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(elevation 752 metres)]]

Crimean Trolleybus Line (; ) in Crimea
Crimea

Crimea or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 is currently the longest trolleybus
Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from a network of charged overhead wires using spring loaded trolley poles. Two poles are needed, so that one can draw down the live current to power the motor and the other can complete the circuit by carrying the neutral current back to the network....
 line in the world. It is about 86 kilometres (54 miles) long, and runs between the autonomous republic
Autonomous republic

An autonomous republic is a type of administrative division similar to a province. A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia....
's capital, Simferopol
Simferopol

Simferopol is the Capital of the Crimea in southern Ukraine. As the capital of Crimea, Simferopol is an important political, economic, and transport center of the peninsula....
, and the coastal city of Yalta
Yalta

Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greece colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land....
 on the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
.

The trolleybus
Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from a network of charged overhead wires using spring loaded trolley poles. Two poles are needed, so that one can draw down the live current to power the motor and the other can complete the circuit by carrying the neutral current back to the network....
 line, managed by the public transport company Krymtrolleybus, was built in the 1950s in the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or the Ukrainian SSR was one of the founders of the USSR and a republic that made up the former Soviet Union from its formation in 1922 to its abolishment in 1991....
 as an alternative to extending the current railway line in Simferopol over the mountains to the coastal settlements.






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(elevation 752 metres)]]

Crimean Trolleybus Line (; ) in Crimea
Crimea

Crimea or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 is currently the longest trolleybus
Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from a network of charged overhead wires using spring loaded trolley poles. Two poles are needed, so that one can draw down the live current to power the motor and the other can complete the circuit by carrying the neutral current back to the network....
 line in the world. It is about 86 kilometres (54 miles) long, and runs between the autonomous republic
Autonomous republic

An autonomous republic is a type of administrative division similar to a province. A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia....
's capital, Simferopol
Simferopol

Simferopol is the Capital of the Crimea in southern Ukraine. As the capital of Crimea, Simferopol is an important political, economic, and transport center of the peninsula....
, and the coastal city of Yalta
Yalta

Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greece colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land....
 on the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
.

The trolleybus
Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from a network of charged overhead wires using spring loaded trolley poles. Two poles are needed, so that one can draw down the live current to power the motor and the other can complete the circuit by carrying the neutral current back to the network....
 line, managed by the public transport company Krymtrolleybus, was built in the 1950s in the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or the Ukrainian SSR was one of the founders of the USSR and a republic that made up the former Soviet Union from its formation in 1922 to its abolishment in 1991....
 as an alternative to extending the current railway line in Simferopol over the mountains to the coastal settlements. The line was opened in two parts: Simferopol—Alushta segment was opened in 1959 and the Simferopol—Yalta segment in 1961. The journey to Alushta is about 1˝ hours long, and the journey to Yalta is about 2˝ hours long, and costs about 8 hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia

The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or hryvna or hrivna , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. It replaced the Ukrainian karbovanets at the rate of 1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovantsiv....
s.

The trolleybus line's route passes through the Crimean Mountains
Yayla Mountains

The Crimean Mountains is a Mountain range running parallel to the south-east coast of Crimea, Ukraine, between about five and eight miles from the sea....
 across the Angarskyi Pass
Angarskyi Pass

The Angarskyi Pass is a mountain pass of the Crimean Mountains on the Crimean peninsula of southern Ukraine. The pass is the highest point on the Simferopol?Alushta roadway, at above sea level....
, reaching 752 metres (2,500 feet) at the road's highest point, then decends down to the resort town of Alushta
Alushta

Alushta is a resort town in Crimea, Ukraine, founded in the 6th century CE by Emperor Justinian. It is situated on the Black Sea on the road from Gurzuf to Sudak, as well as on the Crimean Trolleybus line....
 on the coast. The remaining distance to Yalta is 41 km and winds around the mountains above the sea.

The list of stops of the trolleybus line are: Simferopol Railroad Station — Marine — Lozove — Pionerske — Dobre — Zarichne — Perevalne
Perevalne

Perevalne is a village in the Simferopolskyi Raion of Crimea in southern Ukraine. Its population is 3,660. The Crimean Trolleybus line runs through the settlement....
 — Sosnivka — Angarskyi Pass
Angarskyi Pass

The Angarskyi Pass is a mountain pass of the Crimean Mountains on the Crimean peninsula of southern Ukraine. The pass is the highest point on the Simferopol?Alushta roadway, at above sea level....
 — Kutuzovsky Fountain — Luchiste — Verkhnya Kutozovka — Nizhnya Kutozovka — Alushta
Alushta

Alushta is a resort town in Crimea, Ukraine, founded in the 6th century CE by Emperor Justinian. It is situated on the Black Sea on the road from Gurzuf to Sudak, as well as on the Crimean Trolleybus line....
 — Lazurne — Malyi Mayak — Kiparisne — Pushkine — Partenit
Partenit

Partenit is a seaside townlet in the southern part of Crimea, Ukraine. The name has its origins in the Greek "Parthenon." Lying just east of a mountain which Turkish speakers named Medved Mountain , Partenit is on a fairly flat coastal plot of land, although the elevation quickly rises the further away one goes from the sea....
 — Zaprudne — Artek
Artek (camp)

Artek was an All-Union and international Young Pioneer camp in the Soviet Union. It was established on June 16 1925 near the Black Sea in the town of Gurzuf located on the Crimean peninsula, near Medved Mountain located in Ukraine....
 — Krasnokamyanka — Gurzuf
Gurzuf

Gurzuf is a resort in Crimea, Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea.Gurzuf is a former Crimean Tatar village, now a part of Greater Yalta....
 — Ai-Danil — Nikitsky Botanical Garden
Nikitsky Botanical Garden

Nikitsky Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical gardens. It is located in Crimea, Ukraine, close to Yalta, by the shores of the Black Sea....
 — Sosnyak — Massandra
Massandra

Massandra is a townlet in the Yalta municipality of Crimea. Occupying the spot of an ancient Greek settlement, Massandra was acquired by Counts Potocki in 1783....
 — Yalta
Yalta

Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greece colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land....


The Škoda 9Tr
Škoda Works

?koda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austria-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century....
, Škoda 14Tr
Škoda Works

?koda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austria-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century....
 vehicles are used on the route.

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