List of cities with trolleybuses

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This is a list of cities with trolleybuses as part of their public transport system.

1 Asia
2 Europe
3 Oceania
- 3.1 New Zealand
4 North America
5 South America
6 See also
7 Books
8 Periodicals
9 External links

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Asia

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Azerbaijan

Bakı /Baku, 5 December 1941. Future of system uncertain.
Gəncə /Ganja, 1 May 1955. Future of system uncertain.
Mingaçevir /Mingachevir, 15 April 1989
Sumqayıt /Sumqayit, 28 April 1961

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China

Běijīng 北京 /Beijing, 26 February 1957
Dàlián 大连 /Dalian, 1 October 1960
Guǎngzhōu 广州 /Guangzhou, 30 September 1960
Hángzhōu 杭州 /Hangzhou, 26 April 1961
Harbin (Hā'ěrbīn) 哈尔滨, 31 December 1958
Jǐnán 济南 /Jinan, January 1977
Lánzhōu 兰州 /Lanzhou, 1 January 1959
Luòyáng 洛陽 /Luoyang, 1 October 1984
Nánchāng 南昌 /Nanchang, 1 July 1971
Qīngdǎo 青岛 /Qingdao, 25 October 1960
Shànghǎi 上海 /Shanghai, 15 November 1914
Tàiyuán 太原 /Taiyuan, 1 May 1960
Wǔhàn 武汉 /Wuhan, Main system: 20 September 1958; Wuhan Iron & Steel: 1 October, 1962
Xī'ān 西安 /Xi'an, 1 October 1959
Zhèngzhōu 郑州 /Zhengzhou, 1 May 1979

A trolleybus system, opened 1994, has been reported in Nánníng 南宁 (Nanning). Confirmation is lacking.

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Japan

Kurobe 黒部:
- Kan-den Tunnel Trolleybus: (関電トンネルトロリーバス): 1 August 1964. Trolleybuses operate through tunnel between Ōgizawa station (扇沢) and Kurobe Dam 黒部ダム. Ōgizawa station is located in Ōmachi 大町 city, Nagano prefecture.
- Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus (立山トンネルトロリーバス): 23 April 1996. Trolleybuses operate through tunnel between Daikambo (大観峰) and Murodō (室堂). The line is located within Tateyama 立山 town, Toyama prefecture.

Both trolleybus lines are part of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route 立山黒部アルペンルート.

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Mongolia

Ulaɣan Baɣatar / Улаанбаатар /Ulaanbaatar, 29 October 1987

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Korea North

Anju 안주 (安州), opened between 1986 and 1990, perhaps 1989.
Ch'ŏngjin 청진 (淸津), 20 October 1970
Haeju 해주 (海州), April 1986
Hamhŭng 함흥 (咸興), April 1976 ?
Kanggye 강계 (江界), 17 April 1992
Kapsan 갑산 (甲山), October 1992
Kimch'aek 김책 (金策), 17 May 1985
Kimkol, 10 April 1986. Connects Kimkol railway station with coal mine at Markyn, South Pyongan province, exact location unknown.
Kowŏn 고원 (高原), July 1979
Nampho 남포 (南浦), opened between 1979 and 1982
P'yŏngsŏng 평성 (平城), 4 (?) August 1983.
P'yŏngyang 평양 (平壤), 30 April 1962
Ryongdae, 10 June 1993. Connects Ryongdae railway station with coal mine, South Pyongan province.
Ryongdung, 11 April 1983. Connects Ryongdung railway station with coal mine, North Pyongan province.
Sangwŏn 상원 (祥原), 29 (?) March 1995. Connects residential district to cement works. Sangwŏn-gun is part of Pyongyang city.
Sinŭiju 신의주 (新義州), opened between 1977 and 1980, perhaps 1978.
Sunch'ŏn 순천 (順天), opened between 1986 and 1990, perhaps 1989.
Tŏkch'ŏn 덕천 (德川), 27 April 1990
Unhŭng 운흥 (雲興), August 1988, Ryanggang province.
Wŏnsan 원산 (元山), 8 September 1988

It is speculated that additional trolleybus systems are located at the following towns:

Unggi (North Hamgyong province)

Sariwon 리원 (沙里院)

Songrim 송림 (松林) (1993 ?)

Confirmation is lacking.

