Sarajevo trolleybus

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Sarajevo trolleybus
Legend
            
Trg Austrije
            
Drvenija
            
            
Čobanija
            
Hidrogradnja
            
            
Skenderija
            
Miljacka
            
Skenderija
            
Hamze Hume
            
Alipašina
            
Željeznička stanica
            
Pijaca
            
            
Stadion
            
Jezero
            
Vogošća
            
Kovačići
            
Zagrebačka
            
Grbavica
            
Grbavica Stadium
            
Azize Šaćirbegović
            
Hrasno
            
AB Šimića
            
Otoka
            
Hrasno I
            
Aneks
            
            
Švrakino II
            
depot
            
Švrakino selo
            
Mercator Alipašino polje
            
Mojmilo
            
Alipašino polje
            
            
Mojmilo II
            
Dobrinja V
            
Dobrinja III
            
Dobrinja II
            
Dobrinja
            
Border with the Republic of Srpska
            
Lukavica

The Sarajevo trolleybus is the trolleybus system of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian capital Sarajevo . It is the only one in the country and is operated by the municipal transport company Javno Komunalno Preduzeće - Gradski Saobraćaj Sarajevo (JKP GRAS Sarajevo). The trolleybus went into operation in 1984 and has since complemented the Sarajevo tram, which opened in 1885 .

network

The trolleybus network today consists of five lines , through which a total of 30 stops are served. The most important junction is the catenary triangle next to the bridge over the Miljacka , which is used by all lines except the 108. There is also a direct transfer to almost all tram lines at the Skenderija and Hamze Hume stops.

101 Trg Austrije - Otoka
102 Jezero - Otoka
103 Trg Austrije - Dobrinja
107 Jezero - Dobrinja
108 Otoka - Dobrinja

history

Trolleybus ticket from 1990, the fare at that time was 70 Yugoslav dinars

On September 16, 1984, Sarajevo received the second trolleybus system of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after the Belgrade trolleybus opened in 1947 ; the Czechoslovak company EZ Praha helped to set it up . Before that, however, trolleybuses also operated in Ljubljana and Rijeka (both until 1971) and in Split (until 1972). The trolleybus operation in Sarajevo was introduced with a view to the 1984 Winter Olympics in order to relieve the heavy demand for the tram. In fact, it only went into operation more than six months after the games ended. Although the trolleybus runs mostly parallel to the only tram route, unlike this one, it mainly serves the satellite towns to the left of the Miljacka, where there was no electric local transport before.

Initially the system consisted of the two lines 101 Hrasno - Trg 6. aprila (today Trg Austrije) and 102 Hrasno - Pionirska dolina (today Jezero). On November 23, 1984, the lines 103 Trg April 6th - Lukavica including repeater line 104 Trg April 6th - Alipašino polje followed, before the network opened on July 23, 1985 with the opening of the overland line 105 Trg April 6th - Vogošća, which is quite steep in sections was largely complete. Today's Safeta Hadžića Street was completed at the end of 1986, and since then the trolleybuses in the direction of Dobrinja and Lukavica no longer run via Otoka, but rather directly through Aneks. The serpentine route Otoka – Švrakino II and the intermediate turning loop Hrasno were closed at the same time, Otoka from now on served by a new line 106 to Vogošća.

The line to the train station, Željeznička stanica in Serbo-Croatian , was never used in regular service . It only served as an operating route to the road tunnel in the Ciglane district . Before it was opened for public transport in 1988, it was used as a temporary depot and was finally replaced by the depot in the Alipašino polje district that still exists today.

Overhead lines at the Grbavica stadium damaged in the war

Due to the Bosnian War and the associated siege of Sarajevo , the entire trolleybus service was inactive for a few years. The infrastructure was damaged for the first time on April 6, 1992, before heavy fighting in the Grbavica district on April 14 led to the interruption of the route there. It could no longer be repaired due to the constant bombardment. On April 18, the depot and numerous vehicles were finally so badly damaged that trolleybus traffic had to be stopped entirely. Last but not least, a shorter section of the main line at the Grbavica Stadium ran through Serbian-controlled territory, which also separated the depot from the rest of the network.

