Budapest trolleybus

Line network

The trolleybus Budapest is the trolleybus system of the Hungarian capital Budapest . It is the largest and oldest in the country and managed by the Public Company Budapesti Közlekedési operated (BKV). The network went into operation in 1933 and 1949 respectively and has since complemented the Budapest tram that opened in 1866, the Budapest Metró that opened in 1896 , the Budapesti Helyiérdekű Vasút suburban railway and urban bus services .

history

The first trolleybus line was 2.7 kilometers long and ran through the Óbuda district on the right of the Danube from December 16, 1933 . It connected the terminal Vörösvári út - where tram lines 1 and 17 end today - with the Óbuda cemetery. At the junction with the tram there was also a small depot for the initially three trolleybuses. The route was opened on June 5, 1927 as bus route 7 and was initially also called this for electrical operation. It was not until 1935 that the name was changed to line T, derived from the Hungarian name trolibusz . On September 21, 1944, this first trolleybus system was destroyed during the war and then not rebuilt. The company responsible for the trolleybus was initially the BSzK tram company , while the bus service at that time was still under the direction of the SzAÜ company .

Line 70 went into operation on December 21, 1949 as the first line of today's network in the Pest district , i.e. on the left of the Danube. Once again, the tram company - which traded under FVV from 1950 - was not until 1967 that all urban means of transport were merged. The trolleybus operation was gradually expanded in the post-war period, although the Danube is still not crossed by trolleybuses. The isolated line 83 in the south of the city occupies a special position, it is only connected to the rest of the network and the Pongrác depot by one operating line.

network

The trolleybus symbol common in Budapest

The Budapest trolleybus network today consists of the following 15 lines . The two lines with the additional letter "A" only run on a section of the corresponding partner line without a letter, whereby the A line can also be the main line, as with lines 80 / 80A:

line	route
70	Erzsébet királyné útja, aluljáró - Kossuth Lajos tér M
72	Zugló vasútállomás (Hermina út) - Deák Ferenc tér M
73	Keleti pályaudvar M - Deák Ferenc tér M
74	Csáktornya park - Károly körút (Astoria M)
74A	Csáktornya park - Mexikói út M
75	Puskás Ferenc Stadium M - Jászai Mari tér
76	Keleti pályaudvar M - Jászai Mari tér
77	Puskás Ferenc Stadion M - Öv utca / Egressy út
78	Keleti pályaudvar M (Garay utca) - Kossuth Lajos tér M
79	Keleti pályaudvar M - Kárpát utca
80	Keleti pályaudvar M - Örs vezér tere M + H
80A	Keleti pályaudvar M - Csertő utca
81	Örs vezér tere M + H - Fischer István utca
82	Örs vezér tere M + H - Uzsoki Utcai Kórház
83	Orczy tér - Fővám tér M
CITY	Fővám tér M - Lehel tér M

vehicles

Former

	Numbers	piece	Manufacturer	Electrics	Type	Art	delivery	Remarks
	T100, T471	002	All			Solo car	1933	T100 later renumbered T 470, both retired in 1955
	T472	001	MÁVAG	BBC		Solo car	1933	later renumbered to T480, retired in 1955
	T100-T152	053	Zavod imeni Uritskogo		MTB-82	Solo car	1949-1952	retired between 1956 and 1967
	T200-T356	157	Icarus	All	IK-60T	Solo car	1952-1956	retired between 1967 and 1975
	TP000-TP054, 955-958	059	ÁMG Székesfehérvár	-		pendant	1960-1963	retired between 1965 and 1968
	T400	001	Icarus	All	IK-60TCS	Articulated trolley	1961	Prototype with double rear axle, converted from a T-283 solo car and a solo bus, retired in 1967
	401-453	053	Icarus	All	IK-60TCS	Articulated trolley	1962-1964	last retired in 1976
	500-599	100	Zavod imeni Uritskogo		ZiU-5	Solo car	1966-1969	Retired between 1975 and 1982, car 573 preserved in a museum
	600	001	Icarus	All	260T	Solo car	1976	Prototype from 1974, in use until 1995, preserved in a museum
	800-972	173	Zavod imeni Uritskogo		ZiU-682	Solo car	1975-1984	last retired in December 2012
	100-178	079	Icarus	All	280T	Articulated trolley	1976-1988	retired between 1986 and 1995
	300	001	Icarus	All	280T	Articulated trolley	1981	twin-engine prototype with Voith gearbox,
	198	001	Ikarus / Strømberg	All	284T	Articulated trolley	after 1990	Year of construction 1983/84, three-door prototype with rear engine

Today's

	Numbers	piece	Manufacturer	Electrics	Type	Art	delivery	low-floor	Remarks
	199-282	84	Icarus	All	280T	Articulated trolley	1987-1990	No	Prototype 199 later renumbered 283
	400	1	Icarus	Box	411T	Solo car	2001	Yes	Prototype from 1995, originally the manufacturer's demonstration car
	700-714	15th	Icarus	Box	412T	Solo car	2002	Yes
	300-314	15th	Icarus	Box	435T	Articulated trolley	1994-1996	No
	601-616	16	Solaris	Ganz / Škoda Transportation	Trollino 12	Solo car	2005-2007	Yes
	350-364	15th	MAN / Gräf & Stift	Box	NGE 152 M17 NGE 152 M18	Articulated trolley	2011–2012	Yes	used from the Eberswalde trolleybus , years of construction 1993–1994
	8000-8019	20th	Solaris / Škoda Transportation	Škoda Transportation	Trollino 12	Solo car	2015	Yes
	9000-9015	16	Solaris / Škoda Transportation	Škoda Transportation	Trollino 18	Articulated trolley	2015	Yes

Web links

Commons : Trolleybuses in Budapest  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the operator BKV
• The trolleybus city of Budapest on trolleymotion.eu
• Private page about the trolleybus Budapest (English)
• Pictures of the trolleybus operation in Budapest on public-transport.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Last use of the ZiU in line traffic , report on www.trolleymotion.ch of December 31, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.