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A Russian-language source [1] states that trolleybus systems are under construction in the following locations:

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Europe

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Austria

Innsbruck, 8 April 1944 - 29 February 1976, reintroduced 17 December 1988. Future of system uncertain.
Linz, 15 May 1944
Salzburg, 1 October 1940

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Belarus

Babrujsk / Бабруйск /Babruysk, 30 August 1978
Brest / Брэст, 20 April 1981
Homiel / Гомель /Homyel, 20 May 1962
Hrodna / Гродна, 5 November 1974
Mahilyow / Магілёў (Mogilev), 19 January 1970
Miensk / Менск /Minsk, 19 September 1952
Viciebsk / Віцебск (Vitsyebsk), 1 September 1978

Plans were announced in 2001 for new trolleybus systems in:

Baranavičy / Баранавiчы (Baranavichy)

Barysaŭ / Барысаў (Borisov)

Lida / Ліда

Maładečna / Маладэчна (Molodechno)

Navapołacak / Наваполацак (Novopolotsk)

Vorša / Ворша (Orsha)

Pinsk / Пінск

Połacak / Полацак (Polotsk)

Salihorsk / Салігорск (Soligorsk)

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Belgium

Gent (Gand) /Ghent, 24 March 1989. Operation suspended 9 April 2004 - 17 October 2005.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina

Sarajevo, 23 November 1984. Operation suspended April 1992 - 27 November 1995 because of war.

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Bulgaria

Burgas / Бургас, 25 September 1989
Dobrich / Добрич, 1988
Gabrovo / Габрово, 1987
Haskovo / Хасково, 1993
Pazardzhik / Пазарджик, 1 June 1993
Pernik / Перник, July 1987
Pleven / Плевен, July 1985
Plovdiv / Пловдив, 1955
Rousse (Ruse) / Русе, 9 September 1988
Sliven / Сливен, 24 May 1986
Sofia / София, 14 February 1941 - September 9, 1944, reintroduced 1 May 1948
Stara Zagora / Стара Загора, September 1988
Varna / Варна, 1 January, 1986
Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново, September 1988
Vratsa / Враца, September 1988

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Czech Republic

Brno, 30 July 1949
České Budějovice, 1909 - 1914, 28 October 1948 - 24 April 1971, and 2 May 1991
Chomutov - Jirkov, 1 September 1995
Hradec Králové, 2 May 1949
Jihlava, 19 December 1948
Mariánské Lázně, 27 April 1952
Opava, 24 August 1952
Ostrava, 9 May 1952
Pardubice, 20 January 1952
Plzeň, 9 April 1941
Teplice, 1 May 1952
Ústí nad Labem 1 July 1988
Zlín, 27 January 1944

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France

Caen, TVR, 15 November 2002
Limoges, 14 July 1943
Lyon, 1901 - 10 September 1907 (at Charbonnières-les-Bains), 4 September 1935
Nancy, 27 September 1982, dual-mode (trolley/diesel) operation.

TVR opened 28 January 2001, planned to replace dual-mode buses. Operation suspended 9 March 2001 - 13 March 2002 because of technical problems.

Saint-Etienne, 1 January 1942

Note: TVR, Transport sur Voie Réservée, is the Guided Light Transit guided bus system, marketed as "Trams sur pneus" (trams on tyres). Caen vehicles collect current from a single overhead wire using a pantograph, and return current through the center guide rail. Nancy vehicles collect and return current from twin overhead wires using trolley poles.

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Germany

Eberswalde, 22 March - June 1901, reintroduced 3 November 1940
Esslingen, 1 April 1944
Solingen, 19 June 1952

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Greece

Athína / Αθήνα (Athens), June 1954
Peiraiás / Πειραιάς /Piraeus, 1949. Connection with Athens network built 1988, trolleybus service between Athens and Piraeus opened 1990. Piraeus network now operated as part of Athens network.

