Ukraine : Khartsyzsk : Photo : Trolleybus Obus ETB Trackless Trolley

Khartsyzsk Trolleybus Photos


[Back]


The Line 1 Zh.D. Vokzal - Promrayon

The Zh.D.Vokzal Terminal
ZiU-682V
At the time of this photo Khartsyzsk trolleybus network boasted 39 vehicles operating on 4-5 minute headway. A trolleybus on the left represents the first batch of vehicles delivered for the opening of the system in 1982.
( 22.06.1992 , Aare Olander )
The Zh.D.Vokzal Terminal
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus in an empty loop. At the time of this photo the system was operated with 8 vehicles during the first half of the day only.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
The Zh.D.Vokzal Terminal
ZiU-682V
On the day in question the main Route 1 was operated with 7 vehicles. One of the two trolleybuses is taking a lunch break next to the dispatch. Note an attempt to follow a somewhat uniform color scheme, even choice of colors is varies.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
The Zh.D.Vokzal Terminal
ZiU-682V
At the time of this photo the system is still operated with 8 vehicles daily. Two of the seven vehicles assigned to the Route 1 are sitting idle during the lunch break. The trolleybus on the left continues in service. Note the uniformed color scheme.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Shalimova Ul. / Vokzalnaya Ul.
ZiU-682V, YuMZ-T2, ZiU-682V
Trolleybus traffic on the approach to the Main Railroad Station. The Routes 1 and 4 are the main services operated in the city, while the Route 2 is a supplementary service operated during the morning peak hour only.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Shalimova Ul.
YuMZ-T2
5 Ukrainian-built YuMZ-T2 trolleybuses were delivered in the mid-1990s.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Pionerskiy Per.

The site of the former trolleybus line near the Bus Station. The line was relocated to the neighboring Shamilova Ul. in 1998.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Krasnoznamenskaya Ul. / Shalimova Ul.
ZiU-682V
A survivor from the very first batch of trolleybuses delivered to the city for the opening of system in 1982. The given trolleybus has the lowest fleet number assigned to passenger vehicles, and was actually manufactured in 1979, thus, making this vehicle 28 years old at the time of this photo.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Krasnoznamenskaya Ul.
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus is followed by a workhorse of local diesel bus network LAZ-699 bus.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Krasnoznamenskaya Ul.
ZiU-682V

( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Krasnoznamenskaya Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Krasnoznamenskaya Ul.
ZiU-682V

( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Polupanova Bul. / Krasnoznamenskaya Ul.
ZiU-682V
A junction between the Routes 1 and 4.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Polupanova Bul. / Krasnoznamenskaya Ul.
YuMZ-T2
There were no rolling stock deliveries to the city since 1998. The given trolleybus was the only vehicle ever that was completely rehabbed (in 2011).
( 15.08.2011 , Denis Kutasevich )
Polupanova Bul.
ZiU-682V

( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Andreya Chmaka Ul. / Polupanova Bul.
ZiU-682V

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Andreya Chmaka Ul. / Polupanova Bul.
ZiU-682V
Despite service cut backs and despite being duplicated by various private diesel bus services, trolleybuses remain very popular, with many runs operated fully loaded to capacity.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Krasina Ul.

The partially dismantled former main access line to the Depot. The given line was opened in 1982, however, the second access to the depot via Mikrorayon “Yubileyniy” was built in 1986.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Andreya Chmaka Ul.
ZiU-682V
At the time of this photo the Route 4 was operated with a single trolleybus.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Klary Tsetkin Ul. / Andreya Chmaka Ul.
ZiU-682V
The city's main trolleybus junction.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Klary Tsetkin Ul. / Arkadiya Gaydara Ul.
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus serving the city's main Route 1 crosses a one-way trolleybus line utilized by the circular Route 4.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Klary Tsetkin Ul.
ZiU-682V

( 22.06.2009 , Anton Kochurov )
Klary Tsetkin Ul. / Nakhimova Ul.
ZiU-682V
A site of the former junction with the now defunct one-way line via Nakhimova Ul. that was utilized by the former circular Route 3. The remains of the overhead are still visible - see the overhead support pole in the background to the far right.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Filatova Ul.
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus rolls off a viaduct over a railroad line.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Filatova Ul.
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus passes under the city's signature pedestrian overpass, located at a trolleybus stop serving a busy factory in the industrial park. The overpass appears in most trolleybus photo collections representing the city.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Filatova Ul.
ZiU-682V
A rather overbuilt shelter at a busy trolleybus stop in the industrial park, offering uncomfortable boarding directly off the steps.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Filatova Ul.
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus in the industrial park.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
The Promrayon Terminal
ZiU-682V, YuMZ-T2
Despite significant service cut backs, at the time of this photo the city's main trolleybus Route 1 was still operated on comparatively low headways. A short layover time allowed at the outer terminal in the industrial park is apparently enough for the Ukrainian built YMZ-T2 trolleybus to catch up with its leader.
( 10.05.2007 , Yury Maller )
Filatova Ul.
YuMZ-T2
A trolleybus completes a loop at the outer terminal of the Route 1 in the industrial park. The highway continues on to the neighboring city of Makeevka, with only 4,6 km. remaining to the former outer point of that city's local trolleybus network.
( 22.06.2009 , Anton Kochurov )

