Trolleybus

A trolleybus in Arnhem

An electric trolleybus (or trolley bus) is a bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which the bus draws electricity using two trolley poles (one for the return current, which can not pass to the ground as in the case of a tram). Unlike light rail, trolleybuses use rubber tires rather than steel wheels on rail. They are particularly important in hilly cities, as the electric power is more effective than diesel in climbing steep hills. Trolleybuses are obviously more environmentally friendly, than buses, but they demand a "net" of wires above the streets. Their advantage is also, that they can produce the electricity themselves while braking.

Table of contents

1 Problems with Trolleybuses 2 Cities that no longer have trolley buses 3 External links

Problems with Trolleybuses

As Trolleybuses do not follow a track, it is possible for them to come off the route and hence off the electric powerlines above and then get stuck.

While at one time numerous cities operated this mode of transport, it is uncommon today. Cities which still have electric trolleybuses include:

• Argentina
  • Cordoba
  • Mendoza
  • Rosario

• Armenia
  • Gumri
  • Yerevan

• Austria
  • Innsbruck
  • Kapfenberg
  • Linz
  • Salzburg

• Azerbaijan
  • Baku
  • Gyandzha
  • Nakhichevan
  • Sumqayyt

• Belarus
  • Babruysk
  • Brest
  • Homyel
  • Hrodna
  • Mahilyow
  • Minsk
  • Vitsyebsk

• Belgium
  • Ghent

• Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Sarajevo

• Brazil
  • Araraquara
  • Recife
  • Sao Paulo

• Bulgaria
  • Burgas
  • Dobrich
  • Gabrovo
  • Khoskovo
  • Pazardzhik
  • Pernik
  • Pleven
  • Plovdiv
  • Ruse
  • Sliven
  • Sofia
  • Stara Zagora
  • Varna
  • Veliko Turnovo
  • Vratsa

• Canada
  • Edmonton, Alberta
  • Vancouver, British Columbia

• Chile
  • Valparaiso

• China
  • Anshan
  • Beijing
  • Benxi
  • Changchun
  • chongqing
  • Dalian
  • Fuzhou
  • Guangzhou
  • Hangzhou
  • Harbin
  • Jilin
  • Jinan
  • Lanzhou
  • Louyang
  • Nanchang
  • Nanjing
  • Nanning
  • Qingdao
  • Qiqihar
  • Shanghai
  • Taiyuan
  • Wuhan
  • Xian
  • Zhengzhou

• Czech Republic
  • Brno
  • Ceske Budejovice
  • Chomutov - Jirkov
  • Hradec Kralove
  • Jihlava
  • Liberec
  • Marianski Lazne
  • Opava
  • Ostrava
  • Pardubice
  • Plzen
  • Teplice
  • Usti nad Labem
  • Zlín

• Ecuador
  • Quito (called trole, is fairly new)

• Estonia
  • Tallinn

• France
  • Limoges
  • Lyon
  • Marseille
  • Saint-Eienne

• Georgia
  • Batumi
  • Chiatura
  • Gori
  • Kutaisi
  • Ozurgeti
  • Poti
  • Rustavi
  • Samtredia
  • Sokhomi
  • Tbilisi
  • Zugdidi

• Germany
  • Eberswalde
  • Esslingen
  • Solingen

• Greece
  • Athens

• Hungary
  • Budapest

• Italy
  • Rome ?

• Lithuania
  • Kaunas
  • Vilnius

• Mexico
  • Guadalajara
  • Mexico City

• The Netherlands
  • Arnhem

• New Zealand
  • Wellington

• North Korea
  • Chongjin
  • Hamhung
  • Kanggye
  • Pyongsong
  • Pyongyang

• Norway
  • Bergen

• Poland
  • Gdynia
  • Lublin

• Russia
  • Kaliningrad
  • Kirov
  • Moscow
  • Murmansk
  • Saint Petersburg

• Serbia
  • Belgrade

• Sweden
  • Landskrona

• Switzerland
  • Basel (there are plans of withdrawal)
  • Berne
  • Biel/Bienne
  • Fribourg
  • Geneva
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds
  • Lausanne
  • Lucerne
  • Neuchâtel
  • Schaffhausen
  • St. Gallen
  • Vevey-Montreux-Villeneuve
  • Winterthur
  • Zurich

• Ukraine
  • Kiev
  • Simferopol-Yalta (Crimea, world's longest line, 117 km)

• United States
  • Boston, Massachusetts
  • Dayton, Ohio
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • San Francisco, California (operated by San Francisco Muni)
  • Seattle, Washington

Cities that no longer have trolley buses

• Chicago, Illinois, United States
• London, United Kingdom
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Stavanger, Norway

External links

• http://members.shaw.ca/dearmond/
• http://trolibusz.budapest.hu