The trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network of Varna, the third most populous city in Bulgaria.
History
The system was opened on January 1, 1986; it was the 4th network to open in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv and just a few months earlier Pleven.
Initially the network expanded rapidly, reaching its peak of 8 lines at some point. First the city received 15 new trolleybus Skoda 14TR and 3 used Skoda 9TR from Sofia and Plovdiv, the latter ones were used for training purposes. The following years the city received 15 more new Skoda 14TR and 36 new articulated DAC-Chavdar.
In 1999 the city bought 3 used Skoda 14TR (one of them modernized) from Czechia.
In 2003 the city bought 5 used Skoda 15TR from Czechia to replace the already out of service DAC-Chavdar vehicles. Additional 4 used Skoda 15 TR were bought from Czechia and Slovakia in 2007.
In 2017 all Skoda 15TR were taken out of service due to a fire that burnt down one of them.
In 2014 along with 3 other cities Varna was granted money through a European Union program to purchase 30 new trolleybuses Skoda Solaris 26TR which replaced all remaining Skoda 14TR (Two units were kept to be used for training purposes).
==Lines==
Current routes +LineRouteNotes 82Rail Station - City center - bul Slivnica - Vladislav Varnenchik (block 407) 83Rail Station - City center - bul Slivnica - Mladost - TIS North Monday through Friday only 88Asparuhovo - City Center - Mladost - Vladislav Varnenchik (block 407)
Previous routes +LineRouteNotes 81Neptun terminus - bul Slivnica - Vladislav Varnenchik (block 407)Initially terminated at Konstantin Fruzhin stop before the line was extended to block 40781A/82ARail Station - City center - bul Slivnica - Vladislav Varnenchik (via Yanko Mustakov street)Line 81A terminated at “Neptun” stop 84Pochivka- City Center - Varna Shipyard 85Cherno More AD - bul Slivnica - City Center - Varna ShipyardThe infrastructure from bul Slivnica to Cherno More AD has been dismantled86/86APochivka - Rail Station 86A terminated at Srednoshkolska stop in the evenings 87Cherno More AD - bul Slivnica - Vladislav Varchenchik (block 407)The infrastructure from bul Slivnica to Cherno More AD has been dismantled
Fleet
Current fleet +Brand Quantity Entered service Skoda Solaris 26TR302014Skoda 14TR21986-87
Former fleet
+BrandQuantityEntered serviceRetiredCommentsSkoda 14TR331986-1987; 19992015 2 units were sold to Haskovo and 2 units were kept in Varna as training vehiclesSkoda 15TR92003; 20072017All vehicle pulled out of service due to an accidental fire on one of the vehicles.Dac Chavdar 317ETr361988-19902003Vehicles were unreliable and with a lot of technical issues.Skoda 9TR31986???Used for training purposed only, received from Sofia and Plovdiv.
See also
Asparuhov most List of trolleybus systems
References
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