List of former trolleybus systems

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The list of former trolleybus systems, sorted by country, contains all trolleybus systems that have finally been decommissioned , their opening and discontinuation dates and the responsible transport company (s) . Temporary appointments were not taken into account. If new systems have been introduced after a long period of no trolleybus traffic, they are included in the list of trolleybus systems .


A.

Afghanistan

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Kabul 02/09/1979 1992 see Kabul trolleybus

No existing establishments

Egypt

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Cairo 1950 10/22/1981

No existing establishments

Algeria

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Algiers 07/01/1934 1974
Constantine 1921 1963
Oran 05/17/1939 1969

No existing establishments

Argentina

place opening attitude Operating company items Remarks
Buenos Aires 06/04/1948 04/30/1966 Buenos Aires trolleybus
La Plata 12.1954 12/12/1966
Mar del Plata 1956 1963 Mar del Plata trolleybus
Mendoza 10/16/1913 1915 Trial operation, new network since 1958
San Miguel de Tucuman 07/23/1955 05/28/1962 San Miguel de Tucumán trolleybus

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Argentina

Armenia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Gyumri 11/29/1962 2005

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Armenia

Azerbaijan

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Baku 05.12.1941 07.2006 TTU Bakı
Gəncə 05/01/1955 2004
Mingəçevir 04/15/1989 04.2006
Naxçıvan 03/11/1986 04.2004
Sumqayıt 04/28/1961 01/01/2006

No existing establishments

Australia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Adelaide 1 03/02/1932 08/11/1934 Trial operation
Adelaide 2 09/05/1937 07/12/1963
Brisbane 08/12/1951 03/13/1969
Hobart October 29, 1935 11/24/1968
Launceston 12/24/1951 07/26/1968
Perth 10/01/1933 08/29/1969
Sydney 1 01/22/1934 04/12/1948 Trolleybus operation in Potts Point
Sydney 2 07/03/1937 08/29/1959 Trolleybus operation in Kogarah

No existing establishments

B.

Belgium

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Antwerp 07.09.1929 03/30/1964
Brussels 04/18/1939 02/14/1964
Ghent March 24, 1989 06/14/2009 De Lijn see Ghent trolleybus
Liege 07/31/1930 11/09/1971 Société Anonyme des Railways Economiques Liège – Seraing & Extensions

No existing establishments

Brazil

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Araraquara December 27, 1959 11/20/2000
Belo Horizonte 05/30/1953 01/22/1969
Campos dos Goytacazes 06/29/1958 06/12/1967
Fortaleza 01/25/1967 02.1972
Niterói 11/21/1953 11/10/1967
Porto Alegre December 07, 1963 05/19/1969
Recife 06/15/1960 09/24/2001
Ribeirão Preto 07/24/1982 07/02/1999
Rio Claro 05/09/1986 07.1993
Rio de Janeiro 1 09/03/1962 07.1968 Trolleybus operation in Zona Sul
Rio de Janeiro 2 04.1965 04.1971 Trolleybus operation in Zona Norte
Salvador da Bahia 11/15/1959 06.1968

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Brazil

Bulgaria

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Gabrovo 1987 03/22/2013 Obschtinsky Patnichesky Transport EOOD
Dobrich 1988 07/01/2014 Trolejbusen Transport EOOD - Dobrich
Kazanlak 1987 01/11/1999
Pernik 1987 03/30/2015 Trolejbusen Transport EOOD - Pernik
Plovdiv 12.1955 09/03/2012 Gradski Transport - Plovdiv AD
Sofia 02/14/1941 09/09/1944 New company since May 1, 1948
Veliko Tarnovo 09.1988 04/01/2009 Patnichesky Prewosi AD - Veliko Tarnovo

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Bulgaria

C.

Chile

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Santiago 1 10/31/1947 06/18/1978
Santiago 2 12/24/1991 07/09/1994

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Chile

China

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Anshan 01/01/1975 10/25/1999
Benxi 07/01/1960 1996
Changchun 07/01/1960 06.2002
Cheng you 01/01/1962 1997
Chongqing December 24, 1955 05/23/2004
Fuzhou 09/28/1983 03/14/2001
Handan ? 2011 Handan Iron and Steel Feeder line to the coal mine
Harbin December 31, 1958 06/26/2008 Harbin City Bus
Jixi ? 2018 Hengshan Coal Mine Feeder line to the coal mine
Hong Kong 2001 2004 Citybus Trial operation on a test track at the Citybus depot in Wong Chuk Hang
Jilin 10/01/1960 2000
Lanzhou 01/01/1960 05/06/2008
Nanchang 07/01/1971 06/20/2009
Nanjing 08/01/1960 1996
Nanning 1994 ? Nanning Public Transportation Company
Qiqihar 01.1959 2002
Shenyang 11/01/1951 06/20/1999
Tai'an ? 2018 Yangzhuang Coal Mine Feeder line to the coal mine
Taiyuan ? 2018 Xishan Coal and Electricity Power Factory traffic Durping
Taiyuan ? 2018 Xishan Coal and Electricity Power Factory traffic Guandi
Tianjin 07/01/1951 04.1997
Wuyang ? 2017 Wuyang Coal Mine Feeder line to the coal mine
Xi'an 10/01/1959 01/14/2009 Xi'an City Transportation
Xingtai ? 01.2012 Xingtai Mining Group Company Ltd.
Xinmi 1997 2015 Chaohua Coal Mine Feeder line to the coal mine
Zhengzhou 05/01/1979 05/11/2009 Zhengzhou Public Transportation Company

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # China

D.

Denmark

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Copenhagen 1 1902 1902 Trial operation
Copenhagen 2 02/01/1927 10/17/1971 Nordsjællands Elektricitets- og Sporvejs A / S (NESA) / Københavns sporveje (KS)
Copenhagen 3 08/02/1993 10.1998 Københavns sporveje (KS) EU test track
Odense 08/08/1939 11/19/1959 Odense Bytrafik (OB)

