Crimean Trolleybus

{{Short description|Trolleybus line in Crimea}}

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| image = Троллейбус в аэропорту Симферополя.jpg

| caption = Trolza 5265 Megapolis passing by Simferopol International Airport in 2020

| locale = Crimea, Ukraine

| open = {{Start date|1959|11|6}}

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| operator = Krymtrolleybus

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File:Angarsky Pass in Crimea.jpg

The Crimean Trolleybus Line{{efn|{{langx|ru|Крымский троллейбус|Krymskiy trolleybus}}; {{langx|uk|Кримський тролейбус|Krymskyi troleibus}}; {{langx|crh|Къырым троллейбусы|Qırım trolleybusı}}}} in Crimea is the world's longest trolleybus line.{{cite web |url=http://www.blacksea-crimea.com/Places/trolleybuses.html |title=The longest trolleybus line in the world! |accessdate=January 15, 2007 |work=blacksea-crimea.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103162437/http://www.blacksea-crimea.com/Places/trolleybuses.html |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |url-status = usurped}}Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. p. 41. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. {{ISBN|0-904235-18-1}}. It is {{Convert|86|km|mi}} long,Makewell, Roy. "Trolleybuses Over the Yaila Mountains". Trolleybus Magazine No. 193 (January–February 1994), pp. 2–16. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). between the capital of Crimea, Simferopol, and the coastal city of Yalta on the Black Sea.

Managed by the public transport company Krymtrolleybus, it was built in 1959 in the Ukrainian SSR as an alternative to extending the railway line in Simferopol over the mountains to the coast. It opened in two parts: Simferopol–Alushta in 1959 and Alushta–Yalta in 1961. The journey time to Alushta is about {{frac|1|1|2}} hours, to Yalta about {{frac|2|1|2}} hours, and the fare is about ₴15 (since March 2014, ₽58).

It passes through the Crimean Mountains across the Angarskyi Pass, reaching {{Convert|752|m|ft|sigfig=2}} at the highest point, then descends to the resort town of Alushta on the coast. The remaining distance to Yalta is {{Convert|41|km|mi}} and winds around the mountains above the sea.