• Note for Nánníng 南宁: A trolleybus system, opened 1994, has been reported here. Confirmation is closed.^{[clarification needed]}

[edit] Georgia

Škoda 14Tr trolleybus in Tbilisi

• Note for Kobuleti ქობულეთი: Construction started 1990 - 1991 of interurban line to Makhinjauri (terminus of a line from Batumi ბათუმი), not completed.

[edit] India

• Note: In Kolkata কলকাতা (Calcutta), trial operation with a single trolleybus on a short test line took place in 1977.

[edit] Iran

[edit] Japan

Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Shin-Hanayashiki Onsen-tochi (新花屋敷温泉土地) Hanayashiki (花屋敷) 1 August 1928 April 1932 Hanayashiki is part of Kawanishi, Hyogo [6] Kawasaki-shiei Trolleybus (川崎市営トロリーバス) Kawasaki 1 March 1951 30 April 1964 [7] Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus Ōgizawa (扇沢) station – Kurobe Dam 1 August 1964   See note. Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus Daikanbo (大観峰) – Murodō (室堂) 23 April 1996   See note. Kyōto-shiei Trolleybus (京都市営トロリーバス) Kyoto 1 April 1932 30 September 1969 [6] Nagoya-shiei Trolleybus (名古屋市営トロリーバス) Nagoya 10 May 1943 15 January 1951 [7] Ōsaka-shiei Trolleybus (大阪市営トロリーバス) Osaka 1 September 1953 14 June 1970 [6] Toei Trolleybus (都営トロリーバス) Tokyo 20 May 1952 28 September 1968 [7] Yokohama-shiei Trolleybus (横浜市営トロリーバス) Yokohama 16 July 1959 31 March 1972 [7] Notes for the two tunnel trolleybus lines: The 6.1-km Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus line operates almost entirely in tunnel, through a mountain, and connects Ōgizawa (扇沢) station with Kurobe Dam, for tourists, hikers and such. Ōgizawa station is in Ōmachi city, Nagano Prefecture. The affiliated 3.6-km Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus line, similarly, operates entirely in tunnel and connects Daikanbo (大観峰) with Murodō (室堂). The line is located in Tateyama town, Toyama Prefecture. Both lines are part of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. This passes through Chūbu-Sangaku National Park (also known in English as "Japan Alps National Park").

[edit] Kazakhstan

[edit] Korea North

• Note: It is speculated that other trolleybus systems are located at:

• Hŭich'ŏn 희천 ( 熙川)

• Hyesan 혜산 (惠山)

• Kaesŏng 개성 (開城)

• Kusŏng 구성 (龜城)

• Manpo 만포 (滿浦)

• Rajin 라진 (羅津)

• Unggi (North Hamgyong province)

• Sariwon 리원 (沙里院)

• Songrim 송림 (松林) (opened 1993 ?)

Confirmation is lacking (Tarkhov and Merzlov).

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mongolia

[edit] Myanmar

[edit] Nepal

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Sri Lanka

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Colombo	22 July 1953	1 December 1964

[edit] Tajikistan

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Turkmenistan

[edit] Uzbekistan

• Note: A Russian-language source [1] states that systems are under construction in the following locations:
• Angren
• Chirchiq
• Gulistan
• Qarshi
• Kokand
• Navoiy
• Termiz
• Yangiabad

[edit] Vietnam

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

Trolleybus in Salzburg

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Gmünd     see České Velenice Czech Republic   Graz 1 October 1941 29 June 1967     Innsbruck 8 April 1944 17 December 1988 29 February 1976 25 February 2007 [11].   Judenburg 10 December 1910 1914     Kapfenberg 1 Jul 1944 31 March 2002 System included line extending to Bruck an der Mur.   Klagenfurt 1 August 1944 16 April 1963     Klosterneuburg 22 May 1908 Dec 1919 Connected Klosterneuburg and Weidling railway station.   Leoben 1 March 1949 13 July 1973     Liesing 17 July 1909 1917 Connected Liesing and Kalksburg. Liesing and Kalksburg are now part of Wien.   Linz 15 May 1944       Salzburg 1 October 1940       Wien /Vienna:         ♦ Pötzleinsdorf - Salmannsdorf 14 October 1908 30 October 1938     ♦ Währinger Gürtel - Salmannsdorf 9 October 1946 3 December 1958   Goods (freight) line (trolleytruck):

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Sankt Lambrecht 16 November 1945 21 April 1951 Limited passenger service operated [2].