No existing establishments

Germany

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Aachen 02/01/1944 02/03/1974 Aachen tram and energy supply AG see Aachen trolleybus
augsburg October 28, 1943 03/17/1959 Stadtwerke Augsburg see trolleybus Augsburg
Baden-Baden 06/26/1949 07/31/1971 Baden-Baden tram and mountain railway see trolleybus Baden-Baden
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 05/23/1906 04/01/1917 Electric trackless railway Ahrweiler see Electric trackless railway Ahrweiler
Berlin 1st 04/29/1882 06/13/1882 Siemens & Halske see Elektromote (trial operation)
Berlin 2nd 05.12.1904 02/04/1905 AEG / Berliner Ostbahnen see track-less railway Niederschöneweide – Johannisthal
Berlin 3 04/20/1912 07/31/1914 Steglitz community see Steglitz track globe
Berlin 4 12/24/1933 December 18, 1952 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (West) Operation in the Spandau district , see trolleybus Berlin (1933–1965)
Berlin 5 05/02/1935 March 22, 1965 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (West) Operation in the Steglitz district , see trolleybus Berlin (1933–1965)
Berlin 6 08/01/1951 02/01/1973 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (East) Operation in East Berlin , see trolleybus Berlin (1951–1973)
Bielefeld May 27, 1944 11/08/1968 Stadtwerke Bielefeld see Bielefeld trolleybus
Bochum 06/18/1949 10/18/1959 Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG see Bochum trolleybus
Bonn 02/17/1951 06/30/1971 Stadtwerke Bonn see Bonn trolleybus
Bremen 1 08/07/1910 06/19/1916 Bremen-Arsten Railway see Bremen-Arster Bahn
Bremen 2nd 09/17/1910 December 31, 1911 Park lane see park lane
Bremen 3 11/01/1949 05/11/1961 Bremer Straßenbahn AG Gröpelingen to Burg
Bremerhaven 11/20/1947 06/30/1958 Bremerhaven transport company see Bremerhaven trolleybus
Darmstadt 03/01/1944 04/16/1963 HEAG see Darmstadt trolleybus
Dortmund 05/29/1942 06/18/1967 Dortmund municipal utilities see Dortmund trolleybus
Dresden 1 March 24, 1903 03/19/1904 Carl Stoll (private entrepreneur) see Dresdner Haide-Bahn
Dresden 2 05/11/1947 11/28/1975 Dresden transport company see Dresden trolleybus
Eberswalde 1 03/22/1901 06.1901 Trackless railway in Eberswalde new operation since November 3, 1940, see Eberswalde trolleybus
Erfurt 02/26/1948 07/11/1975 Erfurt transport company see trolleybus Erfurt
Food 1 05/08/1949 11/23/1959 Essener Verkehrs-AG see Essen trolleybus
Food 2 05/28/1983 09/24/1995 Essener Verkehrs-AG see Duo-Bus Essen
Flensburg 10/09/1943 09/14/1957 Stadtwerke Flensburg see Flensburg trolleybus
Frankfurt am Main 01/06/1944 10/17/1959 City tram Frankfurt am Main see trolleybus Frankfurt am Main
Gera 11/02/1939 09/14/1977 Low traffic operation see Gera trolleybus
to water 06/18/1941 December 23, 1968 Stadtwerke Giessen see Gießen trolleybus
Greiz 09/21/1945 07/11/1969 Urban bus and coach transport Greiz see Greiz trolleybus
Gummersbach 11/25/1948 09/30/1962 Oberbergische Verkehrsgesellschaft see Gummersbach trolleybus
Hamburg 1 08/12/1911 08/01/1914 ? see trackless railway Blankenese – Marienhöhe
Hamburg 2nd 04/27/1949 January 18, 1958 Hamburger Hochbahn
Hanover 06/06/1937 05/10/1958 Overland works and trams in Hanover see Hanover trolleybus
Heilbronn 1 January 16, 1911 10/31/1916 Trackless railway Heilbronn – Böckingen see trackless railway Heilbronn – Böckingen
Heilbronn 2 09/20/1951 12/30/1960 Stadtwerke Heilbronn see Heilbronn trolleybus
Hildesheim 08/07/1943 05/30/1969 Stadtwerke Hildesheim see Hildesheim trolleybus
Hoyerswerda 10/06/1989 12/30/1994 Spree-Elster transport company see trolleybus Hoyerswerda
Idar-Oberstein 02/22/1932 05/11/1969 Oberstein-Idarer Elektrizitäts-AG see Idar-Oberstein trolleybus
Kaiserslautern October 29, 1949 11/30/1985 Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern see trolleybus Kaiserslautern
kassel 07/12/1944 05/28/1962 Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft see Kassel trolleybus
Kiel May 28, 1944 04/15/1964 Kieler Verkehrsaktiengesellschaft see Kiel trolleybus
Koblenz 07/17/1941 10/30/1970 Koblenz electricity company and transport company see Koblenz trolleybus
Cologne 11/06/1950 March 16, 1959 Cologne transport company see Cologne trolleybus
Koenigstein 07/10/1901 09.1904 Bielatal Motorbahn Königstein also freight traffic, see Bielatalbahn
Krefeld December 3rd, 1949 05/29/1964 Krefelder Verkehrs-AG see Krefeld trolleybus
Landshut 11/27/1948 07/01/1966 Stadtwerke Landshut see Landshut trolleybus
Leipzig 1 06/06/1912 07/21/1912 Demonstration operation at the electrotechnical exhibition
Leipzig 2nd 07/28/1938 05/31/1975 Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe see trolleybus Leipzig
Lennestadt 05/29/1904 10/01/1916 Electric vehicle operation for the Veischedetal Until 1907 also freight traffic, see Veischedetalbahn
Ludwigsburg December 21, 1910 04.1926 Ludwigsburger Oberleitungs-Bahnen GmbH see Ludwigsburg overhead line railways
Magdeburg 07/01/1951 10/31/1970 Magdeburg transport company
Mainz 05/19/1946 02/12/1967 Stadtwerke Mainz
Mannheim 1930 1931 600 meter long test track on the grounds of the BBC in Käfertal
Marburg 05/19/1951 05.10.1968 Stadtwerke Marburg see trolleybus Marburg
Mettmann 08/26/1930 December 31, 1954 Rheinische Bahngesellschaft see trolleybus Mettmann – Gruiten
Minden December 19, 1953 07/20/1965 Minden-Ravensberg power station see Minden trolleybus
Moers October 27, 1950 09/28/1968 Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe
Duisburg transport company 		see Moers trolleybus
Monheim am Rhein 05/31/1904 05/11/1908 ? also freight traffic, see trackless railway Monheim – Langenfeld
Munich 04/28/1948 04/28/1966 Stadtwerke Munich see Munich trolleybus
Muenster 10/01/1949 05/26/1968 Stadtwerke Münster see Münster trolleybus
Neunkirchen 08/01/1953 March 31, 1964 Neunkirchen tram see Neunkirchen trolleybus
Neuss 08/28/1948 December 31, 1959 Stadtwerke Neuss see Neuss trolleybus
Neuwied 10/01/1949 02/28/1963 Power supply Rhein-Wied AG see trolleybus Neuwied
Nuremberg 1 01/25/1931 1931 Municipal Works Nuremberg Trial operation
Nuremberg 2 03.1935 1935 Municipal Works Nuremberg Trial operation
Nuremberg 3 11/15/1948 12/12/1962 Municipal Works Nuremberg see Nuremberg trolleybus
Offenbach am Main 07/16/1951 09/26/1972 Offenbach am Main municipal utilities see Offenbach am Main trolleybus
Oldenburg 09/26/1936 10/26/1957 Oldenburg suburban railways Pekol see Oldenburg trolleybus
Osnabrück 12/02/1949 06/10/1968 Stadtwerke Osnabrück see Osnabrück trolleybus
Pforzheim 09/29/1951 10/01/1969 Stadtwerke Pforzheim see trolleybus Pforzheim
Pirmasens 11/25/1941 10/12/1967 Stadtwerke Pirmasens See Pirmasens trolleybus
Potsdam 10/01/1949 02/02/1995 Potsdam transport company see trolleybus Potsdam
Rastatt 1979 ? Daimler Benz see O-Bahn test facility in Rastatt
regensburg 03/18/1953 05/17/1963 Stadtwerke Regensburg see Regensburg trolleybus
Rheydt 05/18/1952 06/16/1973 Stadtwerke Rheydt see Rheydt trolleybus
Saarbrücken 11/12/1948 05/11/1964 Society for trams in the Saar valley see Saarbrücken trolleybus
Wins 10/16/1941 01/05/1969 Siegen circular path see trolleybus Siegen
Suhl - - see Suhl trolleybus (construction canceled)
trier 01/20/1940 05/27/1970 Trier municipal utilities see Trier trolleybus
Ulm 05/14/1947 23.10.1963 Stadtwerke Ulm see Ulm trolleybus
Völklingen 11/12/1950 06/04/1967 Stadtwerke Völklingen see Völklingen trolleybus
Weimar 02/02/1948 04/03/1993 Weimar transport company see Weimar trolleybus
Wiesbaden December 23, 1948 11/17/1961 Stadtwerke Wiesbaden see trolleybus Wiesbaden
Wilhelmshaven 1 10/01/1943 10/30/1960 Stadtwerke-Verkehrsgesellschaft Wilhelmshaven see Wilhelmshaven trolleybus
Wilhelmshaven 2 December 8, 1944 09/30/1954 Oldenburg suburban railways Pekol see trolleybus Wilhelmshaven – Jever
Wuppertal 10/01/1949 May 27, 1972 Wuppertal public utilities see trolleybus Wuppertal
Zwickau December 01, 1938 08/30/1977 Municipal transport company Zwickau see Zwickau trolleybus