Trolleybus traffic could only be temporarily resumed on November 26, 1995, but initially only two vehicles commuted on a specially set up line 104A between Otoka and Alipašino polje. Only a few cars survived the siege undamaged, 67 of the 90 trolleybuses at the time were completely destroyed. The branches to Trg Austrije and to Dobrinja finally went back into operation in 1996, not least with the help of used vehicles from the Czech Republic . In 1997 and 1998, wagons from companies in Germany and the Netherlands followed, which helped to further stabilize trolleybus traffic. Line 104A was discontinued in 1997 in favor of the reintroduction of the regular pre-war lines 101, 103 and 104. The last reopening after the war was the connection to Jezero, again served by line 102, in 2000. On the other hand, the operation of lines 105 and 106 in the independent municipality of Vogošća was no longer taken up - the overland route there was also destroyed by the effects of the war. The 400-meter-long section Dobrinja - Lukavica was also closed for political reasons, the end point Lukavica is in the Istočno Sarajevo district, which is part of today's Republika Srpska .

Trolleybus ticket issued in November 2015

Line 107 was launched in 2004 and offers passengers a direct connection between Jezero and Dobrinja at certain times. The amplifier line 104, however, was replaced in June 2009 by the new line 108 Otoka - Dobrinja, which for the first time offers a tangential connection away from the city center. The intermediate turning loop Alipašino polje has been without line operation since then.

In the medium term, there are plans to connect Sarajevo Airport, a few hundred meters south of the route to Dobrinja, to the trolleybus network, which so far has no connection to local public transport. However, the local taxi industry has so far successfully resisted this expansion.

vehicles

The following cars have so far been procured for the Sarajevo trolleybus; the vehicle generations currently in use are highlighted in gray. Today only used trolleybuses from companies in Germany and Switzerland operate, which are all high-floor :

Numbers piece Manufacturer Electrics Type Art Years of construction Remarks
500-504, 506-519 ,
521-522 		21st FAS 11. Oktromvri Skopje Škoda S 200Tr joint 1983-1987 all retired
551-626 76 Škoda 14Tr solo 1983-1987 all retired
627 01 Energoinvest Škoda ŠEAL 100 solo 1986 Prototype, later renumbered 4232, retired in 2004
628 01 FAS 11. Oktromvri Skopje Škoda S 115Tr solo 1987 Prototype, later renumbered 4101, retired in 2005
629-630, 636 03 Škoda 14Tr solo 1984 1996 used taken over from Marienbad
631-632, 634-635 04th Škoda 14Tr solo 1982-1984 Used in 1996 taken over from Pardubice
4118-4124 07th Daimler Benz AEG O 405 GTD joint 1988-1990 Duo buses , taken over by Esslingen in 2002 and 2003 , converted to pure diesel buses in 2004 and renumbered 487–493, all of which have already been taken out of service
4127, 4135, 4137, 4142 04th MAN Box SG 200 HO joint 1983-1985 Taken over by Solingen between 2002 and 2004 , 16 of 20 have already been retired
4145-4146, 4148-4150,
4153, 4156		 07th NAW / Hess FIG BGT 5-25 joint 1991/1992 Taken over by St. Gallen in 2010 , already taken out of service in 9/17. 4158 not working again
4228-4229 02 Energoinvest Škoda ŠEAL 100 solo 1997 Retired in 2006
4301-4302 02 Škoda Škoda 21Tr solo 1996 low-floor
4403, 4406, 4416-4418, 4422-4424, 4428-4430 11 MAN Box SL 172 HO solo 1986/1987 Taken over from Solingen between 1997 and 2005 plus three spare parts donors, 17 of 28 already retired
4408-4409 02 DAF / Den Oudsten Box B79T-KM560 solo 1986 Acquired by Arnhem in 1998 , retired in 2005
4410 01 Daimler Benz AEG O 405 T solo 1986 Acquired by Esslingen in 2003, retired in 2008
4162-4170 09 NAW / Hess BBC BGT 5-25 joint 1988 Acquired from Geneva in 2015; 4170 not in operation

  • The SL 172 HO type car 4420 from Solingen, taken in 2010 on line 102

  • The type BGT 5-25 car 4161 from St. Gallen, taken in 2010 on line 107

  • Former O 405 GTD duo bus from Esslingen after conversion to a diesel bus

literature

  • History of mainly electric local transport in Sarajevo, Jan Čihák, 2012
  • Stadtverkehr Issue 7/1991 (36th year), page 20, tram and trolleybus operation in Sarajevo

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Renewal by 20- year-old Swiss , report on www.trolleymotion.ch from October 18, 2010 ( Memento from June 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ Continuation of used trolleybuses , report on www.trolleymotion.ch from July 25, 2011 ( Memento from June 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ List of all trolleybuses procured for Sarajevo on transphoto.ru