[edit] Belarus

MAZ-103t trolleybus in Minsk Further information: Trolleybuses in Belarus

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Babrujsk / Bobruysk (Babruysk / Bobruysk) 30 August 1978       Брэст / Брест (Brest) 20 April 1981       Гомель (Homyel / Gomel) 20 May 1962       Гродна / Гродно (Hrodna / Grodno) 5 November 1974       Магілёў / Могилёв (Mahilyow / Mogilev) 19 January 1970       Мiнск / Минск (Minsk) 19 September 1952       Віцебск / Витебск (Vitsyebsk / Vitebsk) 1 September 1978     Note: Plans were announced in 2001 for new systems in: Баранавiчы / Барановичи (Baranavichy / Baranovichi) Барысаў / Borisov (Barysaw / Borisov) Ліда / Лида (Lida) Маладзечна / Молодечно (Maladzechna / Molodechno) Наваполацк / Новополоцк (Navapolatsk / Novopolotsk) Орша (Orsha) Пінск / Пинск (Punsk) Полацк / Полоцк (Polatsk / Polotsk) Салігорск / Солигорск (Salihorsk / Soligorsk) (Trolleybus Magazine) [edit]  Belgium (by province)

Trolleybus in Ghent [edit]  Antwerpen (Antwerp)

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Antwerpen (Anvers) /Antwerp 14 August 1929 31 March 1964   [edit]  Brussels

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Bruxelles / Brussel / Brussels 18 April 1939 15 February 1964   Note: The Brussels-Capital Region is not a province. Neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any. [edit]  Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders)

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Gent /Ghent 24 March 1989 14 June 2009 Operation suspended 9 Apr 2004 - 17 Oct 2005. [edit]  Liège

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Liège 31 July 1930 9 November 1971   RELSE ♦ Liège - Seraing 15 May 1936 31 August 1964 This system operated a unique group of double-ended trolleybuses with driving positions at both ends.[12] [edit] Bosnia-Herzegovina

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Sarajevo 23 November 1984   Operation suspended April 1992 - 27 November 1995 because of war. [edit] Bulgaria

Škoda trolleybus in Varna

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   (Blagoevgrad / Благоевград)     Construction started during late 1980s, not completed.   Burgas / Бургас 25 September 1989       Dobrich / Добрич 1988       Gabrovo / Габрово 1987       Haskovo / Хасково 1993       Kazanlak / Казанлък 1987 11 January 1999     Pazardzhik / Пазарджик 1 June 1993       Pernik / Перник Jul 1987       Pleven / Плевен Jul 1985       Plovdiv / Пловдив 1955       Rousse (Ruse) / Русе 9 September 1988       Sliven / Сливен 24 May 1986       Sofia / София 14 February 1941 1 May 1948 9 September 1944 -     Stara Zagora / Стара Загора Sep 1988       Varna / Варна 1 January 1986       Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново Sep 1988       (Vidin / Видин)   Project started in 1980s, but not finished.   Vratsa / Враца Sep 1988     [edit] Croatia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Rijeka 27 October 1951 16 August 1969     Split 1944 1972   [edit] Czech Republic