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Germany


F.

Finland

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Helsinki 1 02/05/1949 06/14/1974
Helsinki 2 04/17/1979 10/30/1985
Tampere December 8, 1948 05/15/1976

No existing establishments

France

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Amiens 1946 02.1963
Belfort 07/04/1952 08/01/1972
Bethune 1898 1904 Overland operation Béthune - Pont-à-Vendin with passenger and freight traffic
Bordeaux 05.1940 1954
Brest 07/29/1947 1970
Chambery 10/6/1930 06.1940 Overland operation Chambéry– Chignin
Dijon 1 1895 1895 Trial operation with passenger and freight traffic
Dijon 2 07/01/1950 03/30/1966
Fontainebleau 07/15/1901 1913 Overland operation Fontainebleau - Samois-sur-Seine
Forbach 05/19/1951 11/01/1969
Grenoble 07/29/1947 06/24/1999 The overhead lines in the area of ​​the Maupertuis stop in Meylan are still preserved today
Le Havre 08/01/1947 December 28, 1970
Le Mans 11/13/1947 1969
Lille 1910 1965 Overland operation to Deûlémont and Leers with passenger and freight traffic
Lyon 1901 09/10/1907 Overland operation Lyon– Charbonnières-les-Bains , new operation since September 4, 1935
Marseille 1 06/13/1903 09/01/1905 Overland operation Allauch - La Rose
Marseille 2 09/19/1927 07/20/1958 Aubagne - Cuges-les-Pins trolleybus service
Marseille 3 04/06/1942 06/25/2004
Marseille 4 09/28/1948 01/01/1965 Overland operation to Aix-en-Provence
Metz 09/14/1947 04/30/1966
Modane 08/20/1923 06.1940 Overland operation Modane– Lanslebourg
Montauban 01.1903 1904
Moûtiers 04/15/1930 03.1965 Overland operation Moûtiers– Villard-du-Planay
Mulhouse 1 07.1907 07/14/1918 see Mulhouse tram
Mulhouse 2 07/05/1946 1968
Nice 04/30/1942 09/12/1970
Nîmes 07/10/1924 December 31, 1927 Overland operation to Pont-du-Gard and Comps with passenger and freight traffic
Paris 1st 04/15/1900 11/12/1900 Trial farm in Saint-Mandé
Paris 2nd 1912 1914 Trial farm in Saint-Mandé
Paris 3 04/07/1925 07/08/1935 Trolleybus operation in Vitry-sur-Seine
Paris 4th 01/08/1943 March 31, 1962 Trolleybus operation Paris– Bezons / Argenteuil
Paris 5 January 16, 1950 March 31, 1966 Trolleybus operation Paris– Choisy-le-Roi / Thiais
Perpignan 09/21/1952 06.1968
Poitiers 08/09/1943 03/03/1965
Rouen 01/22/1933 06/26/1970
Saint-Malo 1 1906 06/05/1907
Saint-Malo 2 07/10/1948 09/30/1959
Strasbourg May 27, 1939 March 31, 1962
Toulon 05/17/1949 02/19/1973
Tours 05/10/1947 06/29/1968

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # France

G

Georgia

place Length
km 		opening attitude Operating company items Remarks
Batumi 41 11/06/1978 2005 Including overland lines to Machinjauri and Khelvachauri
Gori 43 04/30/1972 03/24/2010 see Gori trolleybus Including overland lines to Tiniskhidi and Ortasheni
Kutaisi 88 09/11/1949 July 25, 2009 Service suspended between January 1997 and November 1997
Osurgeti 32 11/27/1980 06.2006 Including overland line to Dvabsu
Potentiometer 18th 01/20/1980 12.2004 see trolleybus potentiometer Including overland line to Maltakva
Rustavi 48.1 02/16/1971 09/24/2009 see Rustavi trolleybus Service discontinued in 2000
Samtredia 22.5 08/28/1982 2003 Including overland line to Kulaschi
Zugdidi 22.5 02/24/1986 07.2009 Service suspended between 1992 and 1995
Tbilisi 215 04/21/1937 December 04, 2006 see trolleybus Tbilisi
Chiatura / Satschere 29 07/11/1967 06.2008 see the Tschiatura trolleybus Overland line between Chiatura and Satschchere
Tskhinvali 7.6 06/25/1982 12/11/1990 destroyed in the civil war