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Hungary

Budapest, 16 December 1933 - 1944, and 21 December 1949
Debrecen, 2 July 1985
Szeged, 1 May 1979

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Italy

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Penisola italiana (Italian peninsula)

Ancona, 15 March 1949
Avellino, 1947 - 1973. New system, in planning.
Bari, (1939 - 1974; 20 November 1978 - 16 December 1987. Reopening planned.
Bologna, October 1940 - 1943; 16 September 1955 - 14 June 1982; 4 January 1991.
Chieti, 1 August 1950 - 1992. Reopening planned.
Genova /Genoa, 13 April 1938 - 11 June 1973; 1 July 1997.
Lecce, new system, in planning.
Milano /Milan, 1906 - 1907; 28 October 1933
Modena, 21 January 1950
Napoli /Naples: urban (ANM), 8 May 1940. System includes suburban line to Ercolano (Herculaneum) and Torre del Greco.
- Napoli - Secondigliano - Aversa suburban (CTP), 26 January 1964
Parma, 25 October 1953
Pescara, 1903 - 1904 (interurban line to Castellamare Adriatico); new system, to Silvi, in planning.
Pomezia, new system, to Pomezia railway station, in planning.
Rimini, 1 January 1939
Roma /Rome, 1902 (experimental), 8 January 1937 - 2 July 1972; 23 March 2005
Sanremo, 21 April 1942. System includes interurban lines to Ventimiglia and Arma di Taggia
Savona, new system, to Vado Ligure, in planning.
La Spezia, 12 February 1906 - November 1909; 27 January 1951 - 1985; 26 November 1988.

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Sardegna (Sardinia)

Cagliari, 22 February 1952. System includes interurban line to Quartu Sant'Elena.

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Latvia

Rīga, 6 November 1947

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Lithuania

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Moldova

Bălţi /Balti, 21 June 1972
Chişinău /Chisinau, 12 October 1949
Tighina / Тигина (Russian: Bendery / Бендеры), 1996
Tiraspol, 1 November 1967
- Tiraspol - Tighina interurban line, 19 June 1993.

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The Netherlands

Arnhem, 5 September 1949

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Norway

Bergen, 24 February 1950

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Poland

Gdynia, 18 September 1943. One line extends to the adjoining town of Sopot.
Lublin, 21 July 1953
Tychy, 1 October 1982

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Portugal

Coimbra, 16 August 1947

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Romania

Baia Mare, 16 February 1992
Bucureşti /Bucharest, 10 November 1949
Braşov, 1 May 1959. Future of system uncertain.
Craiova, new system under construction.
Constanţa, 5 July 1959
Cluj-Napoca, 11 July 1959
Iaşi, 1 May 1985
Piatra Neamţ, 22 December 1995
Ploiesţi, 1 September 1997
Satu Mare, 15 November 1994
Sibiu, August - October 1904, reintroduced 17 August 1983
Slatina, 30 May 1996
Suceava, 15 August 1987
Târgovişte, 4 January 1995
Timişoara, 15 November 1942
Vaslui, 1 May 1994

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Russia

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Europe

Almetyevsk / Альметьевск, 13 January 1976
Arkhangelsk / Архангельск, 14 October 1974
Armavir / Армавир, 16 June 1973
Astrakhan / Астрахань, 5 November 1967
Balakovo / Балаково, 18 November 1967
Belgorod / Белгород, 3 December 1967
Berezniki / Березники, 4 March 1961
Bryansk / Брянск, 3 December 1960
Cheboksary / Чебоксары, 7 November 1964
Cherepovets / Череповец, new system under construction.
Cherkessk / Черкесск, 19 December 1988
Dzerzhinsk / Дзержинск, 15 April 1976
Engels / Энгельс, 29 April 1964
Gatchina / Гатчина, new system under construction.
Ivanovo / Иваново, 5 November 1962
Izhevsk / Ижевск, 6 November 1968
Kaliningrad / Калининград, 15 October 1943 - 27 January 1945, reintroduced 5 November 1975
Kaluga / Калуга, 30 March 1956
Kazan / Казань,27 November 1948
Khimki / Химки, 24 July 1997. Near Moskva.
Kostroma / Кострома, 10 January 1974
Kovrov / Ковров, 10 March 1975
Krasnodar / Краснодар, 28 July 1950
Kursk / Курск, 18 August 1972
Lipetsk / Липецк, 1 February 1972
Makhachkala / Махачкала, 3 February 1973
Maykop / Майкоп, 29 November 1974
Moskva / Москва /Moscow, 15 November 1933
Murmansk / Мурманск, 11 February 1962
Mytishchi / Мытищи, 12 September 2002. Near Moskva.
Naberezhnye Chelny / На́бережные Челны, new system under construction.
Nalchik / Нальчик, 22 November 1980
Nizhny Novgorod / Нижний Новгород, 27 June 1947

