VZTM-5284
A Volgograd-built trolleybus rolls off the bridge over the bay of Tsimlyanskoe Reservoir upon entering the northern part of the city. The southern neighborhoods are visible in the background, behind the bay’s marshes.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
Most major arteries in Volgodonsk are being designed as boulevards.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682V
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280, ZiU-682V
Volgodonsk’s major intersection and trolleybus junction.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
Volgodonsk’s major intersection and trolleybus junction.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
Most Volgodonsk’s main intersections are designed with rotary-like moves in the middle of boulevards to accommodate left turns.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
A trolleybus serving the Line 4 is a rare sighting. Lines 4,4A operate with a single trolleybus each on weekdays only, with 2 trips during AM and 2 trips during PM "rush" hours.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-5280
A slogan on the side of the trolleybus reads: “Clean air for our city!”
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-52803
Volgodonsk’s major thoroughfare with a monument evoking a nuclear power theme, local industry’s specialty, in the background.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
BTZ-52761R
One of the two Ufa-built trolleybuses.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
A trolleybus at the beginning of a circular line to Atommash. Trolleybuses serving the Line 2 (pictured) operate in the counterclockwise direction, while the Line 1 follows the clockwise pattern.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-52803
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-52803
Most Volgodonsk’s major intersections are designed with rotary-like moves in the middle of boulevards to accommodate left turns. In the background is a non-revenue service line to the Depot.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
A training trolleybus on a non-revenue pull-out run from the Depot.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
A non-revenue service U-turn overhead option.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-5280, ZiU-682G
A non-revenue service training trolleybus catches up with a revenue service trolleybus serving the Line 2.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G, LiAZ-5280
A revenue service and a training trolleybus complete a U-turn at the Atommash (the Nuclear Machinery) Terminal.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682V
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
A trolleybus junction at the beginning of a circular line around apartment block developments Kvartal V-7 and V-9 in the north of the city. Trolleybuses serving Lines 3A (pictured) and 4A operate in the clockwise direction, while the Line 3 follows the counterclockwise pattern.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
The city’s newest line at the time of this photo, a lengthy loop around apartment block developments in the north, was opened in 2008. In 2012 the Kvartal V-9 Stop was officially designated as a terminal for Lines 3A and 4A that operate in the clockwise direction.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
LiAZ-VZTM-5280
Previously known as the Kvartal V-7/V-8 Terminal, this stop was the official endpoint for all services terminating within the northern apartment block developments. In 2012 the terminal for Lines 3A and 4A that operate in the clockwise direction was officially moved to the Kvartal V-9 Stop. The Kvartal V-7 Stop remained the terminal for Lines 3 and 4.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
BTZ-52761R, LiAZ-VZTM-5280
Despite trolleybuses following a loop through northern developments of apartment blocks, the Kvartal V-7 Stop remains a dispatch location, with all trolleybuses pausing here mid-route through the loop for lengthy layovers. This effectively undermines the purpose and convenience of the circular service pattern.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
A trolleybus follows an irregular non-revenue service move on a Depot pull-in run.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
A trolleybus on a Depot pull-in run follows a non-revenue service segment of an overhead, formerly utilized by suspended Lines 5 and 6.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
A trolleybus on a Depot pull-in run follows a non-revenue segment of an overhead to the Depot, formerly utilized by suspended Lines 8 and 9.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
A former trolleybus junction near the Depot. A straight move used to lead to a loop utilized by former Lines 8 and 9, and a depot access line via the western gate – both partially dismantled at the time of this photo.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
VZTM-5284
A former trolleybus junction near the Depot. An overhead to the left used to lead to the Depot’s western gate, no longer used at the time of this photo.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
ZiU-682G
The Depot’s eastern gate.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
The unused western gate of the Depot. Note remains of an overhead switch for the former loop that used to be utilized by suspended Lines 8 and 9.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
While most of the 13 km. long interurban line to the nuclear power plant was dismantled by the time this photo was taken, the 3 km. long segment between Atommash and TP-6, formerly utilized by suspended Lines 5, 6 and 7, remained intact. It was used for special occasion cemetery service only.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
At the time of this photo the TP-6 Terminal was the farthest point trolleybuses could go via the former 13 km. long line to the nuclear power plant. The loop was used for special occasion cemetery access service only. The cemetery is located to the left of the loop.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
The 13 km. long interurban line to the nuclear power plant was unused since the early 2000s. Soon after this photo was taken the line will be dismantled.
( 05.10.2008 , Dmitriy Mescheryakov )
The 13 km. long interurban line to the nuclear power plant was unused since the early 2000s. Soon after this photo was taken the line will be dismantled.
( 05.10.2008 , Dmitriy Mescheryakov )
At the time of this photo nothing remained of the former 13 km. long interurban line to the nuclear power plant.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
At the time of this photo nothing remained of the former 13 km. long interurban line to the nuclear power plant.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
An approach to the nuclear power plant. The plant itself is visible in the background.
( 18.04.2013 , Yury Maller )
A checkpoint at the entrance to the nuclear power plant. At the time of this photo nothing remained of a trolleybus line that used to serve the plant.
( 09.10.2011 , Ivan Gromov )