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Georgia

Great Britain

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Aberdare 01/14/1914 07/01/1925
Ashton under Lyne 08/26/1925 12/30/1966
Atherton 08/03/1930 08/31/1958 South Lancashire Transport Company
Belfast 03/28/1938 05/12/1968
Birmingham 11/27/1922 06/30/1951
Blackpool 1983 1983 Trial operation
Bournemouth 05/13/1933 04/20/1969
Bradford 06/20/1911 March 26, 1972
Brighton 1 December 23, 1913 09/16/1914 Brighton Corporation Transport (BCT)
Brighton 2 05/01/1939 06/30/1961 Brighton Corporation Transport (BCT) / Brighton, Hove & District Omnibus Company (BHC)
Cardiff 03/01/1942 01/11/1970
Chesterfield 05/23/1927 March 24, 1938
Cleethorpes 07/18/1937 06/04/1960
Darlington January 17, 1926 07/31/1957
Derby 01/09/1932 09.09.1967
Doncaster 1 08/22/1928 December 14, 1963
Doncaster 2 1985 1986 Trial operation
Dundee 09/05/1912 05/13/1914
Glasgow 04/03/1949 05/27/1967
Grimsby 10/03/1926 06/04/1960
Halifax 07/20/1921 October 24, 1926
Hartlepool 02/28/1924 04/02/1953
Hastings 04/01/1928 05/31/1959
Huddersfield December 04, 1933 07/13/1968
Ipswich 09/02/1923 08/23/1963
Keighley 05/03/1913 08/31/1932
Kingston upon Hull 07/23/1937 October 31, 1964
Leeds 06/20/1911 07/26/1928 see Leeds trolleybus
Llanelli December 26, 1932 11/08/1952
London 1 09/25/1909 1909 Trial operation
London 2 09.1912 1912 Trial operation
London 3 May 16, 1931 05/08/1962
Maidstone 05/01/1928 04/15/1967 Maidstone Corporation Transportation
Manchester 03/01/1938 12/30/1966
Mexborough 08/31/1915 03/26/1961 Mexborough & Swinton Traction Company
Middlesbrough 11/08/1919 04/04/1971 Tees-side railless traction board
Newcastle upon Tyne 10/01/1935 10/01/1966
Nottingham 04/10/1927 06/30/1966 Notts & Derby Traction Company
Oldham 08/26/1925 09/05/1926
Pontypridd September 18, 1930 January 31, 1957
Portsmouth 08/04/1934 07/27/1963
Ramsbottom 08/14/1913 March 31, 1931
Reading 07/18/1936 03/11/1968
Rhondda 12/22/1914 03/01/1915
Rotherham 10/03/1912 10/02/1965
Saint Helens 07/11/1927 07/01/1958
Southend-on-Sea 10/16/1925 10/28/1954
South Shields 10/12/1936 04/29/1964
Stockport 03/10/1913 09/11/1920
Walsall 07/22/1931 10/03/1970
Wigan 05/07/1925 09/30/1931
Wolverhampton October 29, 1923 05.03.1967
York 12/22/1920 05/01/1935

No existing establishments

Guyana

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Georgetown 1924 1961

No existing establishments

I.

India

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Delhi 1935 1962
Calcutta 01/01/1977 1982
Mumbai 06/11/1962 March 24, 1971

No existing establishments

Italy

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Alba 09/26/1910 07/12/1919 Overland operation Alba-Barolo
Alessandria 1.02.1952 07.1974
Ancona 03/15/1949 06/14/1972 FPAF Overland operation Ancona - Collemarino - Falconara , destroyed in the 1972 earthquake
Anzio 06/17/1939 01/22/1944 Overland operation Anzio – Nettuno
Argegno 07/01/1909 11/21/1922 Overland operation Argegno– Lanzo d'Intelvi
Asiago 1916 1919 Overland operation Asiago– Marostica
Avellino 09/16/1947 11/01/1973 Overland operation Atripalda –Avellino– Mercogliano
Bari 1 1939 December 16, 1987 Interrupted between 1974 and November 20, 1978
Bergamo 1 12.1921 03/09/1922
Bergamo 2 1949 1978 Including overland operation to Seriate
Bologna 1 10.1940 1945
Bologna 2 16.09.1955 1983 Since 1991 new operation of trolleybus Bologna
Brescia 1936 1968
Capua 1961 10/26/1972 Overland operation Capua - Maddaloni
Carrara 06/05/1955 December 26, 1985
Caserta 1961 10/26/1972
Catania 04.10.1949 04/27/1966
Châtillon 1920 1925 Overland service Châtillon– Saint-Vincent
Civitanova Marche 03/25/1956 1974
Como 08/18/1938 06/07/1978 Including overland service to Cantù and Ponte Chiasso (Como municipality)
Cremona 1940 05/31/2002
Cuneo 08/01/1908 December 31, 1957 Overland operation Cuneo - Peveragno
Desenzano del Garda March 31, 1926 09/30/1932 Overland operation Desenzano del Garda-Rivoltella (today the municipality of Desenzano del Garda)
Edolo 1915 1918 Edolo military factory - Ponte di Legno
Enego 1915 1918 Enego – Primolano military operation (today the municipality of Valbrenta )
Ferrara 10/28/1938 02/25/1975
Florence 11/11/1937 07/01/1973 Including overland service from Florence to Fiesole
Gall rate 1904 1906 Overland operation Gallarate - Samarate
Genoa 04/13/1938 06/11/1973 New company since July 1st, 1997
Ivrea 03/30/1908 December 31, 1935 Overland operation Ivrea– Cuorgnè
L'Aquila 05/19/1909 March 31, 1924
La Spezia 02/12/1906 11.1909 Overland operation La Spezia - Porto Venere , since January 27, 1951 new operation
Livorno 10/28/1934 10/22/1973
Milan 1906 1906 Trial operation for the Milan World Exhibition from April 28 to November 11, 1906 , new operation since October 28, 1933
Padua 04/21/1937 1970
Palermo 10/28/1939 07/01/1966
Pavia 02/03/1952 1968
Perugia October 28, 1943 1975
Pescara 1903 1904 Overland operation Pescara – Castellammare Adriatico (today the municipality of Pescara)
Pisa 01/20/1952 02/29/1968
Porto San Giorgio 02/06/1958 December 31, 1977 Overland service Porto San Giorgio - Fermo
Rome 01/08/1937 07/02/1972 New operation since March 23, 2005
Salerno 08/07/1937 1987
Siena March 24, 1907 10/21/1917
Tirano 1 1915 1916 Military operation Tirano– Bormio
Tirano 2 1941 1950 Overland operation Tirano – Bormio (freight traffic only)
Turin 1 1902 1902 Azienda Torinese Mobilità (ATM) Trial operation
Turin 2 1931 07/07/1980 Azienda Torinese Mobilità (ATM) Including overland operations to Chieri and Rivoli
Trapani 1952 1967
Trieste 03/30/1935 April 19, 1975 Including overland operation to Muggia
Venice 1 04/25/1933 1967 Overland service Venice-Mestre - Treviso
Venice 2 06/29/1941 1968 Trolleybus operation in Lido
Verona 1 1937 06.1975
Verona 2 08/15/1958 06.1981 Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti SPA di Verona (AMT) Overland service to Domegliara (today the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella ), Grezzana , San Bonifacio and Tregnago
Vicenza 10/22/1928 06/12/1970 Azienda Provinciale Trasporti Verona (APT)