Novgorod: see Velikiy Novgorod

Novocheboksarsk / Новочебоксарск, 2 November 1979
Novokuybyshevsk / Новоуйбышевск), 4 January 1986
Novorossiysk / Новороссийск), 1 April 1969
Omsk / Омск, 5 November 1955
Oryol / Орёл (Orel), 28 October 1968
Penza / Пенза, 4 November 1948
Perm / Пермь, 5 November 1960
Petrozavodsk / Петрозаводск, 5 September 1961
Podolsk / Подольск, 1 May 2001. Near Moskva.
Rostov-na-Donu / Ростов-на-Дону /Rostov-on-Don, 18 March 1936
Ryazan / Рязань, 13 November 1949
Rybinsk / Рыбинск, 14 December 1976
Samara / Самара, 7 November 1942
Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург, 21 October 1936
Saransk / Саранск, 29 January 1966
Saratov / Саратов, 6 November 1952
Shakhty / Шахты, 30 September 1975. Future of system uncertain.
Smolensk / Смоленск, 8 April 1991
Stary Oskol / Старый Оскол, new system under construction.
Stavropol / Ставрополь, 24 July 1964
Sterlitamak / Стерлитамак, 24 February 1961
Syzran / Сызрань, December 2002
Taganrog / Таганрог, 25 December 1977
Tambov / Тамбов, 6 November 1955
Togliatti / Тольятти (Tolyatti), 21 January 1966
Tosno / Тосно, new system under construction.
Tula / Тула, 3 November 1962
Tver / Тверь, 5 May 1967
Tyumen / Тюмень, 12 June 1970
Ufa / Уфа, 27 January 1962
Ulyanovsk / Ульяновск, 31 December 1973
Velikiy Novgorod / Великий Новгород, 3 December 1995
Vidnoye / Видное, 1 May 2001. Near Moskva.
Vladikavkaz / Владикавказ, 1 February 1977
Vladimir / Владимир, 7 November 1952
Volgodonsk/ Волгодонск, 4 October 1977
Volgograd / Волгоград, 31 December 1960
Vologda / Вологда, 30 December 1976
Volzhsky / Волжский, new system under construction.
Voronezh / Воронеж, 6 November 1960
Yaroslavl /Ярославль, 7 November 1949
Yoshkar-Ola / Йошкар-Ола, 1 February 1971

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Asia

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Serbia

Beograd / Београд /Belgrade, 22 June 1947

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Slovakia

Banská Bystrica, 24 August 1989. Operation suspended since 1 January 2006, future of system uncertain.
Bratislava, 19 July 1909 - 1914, reintroduced 31 July 1941
Košice, 27 September 1993
Prešov, 13 May 1962
Žilina, 17 November 1994

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Sweden

Landskrona, 27 September 2003

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Switzerland

Basel, 31 July 1941, future of system uncertain.
Bern, 29 October 1940
Biel/Bienne, 19 October 1940
Fribourg, 1 February 1949
Genève /Geneva, 11 September 1942
La Chaux-de-Fonds, 23 December 1949
Lausanne, 2 October 1932
Luzern /Lucerne, 7 December 1941
Neuchâtel, 16 February 1940. System once included an interurban line to Cernier.
St. Gallen, 18 July 1950
Schaffhausen, 24 September 1966
Montreux, 18 April 1957. Line connects Vevey, Montreux and Villeneuve. Earlier line operated in Villeneuve, 17 December 1900 - 1903.
Winterthur, 28 December 1938
Zürich, 27 May 1939

