Petrozavodsk trolleybus system
Петрозаводский троллейбус

Petroskoin trolleibus

Petroskoin johdinauto
(From left to right) VMZ-5298.01 "Avangard", MTRZ-6223 and BKM 321 in 2022
Operation
LocalePetrozavodsk, Russia
Open1961 (1961)
StatusOpen
Routes6
Operator(s)Gorodskoy Transport
Infrastructure
Electrification(?) V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot(s)1
Stock65
Websitehttp://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]

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
Currently Active[1]
Number Route Frequency
1 Kemskaya – Sudostroitel'naya – Klychevaya – Onezhskoy Flotilii – Rigachina – Chernyshevskogo – Lunacharskogo – Aleksandra Nevskogo – "Pravdy" – Kuibisheva – Lenina – Shotmana – Chapaeva – Lesnoy – Lososinskoe – Heikkonena 10-23 min.
3 Zavodskaya – Pervomaisky – Moskovskaya – Varkausa – Kirova – Lenina – Gagarina – Krasnoarmeiksaya – Aleksandra Nevskogo – Lunacharskogo – Radisheva – Hlebokombinat 15-29 min.
5 Lyzhnaya – Rovio – Komsomolsky – Krasnoarmeiksaya – Gagarina – Lenina – Kirova – Varkausa – Melen'tyevoi - Zaitseva – "DSK" – Zavodskaya – Zaitseva 12-29 min.
6 Korabelov – Antonova – Repnikova – Klychevskoye – Kalinina – Aleksandra Nevskogo – "Pravdy" – Kuibysheva – Lenina – Kirova – Varkausa – Moskovskaya – Pervomaisky – Melen'tyevoi 14-31 min.
7a Korabelov – Antonova – Repnikova – Klychevskoye – Lyzhnaya – Rovio – Komsomolsky – Rovio up to 40 min. (excluding weekends and holidays)
8 Zavodskaya – Pervomaisky – Moskovskaya – Varkausa – Kirova – Lenina – Gagarina – Shotmana – Chapaeva – Lesnoy – Lososinskoe – Heikkonena 30-38 min.
Currently Inactive[9]
Number Route Length Date
1A Trolleybus Control – Avangard 17 km. 1983–1984
2 The same route as current line 5 1964–1976, 1982–2018
2A Rovio – Gagarina 6,1 km. 1986–1987
3A Zavodskaya – Rovio 19 km. 1977–1984
4 Lyzhnaya – Oktyabyrsky 1976–2021
4A Rovio – Mashinostroitelny kolledzh 12 km. 1985
5A Lyzhnaya – Gagarina 9,4 km. 1988–1996
5Д Trolleybus Control – Gagarina 7,8 km.
6A Korabelov – Cargo station 22,4 km. 2003–2004
7 Same as 7a 23 km. 2004–2007
9 Korabelov – Cargo station 22,4 km. 2006–2008
10 Heikkonena – Park kultury i otdykha 17 km. 2007–2008
Э Pobeda cinema – Kirova Square 5,1 km. 2005

The fleet

Trolleybus depot
ZiU-682V-012 [V0A] with the pre-reorganization logo, 2008
BKM-321 on Lenin Avenue
Model Number Years of Operation Operated as of January 2024 Total Amount
ZiU-5 01—49 1961—1977 0 49
ZiU-5G 50—67 1967—1981 0 18
ZiU-5D 68—85 1969—1981 0 18
ZiU-682B 86—139, 141—150 1973—1990 0 64
ZiU-682V 86—139, 141—150 1979—1995 0 52
ZiU-682V (B00) 203—246, 248 1985—2022 0 45
ZiU-682V-012 [V0A] 247, 249—264 1985—2022 0 17
ZiU-682V-013 [V0V] 265—272 1990—2022 0 8
ZiU-682G [G00] 273—319 1991–2023 0 47
ZiU-682G-012 [G0A] 320—323 1995—2021 0 3
ZiU-682G-016.02 358—361, 372—376 Since 2009 3 8
VMZ-170 322, 325, 382 2000—2021 0 3
VMZ-5298.01-50 "Avangard" 370, 371, 377, 378, 409, 413–426, 428, 430, 432, 452 Since 2012 12 19
VZTM-5284 324, 326–333, 335, 379, 403, 405, 406, 411, 422 Since 2003 1 16
MTRZ-5279-0000012 334-338 2005—2022 0 1
LiAZ-5280 (VZTM) 339—345, 347, 348, 350–357, 359 Since 2005 0 21
LiAZ-5280 362—367, 369 Since 2009 1 7
LiAZ-5280.02 (PT) 346, 349 2006—2008 0 2
MAZ-103T 368 2010—??? 0 1
KTG-1 140 1977—1994 0 1
BTZ-52768T 377,378 2018—2022 0 2
VMZ-5298-020 385 2018—2022 0 1
VMZ-5298-23-01 380 2018—2021 0 1
MTRZ-6223-0000010 381, 383, 384, 386, 397, 399, 402, 404 Since 2018 1 9
MTRZ-52791 "Sadovoye Kol'tso" 387—400 2020—2022 0 10
PTZ-5283 407 2021—2021 0 1
BKM 321 427, 429, 434, 436, 438 Since 2022 4 5
VMZ-5298.01 (VMZ-463) 439, 441, 444—450 Since 2023 0 7
Trolza-5275.03 "Optima" 443, 454 Since 2023 0 2
VMZ-52981 440 Since 2023 0 1
VMZ-5298-22 442 Since 2023 0 1

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Перечень и описания маршрутов, стоимость проезда Город - Троллейбусы - Расписание транспорта. Билеты на поезд Москва - Петрозаводск - Санкт-Петербург. Петрозаводск транспортный". ptz-trans.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Petrozavodsk, Trolleybus — Roster". transphoto.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Красная Карелия". Красная Карелия. 25 September 1935.
  4. ↑ Постановление Совета Министров Карело-Финской ССР № 23 от 17 января 1947 года (in Russian).
  5. ↑ "История". ptzgortrans.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Автобусы и троллейбусы в Петрозаводске изменят свои маршруты из-за ремонта моста". stolicaonego.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  7. ↑ "Появилось расписание работы троллейбусов в Новый год и каникулы в Петрозаводске — Последние новости Петрозаводска и Карелии | КарелИнформ". karelinform.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  8. ↑ "Поехали: Петрозаводск запускает транспортную реформу". stolicaonego.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  9. ↑ "Petrozavodsk". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
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