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Italy

J

Japan

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Hibarigaoka 08/01/1928 March 31, 1932
Kawasaki 03/01/1951 04/30/1967
Kyoto 04/01/1932 09/30/1969
Nagoya May 10, 1943 January 15, 1951
Ogizawa-Kurobedamu 08/01/1964 11/30/2018 see trolleybus route Ogizawa – Kurobedamu
Osaka 1 08/01/1928 1930 Overland operation Osaka-Hanayashiki (today Kawanishi municipality )
Osaka 2 09/01/1953 06/14/1970
Tokyo 1 04.1912 04.1912 Trial operation
Tokyo 2 05/20/1952 09/29/1968
Yokohama 07/16/1959 March 31, 1972

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Japan

K

Canada

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Calgary 06/01/1947 03/08/1975 Calgary Transit System (CTS) / Calgary Transit (CT)
Cornwall 06/08/1949 05/31/1970 Cornwall Street Railway Light and Power Company
Edmonton 09/24/1939 05/02/2009 Edmonton Radial Railway / Edmonton Transportation System (ETS) / Edmonton Transit System (ETS)
Halifax March 27, 1949 December 31, 1969 Nova Scotia Power and Light
Hamilton December 10, 1950 December 31, 1992 Hamilton Street Railway (HSR)
Kitchener 01/01/1947 03/26/1973 Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway / Kitchener Public Utilities Commission
Montreal 03/29/1937 06/18/1966 Montreal Tramways Company / Montreal Transit Commission
Ottawa December 15, 1951 06/27/1959 Ottawa Transportation Commission
Regina 09/04/1947 02/28/1966 Regina Municipal Railway (RMR) / Regina Transit System (RTS)
Saskatoon 11/22/1948 05/13/1974 Saskatoon Municipal Railway (SMR) / Saskatoon Transit System (STS)
Thunder Bay December 15, 1947 07/16/1972 Fort William Transit Company / Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission / Thunder Bay Transit
Toronto 1 06/18/1922 08/31/1925 Toronto Transportation Commission (TTC) / Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Toronto 2 06/19/1947 07/16/1993 Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Vancouver 05.12.1945 December 14, 1945 British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) Trial operation, new operation since August 16, 1948
Victoria November 19, 1945 11/30/1945 Trial operation
Windsor 05/05/1922 11.1926 Windsor Hydro
Winnipeg 11/21/1938 10/30/1970 Winnipeg Electric Company / Greater Winnipeg Transit Company / Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission / Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Canada

Kazakhstan

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Aqtobe 08/11/1982 10/11/2013
Astana (Nur-Sultan since 2019) 01/13/1983 09/30/2008
Atyrau 09/04/1996 04/29/1999
Novaya Buchtarma 01/01/1975 1980
Petropavl 11/20/1971 06/01/2014
Qostanai 01/02/1990 2005 see Qostanai trolleybus
Karagandy 05/30/1967 04/20/2010
Schymkent 01/11/1969 2005 see Schymkent trolleybus
Taras 04/10/1980 the end of 2013

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Kazakhstan

Colombia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Bogotá 04/12/1948 08/15/1991
Medellin 10/12/1929 1951

No existing establishments

Croatia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Rijeka 08.1952 1971
Split 1944 1972

No existing establishments

Cuba

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Havana 09/08/1949 1954 Trial operation

No existing establishments

M.

Malaysia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Penang 1924 07/31/1961

No existing establishments

Morocco

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Casablanca 1932 05.1972
Tetouan 04.1950 11.1975 Overland operation Tétouan – Martil , partly duobus operation

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Morocco

Mexico

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Mexico city 1948 1948 Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE) del DF Trial operation, new operation since March 9, 1951

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Mexico

Moldova

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Solonceni 05/01/1992 03/01/1994 Sovkhoz Solonceni see Solonceni trolleybus

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Moldova

Myanmar

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Rangoon 08/17/1936 1942

No existing establishments

N

Nepal

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Kathmandu 12/28/1975 11/2008 see trolleybus Kathmandu

No existing establishments

New Zealand

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Auckland December 19, 1938 December 26, 1980
Christchurch 04/01/1931 11/08/1956
Dunedin December 23, 1950 March 31, 1982
New Plymouth 10/30/1950 07.10.1967
Wellington I 09/29/1924 05.1932
Wellington II 06/20/1949 October 31, 2017 Stagecoach New Zealand see Wellington trolleybus

Netherlands

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Groningen 06/27/1927 11/09/1965
Nijmegen 07/09/1952 03/29/1969

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Netherlands

North Korea

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Kaesŏng ? ? 2008 only remnants of the cable suspension left
Kimch'aek 05/17/1985 ? No traffic was noticeable in 2011

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # North Korea

Norway

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Drammen 12/15/1909 06/10/1967 Drammen Elektriske Bane, A / S Trikken, Drammen Kommunale Trikk
Oslo December 15, 1940 02/15/1968 Oslo Sporveier
Stavanger 10/26/1947 01/12/1963 Stavanger Buss-Selskap