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Ukraine

Alchevsk / Алчевськ, 26 September 1954
Alushta / Алушта, 30 August 1993. See also Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta.
Antratsyt / Антрацит, 27 September 1987
Artemivsk / Артемівськ, 29 April 1968
Bila Tserkva / Біла Церква, 23 June 1980
Cherkasy / Черкаси, 9 November 1965
Chernihiv / Чернігів, 4 November 1964
Chernivtsi / Чернівці, 1 February 1939
Dnipropetrovsk /Дніпропетровськ, 7 November 1947
Dobropilla / Добропілля, 23 August 1968
Donetsk / Донецьк, 3 January 1940
Dzerzhynsk / Дзержинськ, 26 April 1985
Horlivka / Горлівка, 6 November 1974
Ivano-Frankivsk / Івано-Франківськ, 31 December 1983
Kerch /Керч, 18 September 2004
Khartsyzk / Харцизьк, 4 February 1982
Kharkiv / Харків, 5 May 1939
Kherson / Херсон, 16 June 1960
Khmelnytskyi / Хмельницький, 25 December 1970
Kirovohrad / Кіровоград, 4 November 1967
Kramatorsk / Краматорськ, 18 November 1971
Krasnodon / Краснодон, 30 December 1987
Kremenchuk / Кременчук, 6 November 1966
Kryvyi Rih / Кривий Ріг, 21 December 1957
Kyiv / Київ, 5 November 1935
Luhansk / Луганськ, 25 January 1962
Lutsk / Луцьк, 8 April 1972
Lysychansk / Лисичанськ, 7 March 1972
Lviv / Львів, 27 November 1952
Makiivka / Макіївка. Trolleybus line from Donetsk extended to Makiivka, 7 November 1960. Makiivka system opened 13 November 1969.
Mariupol / Маріуполь, 21 April 1970
Mykolaiv / Миколаїв, 29 October 1967
Odessa / Одеса, 5 November 1945
Poltava / Полтава, 14 September 1962
Rivne Рівне, 27 December 1974
Sebastopol / Севастополь, 6 November 1950
Severodonetsk / Сєверодонецьк, 1 January 1979
Simferopol / Сімферополь, 7 October 1959
- Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta interurban line: Simferopol - Alushta opened 6 November 1959. Alushta - Yalta opened July 1961. Ranked as world's longest trolleybus line, 86.7 km (53.7 mi).
Slovyansk / Слов'янськ, 19 March 1977
Stakhanov / Стаханов, 1 March 1970
Sumy / Суми, 25 August 1967
Ternopil / Тернопіль, 24 December 1975
Vinnitsia / Вінниця, 20 February 1964
Vuhlehirsk / Вуглегірськ, 8 July 1982
Yalta / Ялта, 1 May 1961. See also Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta.
Zaporizhzhia / Запоріжжя, 22 December 1949
Zhytomyr / Житомир, 1 May 1962

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Oceania

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New Zealand

Wellington, 29 September 1924 - May 1932, reintroduced 20 June 1949

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North America

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Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, 24 September 1939
Vancouver, British Columbia, 5 December - 14 December 1945, demonstration; introduced 16 August 1948

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México

Guadalajara, 9 January 1977
Ciudad de México /México City, 1948 demonstration, 1951 demonstration, introduced 6 April 1952

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United States

Boston, 11 April 1936, later suspended; 17 December 2004 (Silver Line) (operated by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)
Cambridge, (operated by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)
Dayton, 23 April 1933
Philadelphia, 1921 demonstration, and 14 October 1923. Operation "temporarily" suspended 27 June 2003, scheduled to return 2007.
San Francisco, 6 October 1935 (operated by San Francisco Municipal Railway)
Seattle, 27 February - 9 March 1937, demonstration, and 28 April 1940. Closed temporarily from 21 January 1978 to 15 September 1979 for rebuilding. In addition, dual-mode diesel-trolley buses operated 15 September 1990 - 2004 on routes using the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel.

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South America

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Argentina

Córdoba, 7 May 1989
Mendoza, 16 October 1913 - 1915 ?, reintroduced 14 February 1958
Rosario, 24 May 1959 - 31 December 1992, reintroduced 25 January 1994

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Brazil

Santos, 12 August 1963
São Paulo Urban (SPT), 22 April 1949
- Suburban (EMTU), 3 December 1988. Serves neighboring towns including Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo and Santo André

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Chile

Valparaíso, 31 December 1952 - 30 November 1981, reintroduced 26 April 1982

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Ecuador

Quito, 18 December 1995. Future of system in doubt; conversion to light-rail (LRT) planned.

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Venezuela

Mérida ("Trolmérida," Opening planned for 2006)

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Books

Gregoris, Paolo. 2003. "Giro d'Italia in filobus" (ISBN 88-7785-193-7). Cortona: Editore Calosci.

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. 2001. "World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia" (ISBN 0-904245-18-1). Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks.

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). (ASIN: B0006CEBZC) Los Angeles: Interurbans. Los Angeles: Interurbans.

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.

Tarkhov, Sergei. 2000. "Empire of the Trolleybus: Vol 1 -- Russia" (ISBN 0-948619-02-3). London: Rapid Transit Publications.

吉川文夫 (Yoshikawa, Fumio). 1995.　日本のトロリーバス (Nippon no "trolleybus") (ISBN 4-8848-066-3). Tokyo: kk Denkisha-kenkyûkai.

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