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01

Before trolleybus appeared in Poltava buses were the main transport. ЗиС-155 at Proletarska vul.

[16.02.1951, з фондів ЦДКФФА]

02 Trolleybuses К5-ЛА arrived since 1963 and after couple of years became the main type. # 13 at vul. Lenina

[15.09.1963, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

03

Vul. Lenina near pl. Lenina with two К5-ЛА (# 33 and probably # 18)

[1960-і, Ф. Федоров (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

04

Another view of vul. Lenina

[18.06.1971, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

05

К-2 # 68 at vul. Lenina near the department store "Dytiaczy Svit" (under construction)

[16.06.1970, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

06

Here this typical example of soviet architecture of the beginning of 1970-s is already built. One can see ЗиУ-5 # 52

[24.06.1974, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

07

ЗиУ-5 servicing route 2 at vul. Lenina

[16.09.1973, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

08 Three trolleybuses produced at KZET, all of them of different types (К-2, К-3 and К-4) near the department store "Dytiaczy Svit"

[.07.1970, О. Сайко (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]
09 09

Vul. Lenina links the city center with Pivdenny Vokzal (Southern railway station). After more than 30 years nothing has changed here, just not so many cars that time

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

10

ЗиУ-682 # 153 bound to Pivdenny Vokzal passes pl. Lenina

[1979, Анатолій Вількович]

11 11

One more ЗиУ-682, but this time in opposite direction

[1979, Анатолій Вількович]

12 К-4 # 102 at vul. Lenina

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]
13

End part of vul. Lenina, Pivdenny Vokzal is further beyond the bridge

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

14

Pivdenny Vokzal

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

15

К5-ЛА # 12 at one of city routes at the terminus "Pivdenny Vokzal"

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

16 16 First batch ЗиУ-5 got the numbers 01-08, later on mostly К5-ЛА were acquired by Poltava. Hiowever, this type of trolleybuses proved to be unreliable and during 1969-1971 55 more ЗиУ-5 both new and second-hand from Kiev arrived to Poltava. Some of them got consecutive numbers but some got numbers which belonged to some already withdrawn К5-ЛА. ЗиУ-5 # 110 at pl. Slavy right in front of Pivdenny Vokzal

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]
17 Panoramic view of Zovtneva vul.

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]
18 One of ЗиУ-5 (# 03) that took part in inauguration of trolleybus in Poltava this winter day at Zovtneva vul.

[26.12.1962, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]
19 Hotel "Kiev" was very popular place among photographers in 1960s. Thanls to this building we can now have many different pictures of К5-ЛА...

[1960-і, Ф. Федоров (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]
20

Another part of Zovtneva vul. - pl. Zyhina

[.03.1968, Б. Бабанова (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

21 ...as well as one of the first ЗиУ-5 # 02

[17.08.1963, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]
22

Long distance buses often passed such a thoroughfare as Zovtneva vul.

[.08.1967, К. Лішко (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]

23 К5-ЛА of first batch (# 10) servicing route # 3

[.06.1964, О. Сайко (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]
24 View of Zovtneva vul. with trolleybuses К-2 and К-4

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]
25 25 In 1969 10 second-hand К-3 from Kiev arrived and since that monment Poltava was the only place that had these trolleybuses in rolling stock. # 113 and # 112 at the terminus "Center"

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]
26

К5-ЛА and К-3 at the same terminus

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

27 Korpusny Sad is located at the very center. During many years it also served as a terminus for most of trolleybus routes. ЗиУ-682 # 192 pictured near Post office

[13.02.1983, П. Здоровило (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]
28

ЗиУ-682 # 68 (one of the eleven that arrived in 1972) servicing route 4 passes central part of the city

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

29 29 Panoramic view of vul. Kalinina, # 36 and 20 are on the left photo, К-4 # 93 is on the right photo

[20.06.1974, П. Кекало (з фондів ЦДКФФА)]
30

Three ЗиУ-5 pictured at one of the termini

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

31

К-4 # 98 and К5-ЛА pictured at one of the termini

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

32 32

ЗиУ-5 in different colorings at the depot

[1967, Анатолій Вількович]

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