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Norway

O

Austria

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Gmuend 07/16/1907 07/14/1916 City of Gmünd / Imperial and Royal Post see electrical overhead line automobile line Gmünd
Graz 10/01/1941 06/29/1967 Holding Graz Linien (GVB)
Innsbruck 1 04/08/1944 02/29/1976 Innsbruck Transport Company (IVB) see Innsbruck trolleybus
Innsbruck 2 December 17, 1988 02/25/2007 Innsbruck Transport Company (IVB) see Innsbruck trolleybus
Judenburg December 10, 1910 1914 City of Judenburg see Gleislose Bahn Judenburg
Kapfenberg October 20, 1944 03/25/2002 Mürz Valley Transport Company (MVG) see Kapfenberg trolleybus
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee 08/01/1944 04/16/1963 Stadtwerke Klagenfurt AG (STW)
Klosterneuburg 05/22/1908 12.1919 municipality Weidling see electrical overhead line automobile company of the municipality Weidling
Leoben 03/01/1949 07/13/1973 Leoben municipal utilities see trolleybus Leoben
Saint Lambrecht 11/16/1945 04/21/1951 Dynamit Nobel AG see trolleybus Sankt Lambrecht
Vienna 1st 10/14/1908 10/30/1938 Automobile parking vehicle company of the municipality of Vienna see trackless railway Pötzleinsdorf – Salmannsdorf
Vienna 2nd 07/11/1909 01.1920 community Kalksburg see Liesing – Kalksburg electrical overhead line
Vienna 3 09/09/1946 December 3rd, 1958 Wiener Stadtwerke - Verkehrsbetriebe (WVB) see trolleybus Vienna

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Austria

P

Peru

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Lima 1928 1931

No existing establishments

Philippines

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Manila 1924 1955 Business interruption from 1928 to February 1929

No existing establishments

Poland

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Dębica 11/12/1988 10.1990
Gorzów Wielkopolski 07/23/1943 01/30/1945
Legnica 1 11/10/1943 01.1945
Legnica 2 09/15/1949 1953
Olsztyn 09/01/1939 07/31/1973 until 1945: Allenstein municipal depot
Poses 02/12/1930 March 28, 1970
Slupsk 07/22/1985 09/17/1999
Wałbrzych October 27, 1944 06/30/1973 Waldenburger Kreisbahn Owner until 1945: Elektrizitätswerk Schlesien AG (Breslau)
Warsaw 1 06/01/1946 06/30/1973
Warsaw 2 06/01/1983 08/31/1995
Wroclaw March 16, 1912 1914 Trackless Railway Brockau GmbH see the trackless Lloyd-Bahn Brockau

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Poland

Portugal

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Braga 05/28/1963 09/10/1979
postage 01/01/1959 12/27/1997

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Portugal

R.

Romania

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Brăila 08/23/1989 1999 SC Braicar SA
Constanța 07/05/1959 December 03, 2010 Regia Autonomã de Transport Constanța
Craiova 05/09/1943 10.1944
Iași 05/01/1985 2005 Regia Autonomă de Transport Public Iași
Satu Mare 11/15/1994 03/09/2005 Transurban Satu Mare
Sibiu 08/04/1904 October 18, 1904 See also Trackless Railway Sibiu
Sibiu 08/17/1983 11/14/2009 SC TurSib SA Sibiu
Piatra Neamț 12/22/1995 09/20/2019 SC Troleibuzul
Slatina 05/30/1996 01/01/2006 Loctrans Slatina
Suceava 08/15/1987 04/03/2006 TPL Suceava
Târgovişte 01/04/1995 09/01/2005 AITT Târgovişte

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Romania

Russia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Arkhangelsk 10/14/1974 04/10/2008 AvtoTrans-Arkhangelsk region (РегионАвтоТранс-Архангельск) temporarily suspended from September 2006 to December 2007
Astrakhan 05/11/1967 10/30/2017 Astrakhan electric passenger trans (Астраханьэлектропассажиртранс)
Blagoveshchensk 08/22/1979 07/08/2016 Blagoveshchenskoye Trollejbusnoye Uprawlenie (Благовещенское Троллейбусное управление)
Grozny December 31, 1975 12.1994 In the First Chechen War destroyed
Kaliningrad October 15, 1943 01/27/1945 Public utility Koenigsberg Destroyed in World War II, new operation since November 5, 1975
Kamensk-Uralsky 11/01/1956 03/03/2015 Gorelektrotransport Kamensk-Uralsky (Горэлектротранспорт Каменск-Уральский)
Kachkanar 10/11/1972 12.1985
Kurgan 11/24/1965 04/29/2015 Regionautotrans Kurgan (Регионавтотранс Курган)
Lipetsk 02/01/1972 08/14/2017 Lipetskoye Predprijatije Gorelektrotransporta (Липецкое предприятие горэлектротранспорта)
Moscow 11/15/1933 08/25/2020 Mosgortrans (Мосгортранс) One museum line still in operation
Perm 05/11/1960 07/01/2019 Permgorelektrotrans (Пермгорэлектротранс)
Shakhty 09/30/1975 10.2007 Autoelectrotrans Shakhty (Автоэлектротранс Шахты)
Syzran 09/01/2002 11/01/2009 Sysranskoje Passaschirskoje Awtotransportnoje Predprijatie (Сызранское пассажирское автотранспортное предприятие)
Tyumen 06/12/1970 05/10/2009 Tyumengortrans (Тюменьгортранс)
Chernyakhovsk 11/27/1936 01.1945 Stadtwerke Insterburg In World War II destroyed
Tver 05/05/1967 April 13, 2020 Tverskoye Tramwajno-Trollejbusnoje Uprawlenije (Тверское Трамвайно-троллейбусное управление)
Vladikavkaz 02/01/1977 08/09/2010 Vladikavkasskoye Tramvayno-Trollejbusnoye Uprawleniye

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Russia

S.

Sweden

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Gothenburg 10/02/1940 11/14/1964
Linkoping 1989 1989 Trial operation
Stockholm 01/20/1941 08/30/1964 AB Stockholms Spårvägar
Transport AB Stockholm – Kvarnholmen		 1941 to 1959 also overland operation Stockholm – Kvarnholmen (municipality of Nacka )
see also trolleybus Stockholm
Västerås 11/11/1938 1948

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Sweden

Switzerland

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Altstätten - Berneck 09/08/1940 05/21/1977 Rheintalische Verkehrsbetriebe (RhV) see Trolleybus Altstätten – Berneck
Basel 07/31/1941 06/30/2008 Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB) see trolleybus Basel
Freiburg - Farvagny 04/01/1912 05/21/1932 Compagnie des omnibus électriques Friborg – Farvagny (FF) see trolleybus Freiburg – Farvagny
Val de Ruz 09/01/1948 04/14/1984 Compagnie des Transports du Val-de-Ruz (VR) see Trolleybus Val de Ruz
La Chaux-de-Fonds December 23, 1949 05/20/2014 Transports Publics Neuchâtelois (TRN) see La Chaux-de-Fonds trolleybus
Lugano 04/25/1954 06/30/2001 Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi (TPL) see Trolleybus Lugano
Thun - Beatenbucht 08/19/1952 03/13/1982 Steffisburg – Thun – Interlaken (STI) see Trolleybus Thun – Beatenbucht