Škoda 15Tr trolleybus in Hradec Králové

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Brno 30 July 1949       České Budějovice 1909 1914 First of three systems. 28 Oct 1948 24 April 1971   2 May 1991       České Velenice 16 July 1907 14 July 1916     Chomutov - Jirkov 1 September 1995       Děčín 6 January 1950 14 December 1973     Hradec Králové 2 May 1949       Jihlava 19 December 1948       Mariánské Lázně 27 April 1952       Most, and Most - Litvínov 1948 31 January 1959     ♦ Litvínov 6 December 1946 31 January 1959     Opava 24 August 1952       Ostrava 9 May 1952       Pardubice 20 January 1952       Plzeň 9 April 1941       Praha /Prague 29 August 1936 15 Oct 1972     Teplice 1 May 1952       Ústí nad Labem 1 July 1988       Zlín 27 January 1944     [edit] Denmark

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes KS København /Copenhagen 21 May 1938 2 August 1993 15 October 1963 Oct 1998 Also 1902 demonstration. [13][14] NESA ♦ Hellerup, København 1 February 1927 17 October 1971     Odense 8 August 1939 19 November 1959 [15] [edit] Estonia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Tallinna Trammi- ja Trollibussikoondis (TTTK) Tallinn 6 July 1965   [16] [edit] Finland

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Helsinki /Helsingfors 5 February 1949 7 April 1979 14 June 1974 30 October 1985 [17] [18]   Tampere /Tammerfors 8 December 1948 15 May 1976 [19] [edit] France Main article: List of trolleybus systems in France [edit] Germany Main article: List of trolleybus systems in Germany [edit] Greece Preserved vintage FIAT trolleybus in Piraeus

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes ILPAP Athens Jun 1954     ILPAP Piraeus 1948 [20]   Service connection with Athens network built 1988. Piraeus system now operated as part of Athens system. [edit] Hungary

Ziu-9 trolleybuses in Debrecen

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Budapest 16 December 1933 21 December 1949 1944 -     Debrecen 2 July 1985       Szeged 1 May 1979     [edit] Italy Main article: List of trolleybus systems in Italy [edit] Latvia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Rīga 6 November 1947   See Rīgas Satiksme. [21] [edit] Lithuania

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Kaunas 31 December 1965   [20][22]   Vilnius 27 November 1956   [20][23] [edit] Moldova

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Bălţi /Balti 12 June 1972       Chişinău /Chisinau 12 October 1949       Solonceni 1 May 1992 3 January 1994 2.9-km line connecting residential area of Solonceni village to administrative and employment centers.[24]   Tighina / Тигина (Russian: Bendery / Бендеры) 1996       Tiraspol 1 November 1967       ♦ Tiraspol - Tighina 19 June 1993     [edit]  The Netherlands [edit]  Gelderland

Trolleybus in Arnhem

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Arnhem 5 September 1949   See Arnhem trolleybus.   Nijmegen 9 July 1952 29 March 1969   [edit]  Groningen

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Groningen 27 June 1927 9 November 1965   [edit]  Zuid-Holland (South Holland)

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   (Rotterdam)     see note. Note for Rotterdam: Trolleybus overhead installed in the Maas tunnel in 1941, on instructions from German military authorities. Not used. [edit] Norway

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Tide Bergen 24 February 1950   [25] Drammen Kommunale Trikk Drammen 15 December 1909 10 June 1967 [26] AS Oslo Sporveier Oslo 15 December 1940 15 February 1968 [27] Stavanger Buss-Selskap Stavanger 26 October 1947 12 January 1963 [28] [edit] Poland

Solaris Trollino trolleybus in Tychy

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Bydgoszcz 1943 January 27, 1945     Dębica 12 November 1988 Oct 1990     Gdańsk 18 September 1943 1945     Gdynia 18 September 1943   Two lines extend to the adjoining town of Sopot. See Gdynia trolleybus.   Gorzów (Wielkopolski) 23 July 1943 30 January 1945     Jelenia Góra 1944 1945     Legnica 10 November 1943 15 September 1949 Jan 1945 1953     Lublin 21 July 1953       Olsztyn 1 September 1939 10 December 1946 1945 31 July 1971     Poznań 12 February 1930 1 March 1946 20 January 1945 29 March 1970     Słupsk 22 July 1985 17 September 1999     Tychy 1 October 1982       Wałbrzych 22 October 1944 30 June 1973     Warszawa /Warsaw 5 January 1946 1 June 1983 1 July 1973 31 August 1995     Wrocław 16 March 1912 1914   [edit] Portugal

