 trolleybuses began to arrive, the route network revived. To improve the work in favor of trolleybuses, the majority of fixed-route taxis were removed from the center of Simferopol.

On April 25, 2014, intercity routes No. 54 and 55 from the Aeroflot settlement to Alushta and Yalta were restored. ^[1] . On September 1, 2014, two new Trolza-5265 Megapolis trolleybuses donated to St. Petersburg arrived in Simferopol trolleybus park. On October 5, 2014, tests of the Trolza-5265.00 Megapolis trolleybus with autonomous running in the area of ​​ul. Heroes of Stalingrad, where the contact network never appeared. After the tests, a new route No. 15 Maryino - ul. Marshal Zhukov. ^[2] .

January 24, 2015 the first trolleybus VMZ-5298.01-50 Avangard entered the Simferopol trolleybus park.

On February 26, 2017, new TrolZa-5265.03 Megapolis trolleybuses with increased autonomous running arrived in Simferopol.

On April 8, 2017, a new route with independent run No. 16 Maryino - AgroUniversity ^[3] opens, May 4 - also a route with independent run No. 17 Airport - Khoshkeldy. ^[4] .

On April 16, 2018, the movement of trolleybuses to the new Airport terminal (route No. 17) opens. In this section, trolleybuses use autonomous running. ^[5] At the same time, routes Nos. 9, 54 and 55 continued to run to the old terminal due to the apparent impossibility of covering the issue for them with only rolling stock with increased autonomous travel. Already on June 1, 2018, routes No. 54 and 55 were canceled.

Existing Routes

Closed Routes

Valid

Previously Used

• Line from Kirov Avenue on Sportivnaya Square and ul. Subhi to st. Sevastopol with a U-turn and a place for sludge on Sportivnaya Square - the movement was closed in 1992, until 1999 the contact network was removed. Fully duplicated by a line with turns on the area of ​​Amet-Khan Sultan.
• Single-track line from the street. K. Marx on the streets of Zhelyabov and Gogol to Kirova Ave. - regular flights were canceled in the mid-2000s, the contact network is untouched except for connections on the street. K.Marx and Kirov Avenue. Currently, the use of the line is impossible due to the introduction of one-way traffic on the streets of Zhelyabov and Gogol against the alleged movement of trolleybuses.
• Lines along Tolstoy St. from STP to Kievskaya, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Marx Streets are service lines - they are used to call trolleybuses into the park and to release them on routes.
• Service line from the street. Kievskaya along the streets of Leningradskaya and Turgenev to TsTRM (territory of the closed tram depot) and back. It was liquidated along with the relocation of the TsTRM to the territory of the closed STP-2 in 2006.
• Line for the passage of trolleybuses traveling from the Simferopol airport towards the railway station in transit, without going to the state district power station. The transit line was removed in the late 1990s along with the shortening of the 8th and extension of the 9th route.
• Simferopol. Двухпутная линия для проезда троллейбусов с улицы КИМ и путепровода над магистральной железной дорогой напрямую на улицу Гагарина без заезда на ж/д вокзал. Не использовалась в маршрутном движении после закрытия маршрутов 54 и 55 в начале 90-х. В 2004 году контактная сеть демонтирована.

Связи с поставками троллейбусов с автономным ходом строительство новых линий не планируется.

Планируемые маршруты с автономным ходом:

• Запуск троллейбусного маршрута с 7-я горбольница — ул. Красноармейская — с/х Дзержинского.
• Запуск маршрута до массива Живописное.
• В 2018 году руководство Крымтроллейбуса заявило о намерении заменить в Симферополе троллейбусы на электробусы, так как троллейбусное хозяйство требует обновления, и дешевле заменить электробусами ^[6] .
• В декабре 2018 года ГУП РК «Крымтроллейбус» провёл испытание троллейбуса с автономным ходом в Каменку (Коллективные сады). Планируется, что новый троллейбусный маршрут свяжет дачный массив с центральной частью города. Запуск намечен на 2019 год. ^[7] .

• Строительство троллейбусной линии в микрорайоны ул. Героев Сталинграда и ул. Маршала Жукова. Линия проектировалась ещё в 80-х годах, но острой потребностью стала в начале 2000-х, когда в городе прекратилось автобусное движение. Изначально планировалось проложить линию от ул. Севастопольской по переулку Гренажный, улицам Крымской Правды, Генерала Васильева и далее на Героев Сталинграда. Для такой трассировки маршрута планировалось укрепить дамбу и расширить переулок Гренажный, соединить ул. Крымской Правды с ул. Генерала Васильева прямой дорогой через завод Сэлма. Начало работ планировалось на 2000-е годы, на улице Героев Сталинграда были расставлены опоры для контактной сети. Но на этом всё и закончилось. В 2006 году на переулке Гренажный были начаты работы по расселению жильцов, так как прилегающие дома мешали расширению дороги, но дальше тоже дело не пошло.

В 2008 году к юбилею Симферополя снова заговорили о строительстве линии, но от первого варианта отказались из-за дороговизны данного проекта. Было принято решение о новой трассировке — через улицы Данилова и Генерала Васильева. Планировалось три маршрута: «ул. Героев Сталинграда — Центральный рынок», «ул. Героев Сталинграда — 7-я горбольница» и «ул. Героев Сталинграда — Фонтаны». Для этого предполагали построить дополнительные линии — на ул. Залесской и от Новоромановки до Фонтан. Но работы так и не были начаты. К вопросу вернулись и в 2013 году, но опять без какого-либо результата.

После запуска троллейбусов с автономным ходом о строительстве линии речь больше не ведётся.

• В 2007 году генеральный директор Крымтроллейбуса Пётр Кащавцев сообщил о намерении строительства трёх троллейбусных линий: в Аграрное, Чистенькое и Хошкельды.

• В 2010 году мэр Симферополя Виктор Агеев заявлял о планах строительства троллейбусной линии от Балаклавского рынка в микрорайон Пневматика. Но дело тоже дальше не пошло.

Тарифное меню

По состоянию на 1 января 2017 года на сети ГУП РК «Крымтроллейбус» установлены следующие тарифы (в рублях) ^[8] :