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Switzerland

Singapore

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Singapore 08/04/1926 December 16, 1962

No existing establishments

Slovakia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Bratislava 07/19/1909 1915 see trackless railway Preßburg – Eisenbrünnl , new operation since July 31, 1941 - see trolleybus Bratislava
Košice 09/27/1993 01/30/2015 Dopravný podnik mesta Košice
Poprad 08/02/1904 08.1906 see trackless railway Poprád – Ótátrafüred

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Slovakia

Slovenia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Ljubljana 1952 04.09.1971
Piran October 24, 1909 07/19/1912 see Trackless Railway Pirano – Portorose

No existing establishments

Spain

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
A Coruña 07/26/1948 04/01/1979 from March 1950 to March 15, 1971 also overland service A Coruña– Carballo
Barcelona 07.10.1941 07.10.1968
Bilbao 06/20/1940 10/28/1978 Overland service Bilbao - Algorta
Cadiz 1951 1975
Castellón de la Plana 1962 1969 New operation since June 25, 2008
Madrid 04/08/1950 04/30/1966
Pontevedra December 15, 1943 08/31/1989
San Sebastian 1 06/06/1947 07/11/1968 Overland operation San Sebastián - Tolosa with passenger and freight traffic
San Sebastian 2 07/17/1948 December 24, 1973
Santander 1951 02/25/1975 Overland operation Santander - Astillero
Zaragoza 1950 10/09/1975
Tarragona 10/02/1952 01/22/1973 Overland operation Tarragona - Reus
Valencia 07/18/1951 05/21/1976

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Spain

Sri Lanka

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Colombo 07/22/1953 December 01, 1964

No existing establishments

South Africa

place opening attitude Operating company items Remarks
Bloemfontein December 16, 1915 10.1937 Bloemfontein trolleybus
Boksburg 03/25/1914 10/10/1925
Cape Town 1 1930 1930 Trial operation
Cape Town 2 December 21, 1935 02/28/1964
Durban 02/24/1935 04/11/1964 Durban Corporation Transport Durban trolleybus
Germiston 08/19/1914 1918
Johannesburg 1 1930 1930 Trial operation
Johannesburg 2 08/26/1936 11/28/1986 Johannisburg trolleybus
Pretoria 07/01/1938 02/22/1972 Pretoria trolleybus

No existing establishments

T

Tajikistan

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Khujand 03/11/1970 September 2010 no operation from May 15, 2008 to August 17, 2009

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Tajikistan

Trinidad and Tobago

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Port of Spain 10/01/1941 December 31, 1956

No existing establishments

Czech Republic

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
České Budějovice 1 October 27, 1909 08/01/1914 see Budweis trackless railway
České Budějovice 2 10/28/1948 09/24/1971 since May 1, 1991 new company
České Velenice 07/16/1907 07/14/1916 see electrical overhead line automobile line Gmünd
Děčín 01/06/1950 December 14, 1973
Must December 06, 1946 01/31/1959 Overland operation Most – Litvínov (Oberleutensdorf)
Dolní Žďár -
Jáchymov 		1963 07/28/2004 Škoda 6.1-kilometer factory test track, no passenger traffic
Prague 08/28/1936 October 16, 1972 Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy new operation since October 15, 2017

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Czech Republic

Tunisia

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Tunis 10.1954 1970

No existing establishments

Turkey

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Ankara 1947 1981
Istanbul 05/27/1961 07/16/1984 Trolleybus operation in the European part
Izmir 07.1954 09.1992

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Turkey

Turkmenistan

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Ashgabat October 19, 1964 December 31, 2011 see Ashgabat trolleybus

No existing establishments

U

Ukraine

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Dobropillja 08/23/1968 03/14/2011 no operation from January 2008 to April 2009
Dzerzhynsk (today Torezk ) April 26, 1985 05/14/2007
Stakhanov 03/01/1970 08/31/2011 no operation from September 2008 to July 14, 2010
Wuhlehirsk 07/08/1982 08/12/2014 TTU Jenakiewe see Wuhlehirsk trolleybus

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Ukraine

Hungary

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Budapest December 16, 1933 09/21/1944 New company since December 21, 1949

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Hungary

Uruguay

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Montevideo 03/28/1951 01/26/1992 COOPTROL

No existing establishments

Uzbekistan

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Andijon 04/29/1970 06.2002
Buxoro December 01, 1987 2008 1998 to 2008 also overland operation Buxoro– Kogon
Fargʻona 02/23/1971 07.2003 from July 5, 1979 to September 1999, also Fargʻona– Margilan overland operation
Jizzax 08/26/1997 03/01/2010
Namangan 04/04/1973 03/01/2010 since 2001 only overland service to Turakurgan
Nukus 12/14/1991 2008
Olmaliq December 20, 1967 02.2009
Samarqand December 20, 1957 01.2005
Tashkent 11/07/1947 04/30/2010

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # Uzbekistan

V

Venezuela

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Barquisimeto 11/23/2012 01.2013 Transbarca only trial run
Caracas 07.1937 1945 Tranvías Eléctricos de Caracas
Merida 11/26/2006 06.2016 Trolmerca see Mérida trolleybus