Trolleybus in Coimbra

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Amadora     New system in planning (2009).   Braga 28 May 1963 10 September 1979     Coimbra 16 August 1947       Porto 1 January 1959 27 December 1997   [edit] Romania

Rocar Autodromo trolleybus in Bucharest

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Baia Mare 16 February 1996       Brăila 23 August 1989 1999     Braşov 1 May 1959       Bucureşti 10 November 1949       Cluj-Napoca 7 November 1959       Constanţa 5 July 1959       Craiova 9 May 1943 Oct 1944 New trolleybus system is planned (2008).   Galaţi 23 August 1989       Iaşi 1 May 1985 4 March 2006     Mediaş 22 December 1989       Piatra Neamţ 22 December 1995   System includes suburban lines to Dumbrava Rosie and Savinesti.   Ploieşti 1 September 1997       Satu Mare 15 November 1994 2005     Sibiu 4 August 1904 18 October 1904   17 August 1983 15 November 2009 [3] The city Council's decision from 24th October is pending, but facing protests[4], and could be postponed or reversed before deadline.   Slatina 30 May 1996 31 December 2005     Suceava 15 August 1987 2 April 2006     Târgovişte 4 January 1995 2005     Târgu Jiu 20 June 1995   System includes interurban line to Barsesti.   Timişoara 15 November 1942       Vaslui 1 May 1994 7 July 2009   [edit] Russia Main article: List of trolleybus systems in Russia [edit] Serbia Trolleybus in Belgrade Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Beograd / Београд /Belgrade 22 June 1947     [edit] Slovakia

Škoda trolleybus in Bratislava

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Banská Bystrica 24 August 1989   Operation was suspended 1 Jan 2006 - 10 Nov 2007.   Bratislava 19 July 1909 31 July 1941 1914 -     Košice 27 September 1993       Poprad 2 August 1904 1907     Prešov 13 May 1962       Žilina 17 November 1994     [edit] Slovenia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Ljubljana 6 October 1951 4 September 1971     Piran 24 October 1909 19 July 1913   [edit] Spain Main article: List of trolleybus systems in Spain [edit] Sweden

Trolleybus in Landskrona

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes   Göteborg /Gothenburg 2 October 1940 14 Nov 1964 [5].   Landskrona 27 September 2003   [29], [6].   Linköping 1989 - Demonstration.   Stockholm 20 January 1941 30 August 1964 [7].   Västerås 11 November 1938 1948 1-km demonstration line [8].

[edit] Switzerland

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Oceania

Trolleybuses in Wellington, New Zealand

[edit] Australia

[edit] New South Wales

[edit] Queensland

[edit] South Australia

[edit] Tasmania

[edit] Western Australia

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] United States (by state, in Oceania)

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada

[edit] Cuba

• Note: Tests began 18 Sep 1949 along tramway lines using "All-Service Vehicles" (dual-mode buses) purchased secondhand from Newark, New Jersey, US. This was possible with little effort because Havana's tramway had twin-wire overhead. Regular service was not operated.

[edit] Mexico

• Note: The Mexico City trolleybus system was long thought to have opened in April 1952, but is now known to have opened more than a year earlier, in March 1951.^[31][32] Previous to that, there was an experimental line, for testing without passengers, in 1947 or 1948.