The Line 4 via Mikrorayon "Yubileyniy", Depot, Gorbolnitsa

Klary Tsetkin Ul.
YuMZ-T2
A trolleybus serving the Route 4 at the beginning of a lengthy one-way loop line via Mikrorayon “Yubileyniy” (the “Yubileyniy” development of apartment blocks).
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Klary Tsetkin Ul.
ZiU-682V

( 22.06.2009 , Anton Kochurov )
Klary Tsetkin Ul.
YuMZ-T2
The given stop at the beginning of a one-way loop line via Mikrorayon “Yubileyniy” is popular despite the fact that passengers boarding here for the city center must endure a diversion via the Depot and a lengthy loop via Gorbolnitsa.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
40 Let Osvobozhdeniya Ukrainy Ul.
YuMZ-T2
A trolleybus returns after a diversion via the Depot.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
40 Let Osvobozhdeniya Ukrainy Ul.
ZiU-682V

( 22.06.2009 , Anton Kochurov )
The Depot Terminal
YuMZ-T2
Trolley poles take a wrong turn at the overhead split on the approach to the loop at the Depot’s entrance.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
The Depot Terminal
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
40 Let Osvobozhdeniya Ukrainy Ul. / Klary Tsetkin Ul.
YuMZ-T2
A former site of the Mikrorayon “Yubileyniy” Terminal – the endpoint of the first version of the trolleybus line to this neighborhood, opened in 1983. An additional extension to the Depot and a one-way loop to Grobolnitsa (straight ahead in this photo) were added in 1986. Trolleybuses serving the circular Route 4 used to operate directly to Gorbolnitsa (see the remains of the former overhead turn off) but must now detour via the Depot, as the pictured trolleybus just did.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
40 Let Osvobozhdeniya Ukrainy Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
40 Let Osvobozhdeniya Ukrainy Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Zhukovskogo Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Zhukovskogo Ul.
YuMZ-T2
The Gorbolnitsa (the City Hospital) Stop is a designated Terminal for the circular Route 4.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Zhukovskogo Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Zhukovskogo Ul. / Arkadiya Gaydara Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Arkadiya Gaydara Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Arkadiya Gaydara Ul.
ZiU-682V

( 25.06.2008 , Anton Kochurov )
Arkadiya Gaydara Ul. / Klary Tsetkin Ul.
YuMZ-T2
A trolleybus serving the circular one-way Route 4 crosses the main Klara Tsetkin Ul. line utilized by the Routes 1 and 2.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Arkadiya Gaydara Ul.
YuMZ-T2

( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Arkadiya Gaydara Ul. / Polupanova Bul.
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus serving the Route 4 at the end of a lengthy one-way loop.
( 15.09.2011 , Denis Kutasevich )

The former line via Vokzalnaya Ul. and Nakhimova Ul.

Vokzalnaya Ul.

The one-way trolleybus line via Vokzalnaya Ul. used to serve a number of administrative buildings in the city’s “old town”, clustered along a railroad line. The line was poorly routed and thus was impractical and uneconomical. At the time of this photo only a few elements of the overhead remained.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Vokzalnaya Ul.


( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Vokzalnaya Ul.


( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Vokzalnaya Ul. / Nakhimova Bul.

Trolleybuses used to turn right from Vokzalnaya Ul. onto Polupanova Boulevard.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Vokzalnaya Ul. / Nakhimova Bul.

An overhead support pole with some remnants of the overhead itself.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Polupanova Bul. / Nakhimova Ul.

Trolleybuses used to turn left from Polupanova Boulevard onto Nakhimova Ul. This segment of the line is separate from another segment via Polupanova Boulevard, located further north, still used in service by the Routes 1 and 4.
( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )
Nakhimova Ul.


( 15.09.2011 , Yury Maller )

The unfinished line to Shakhta "Kommunist"

The town of Gornoe

The construction of the 5,8 km. (two-way) line to Shakhta "Kommunist" (the "Kommunist" mine) was started in the early 1990s, but was never finished. The shown segment traverses the mining town of Gornoe, a settlement near the mine. Overhead support poles are clearly visible.
( 2011 , Google )
The Shakhta "Kommunist" Terminal

A road and a plaza adjacent to the “Kommunist” mine with overhead support poles dotting the roadside.
( 2011 , Google )

Diesel-electric freight lorries

The city of Gorlovka, the Trolleybus Depot
KTG-1
A lonely representative of the Khartzyzsk’s former fleet of freight diesel-electric lorries. This specimen was transferred over to the city of Gorlovka 20.09.2011.
( 01.11.2011 , Dmitriy Gulak )
[Back]