United States

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Akron 11/12/1941 06/06/1959 Akron Transportation Company (ATC)
Atlanta 06/28/1937 09/27/1963 Georgia Power Company / Atlanta Transit
Baltimore 1 11/01/1922 08/31/1931 United Railways & Electric Company Overland service to Randallstown
Baltimore 2 03/06/1938 06/21/1959 Baltimore Transit Company (BTCo) / National City Lines
Birmingham 04/30/1947 11/22/1958 Birmingham Electric Company / Birmingham Transit
Boston 1 1887 1887 Trial operation
Boston 2 1901 1901 Trial operation
Boston 3 09/17/1933 March 31, 1963 new operation since December 17, 2004, see Boston trolleybus
Buffalo 12/30/1949 01.1950 Buffalo NY Trial operation
Camden 09/01/1935 06/01/1947
Chicago 04/17/1930 03/25/1973 Chicago Surface Lines (CSL) / Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
Cincinnati December 01, 1936 06/18/1965 Cincinnati Street Railway (CSR)
Cleveland 03/01/1936 06/14/1963 Cleveland Railway Company (CRC) / Cleveland Transit System
Cohoes 11/02/1924 12/12/1937 Capital District Transportation Company, Albany NY
Columbus December 3rd, 1933 05/30/1965 Columbus Railway Power and Light (CRP & L) / Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric (C & SOEC) / Columbus Transit Company (CTC)
Covington 07/11/1937 03/17/1958 Cincinnati Newport and Covington (CN&C)
Dallas 11/25/1945 07/28/1966 Dallas Railway and Terminal Company (DR&T) / Dallas Transit Company (DTC)
Denver 06/02/1940 06/10/1955 Denver Tramways Corporation (DTC)
Des Moines 10/09/1938 01/24/1964 Des Moines Railway (DMR) / Des Moines Transit Company (DMTC)
Detroit 1 1921 1921 Detroit United Railway (DUR) Trial operation
Detroit 2 1924 1924 Detroit Department of Street Railways (DSR) Trial operation
Detroit 3 06/14/1930 08/11/1937 Detroit Department of Street Railways (DSR)
Detroit 4 November 15, 1949 11/16/1962 Detroit Department of Street Railways (DSR)
Duluth 05.10.1931 05/15/1957 Duluth-Superior Transit Company (DST)
Fairhaven October 16, 1915 December 01, 1915
Fitchburg 05/10/1932 06/30/1946 Fitchburg and Leominster Street Railway Company (F&L) Including overland operation Fitchburg – Leominster
Flint 1 1936 1936 Flint Trolley Coach Trial operation
Flint 2 03/01/1937 03/26/1956
Fort Wayne 07/07/1940 06/12/1960 Indiana Service Corporation (ISC) / Fort Wayne Transit (FWT)
Greensboro 07/15/1934 06/05/1956 Greensboro Southern Public Utilities Company / Duke Power
Greenville 08/19/1934 02/20/1956 Greensboro Southern Public Utilities Company / Duke Power
Honolulu 1st 1936 1936 Honolulu Rapid Transit Company (HRT) Trial operation
Honolulu 2 01/01/1938 06/22/1957
Indianapolis December 04, 1932 05/10/1957 Indianapolis Railways (IR) / Indianapolis Transit System (ITS)
Johnstown 11/20/1951 11/11/1967 Johnstown Traction Company (JTC)
Kansas City 1 05/19/1938 04/01/1959 Kansas City Public Service Company (KCPS)
Kansas City 2 04.10.1950 07/14/1951 Kansas City Public Service Company (KCPS) Trolleybus service Kansas City (Missouri) - Kansas City (Kansas) , destroyed in a flood in 1951
Kenosha 02/15/1932 03.1952 Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Knoxville 04/28/1930 07/01/1945 Knoxville Transit Lines
Little rock December 26, 1947 03/01/1956 Capital Transportation Company (CTC)
Los Angeles 1 09/11/1910 1915 Los Angeles Railway Company (LARy) / Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL) Trial operation
Los Angeles 2 1922 1922 Trial operation
Los Angeles 3 1937 1937
Los Angeles 4 08/03/1947 03/30/1963
Louisville December 27, 1936 05/07/1951 Louisville Railways Company (LRC)
Memphis 11/08/1931 04/22/1960 Memphis Street Railway / Memphis Transit Authority
Merrill 01.1913 12.1913 Merrill Railway and Lighting Company
Milwaukee 11/08/1936 06/20/1965 The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER & L) / The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Transport Company (TMER & T)
Minneapolis 05/05/1922 05/22/1923 Twin City Rapid Transit
Nantasket Beach 1887 1887 Trial operation
New Bedford 1914 1914 Trial operation
New Haven 1903 1903 Trial operation
New Orleans 12/02/1929 03/26/1967 New Orleans Public Service Incorporated (NOPSI)
New York 1 10/08/1921 10/16/1927 City of New York Trolleybus operation in Staten Island
New York 2 1923 1923 New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) Trial operation
New York 3 07/23/1930 07/26/1960 Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation (BQT) / Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BMT) Trolleybus operation in Brooklyn
Newark September 15, 1935 11/10/1948 Public Service Coordinated Transport Company (PSCT) / Public Service New Jersey (PSNJ)
Norfolk 1 1921 1921 Virginia Railway and Power Trial operation
Norfolk 2 1923 1923 Virginia Railway and Power Trial operation
Peoria 11/13/1931 10/03/1946 Illinois Power and Light Corporation / Peoria Transportation Company
Petersburg 06/19/1923 December 31, 1926 Virginia Railway and Power
Philadelphia 1921 1921 Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) Trial operation, new operation since October 14, 1923
Pittsburgh 1 09/28/1936 10/11/1936 Pittsburgh Railways Company Trial operation
Pittsburgh 2nd 1949 1949 Pittsburgh Railways Company Trial operation
Portland 08/30/1936 10/23/1958 Portland Traction Company (PTC) / Rose City Transit Company
Portsmouth 1923 1923 Virginia Railway and Power Trial operation
Providence December 26, 1931 06/24/1955 United Electric Railways (UER) / United Transit Company (UTC) Including Providence- Pawtucket overland operation
Richmond 1921 1921 Virginia Railway and Power Trial operation
Rochester 11/01/1923 March 22, 1932
Rockford December 10, 1930 06/06/1947 Rockford Electric Company / The Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company
Saint Joseph 08/01/1932 11/22/1966 St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat and Power Company
Salt Lake City 09/09/1928 09.1946 Utah Light and Traction Company (UL&T) / Salt Lake City Lines
Scranton 1903 1904 Trial operation
Seattle 02/27/1937 03/09/1937 Trial operation, new operation since April 28, 1940
Shreveport December 15, 1931 05/26/1965 Shreveport Railways Company / Shreveport Transit Company
Toledo 02/01/1935 05/28/1952 Toledo Community Traction Company (CTC)
Topeka 03/27/1932 06/30/1940 Kansas Power and Light (KP&L)
Weehawken 1934 1934 Trial operation
Wilkes-Barre December 15, 1939 08/29/1947 Wilkes-Barre Railway Corporation / Wilkes-Barre Trackless Trolley Company (WBTT) / American Transportation Enterprises (ATE)
Wilmington 09/24/1939 December 06, 1957 Delaware Electric
Youngstown 11/11/1936 06/10/1959 Youngstown Municipal Railway (YMR) / Youngstown Transit Company (YTC)

Existing establishments: List of trolleybus systems # United States

Vietnam

place opening attitude Operating company Remarks
Hanoi 09/02/1986 07/15/1993

No existing establishments

See also

literature

  • Alan Murray: World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Trolleybooks, Yateley, Hampshire, UK 2001, ISBN 0-904235-18-1
  • Martin Pabst: Tram and Trolley in Africa. Röhr-Verlag, Krefeld 1989, ISBN 3-88490-152-4
  • Robert Peschkes: World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://transphoto.ru/city/1286/

Web links