[edit] United States

[edit] South America

[edit] Argentina

[edit]  Brazil

[edit] Chile (by Región )

[edit] V Valparaíso

[edit] RM Región Metropolitana de Santiago

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Ecuador

[edit] Peru

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

[edit] Uruguay

[edit] Venezuela

[edit] See also

• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of town tramway systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• Trolleybus

[edit] References

This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (April 2008)

[edit] Books

• Clarke, Bradley H. 1970. "Trackless Trolleys of Boston, The" (no ISBN). Cambridge (MA), US: Boston Street Railway, Inc (Bulletin 18).
• Gregoris, Paolo. 2003. "Giro d'Italia in filobus" (ISBN 88-7785-193-7). Cortona: Editore Calosci.
• Jones, David. Australian Trolleybuses. Wellington: City Tramway Publications.
• Mackinger, Gunter. 1979. "Obus in Österreich" (ISBN 3-900134-62-6). (Eisenbahn-Sammelheft Nr. 16.) Wien: Verlag Slezak.
• Millar, Sean. 1986. "Trolleybuses in New Zealand" (ISBN 0-908726-20-1). Auckland: Millar Publishing.
• Murray, Alan. 2000. "World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia" (ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
• Pabst, Martin. 1989. "Tram & Trolley in Africa" (ISBN 3-88490-152-4). Krefeld: Röhr Verlag GMBH.
• Peschkes, Robert. "World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems."
  • Part One, Latin America (ISBN 1-898319-02-2). 1980. Exeter, UK: Quail Map Company.
  • Part Two, Asia+USSR / Africa / Australia (ISBN 0-948619-00-7). 1987. London: Rapid Transit Publications.
  • Part Three, Europe (ISBN 0-948619-01-5). 1993. London: Rapid Transit Publications.
  • Part Four, North America (ISBN 0-948619-06-6). 1998. London: Rapid Transit Publications.
• Sebree, Mac, and Paul Ward. 1974. "The Trolley Coach in North America" (Interurbans Special 59). Los Angeles: Interurbans.
• Stock, Werner. 1987. "Obus-Anlagen in Deutschland" (ISBN 3-926882-00-X). Bielefeld: Hermann Busch Verlag.
• "Straßenbahnatlas ehem. Sowjetunion" / "Tramway Atlas of the former USSR" (ISBN 3-926524-15-4). 1996. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn, in conjunction with Light Rail Transit Association, London.
• "Straßenbahnatlas Rumänien" (compiled by Andreas Günter, Sergei Tarknov and Christian Blank; ISBN 3-926524-23-5). 2004. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn.
• Tarkhov, Sergei. 2000. "Empire of the Trolleybus: Vol 1 - Russia" (ISBN 0-948619-02-3). London: Rapid Transit Publications.
• Wonson, Richard L. 1983. "Trackless Trolleys of Rhode Island, The" (ISBN 0-938315-01-3). Cambridge (MA), US: Boston Street Railway, Inc (Bulletin 18).
• 吉川文夫 (Yoshikawa, Fumio). 1995.　日本のトロリーバス (Nippon no "trolleybus") (ISBN 4-88548-066-3). Tokyo: kk Denkisha-kenkyûkai.

[edit] Periodicals

• "Trolleybus Magazine" (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
• Tarkhov, Sergei and Dmitriy Merzlov. "North Korean Surprises - Part 3". (Trolleybus Magazine No. 246, November-December 2002).

[edit] External links

• All Time List of North American Trolleybus Systems (David Wyatt)
• Bibliography of the Electric Trolleybus (Richard DeArmond)
• Электротранспорт в городах бывшего СССР (Elektrotransport v gorodakh byvshego SSSR, Dmitry Zinoviev)
• Latin American Trolleybus Installations (Allen Morrison)
• The Tramways of Cuba (Allen Morrison)
• TrolleyMotion
• Progetto Città Elettriche (Italy)
• Tram.nu Atlas (Bruse LF Persson)
• UK Trolleybus Systems & Museums (Bruce Lake)
• Wires of Faded Glory (Richard A. Bílek)
• World Trolleybus List - Systems Closed
• Tom's North American Trolleybus Pix
• TRANSIRA Association (Romanian Trolleybuses)