List of trolleybus manufacturers

Since the invention of the trolleybus, well over 200 different builders of trolleybuses have existed. ^[1] This is a list of trolleybus manufacturers, both current and former.

Current

Trolleybus garage (depot) in San Francisco, USA, with a range of Muni's trolleybuses dating from 1976 to 2003. On the left is an ETI (Skoda/AAI) 14TrSF trolleybus, which type replaced the non-accessible Flyer trolleybuses in the center. On the right is an articulated New Flyer trolleybus, one of 60 articulated ETBs built by New Flyer for Muni in 1993-94

ZiU-9/682 is the most numerous trolleybus model in the world (over 42,000 trolleybuses were produced since 1972)

Bogdan/Ursus Т701.16 in Lublin

Foton BJD-WG120FN bimodal trolleybus in Beijing

Company	Country	Notes
Astra Bus	Romania
Belkommunmash	Belarus
Bogdan	Ukraine
Bozankaya	Turkey
CAIO Induscar PT	Brazil
Chongjin Bus Factory	North Korea [2]
Dongfeng Yangtse	China
Electron Corporation	Ukraine
Eletra Industrial PT	Brazil
Etalon	Ukraine
Foton Motor	China
Iveco	Italy	Fiat Group
Irisbus	Italy	Fiat Group, with electrical equipment by Škoda
Gillig	United States	electrical equipment by Kiepe Electric
Hamhung bus repair plant	North Korea
Hess	Switzerland
KAMAZ	Russia
Kiepe Electric	Germany	electrical equipment only – usually as a subcontractor to various bus builders for bodies and chassis; however, for Dayton, Kiepe was the lead contractor, and installed its electrical equipment in otherwise complete vehicles built by Gillig as a subcontractor to Kiepe [3]
MAZ	Belarus
New Flyer Industries	Canada
PC Transport Systems	Russia
Pivdenmash	Ukraine
Pyongsong bus repair plant	North Korea
Pyongyang Trolleybus Factory	North Korea
Sinara Transport Machines	Russia
Škoda Electric	Czech Republic	Complete buses with Temsa bodies or electrical drive equipment only with various bus builders as subcontractor for bodies and chassis
Solaris Bus & Coach	Poland	electrical equipment by Škoda, Kiepe Electric and Medcom
SOR Libchavy [4]	Czech Republic	electrical equipment by Škoda and Rail Electronics CZ
Sunwin	China
Trans-Alfa (VMZ)	Russia
Ufa Tram and Trolleybus Plant (UTTZ)	Russia	formerly Bashkir Trolleybus Plant (BTZ)
Volgabus	Russia [5]
Youngman	China
Yutong	China
Zhongtong Bus	China

Former

Preserved vintage trolleybus made by FIAT for the Piraeus-Kastella line in Greece (1939)

1954 CCF – Brill trolleybus in Edmonton

ZiU-5 during the parade of vintage automobiles, Saint Petersburg

Rocar 117E and 217E in Brasov, Romania, 1994. It was one of the most used trolleybus types in Romania in the 1980s until the 2000s

Company	Country	Notes
4 June Rolling Stock Works	North Korea
Alfa Romeo	Italy
Almatyelectrotrans-Service	Kazakhstan	formerly Electromash
Amber	Lithuania [6]
AM General	United States
AnsaldoBreda	Italy	formerly Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie
Aviant Aircraft Factory	Ukraine
Associated Equipment Company	United Kingdom
Berkhof	Netherlands	known as VDL Berkhof in its final years
Berna	Switzerland
BredaMenarinibus	Italy	formerly Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie
British United Traction	United Kingdom
Brown Boveri & Company	Canada	using GM New Look bus bodies
Busscar	Brazil
Canadian Car and Foundry	Canada
Chavdar	Bulgaria
Crossley Motors	United Kingdom
Daimler Motor Company	United Kingdom
Dennis Specialist Vehicles	United Kingdom
DesignLine	New Zealand
DINA	Mexico [7]
ELBO	Greece
Electric Transit, Inc.	United States	joint venture between Škoda and AAI Corporation
Ekova Electric	Czech Republic	Merged into Škoda Transportation
Fiat	Italy
Flyer Industries	Canada	became New Flyer Industries
FBW	Switzerland
Gräf & Stift	Austria
Guy Motors	United Kingdom
Henschel	Germany
Hispano-Suiza	Spain
Ikarus	Hungary
J. G. Brill	United States
Jelcz	Poland
Kawasaki	Japan
Lancia	Italy
Leyland Motors	United Kingdom
LiAZ	Russia
LuAZ	Ukraine
LAZ	Ukraine
MAN	Germany
Mafersa	Brazil
Marmon-Herrington	United States
Materfer	Argentina
Menarini	Italy	acquired by Breda in 1989, forming BredaMenarinibus
Mercedes-Benz	Germany
MASA (Mexicana de Autobuses SA)	Mexico	now part of Volvo
Moscow Trolleybus Plant (MTRZ)	Russia
NAW	Switzerland
Neoplan	Germany
Neoplan USA	United States
Pegaso	Spain
PTMZ	Russia
Praga	Czech Republic
Pullman-Standard	United States
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies	United Kingdom
Richard Garrett & Sons	United Kingdom
Rocar	Romania
Saurer	Switzerland
Salvador Caetano	Portugal
St. Louis Car Company	United States
Scania AB	Sweden
Socimi	Italy
Sunbeam	United Kingdom
Tatra	Czech Republic
Trolza	Russia	previously ZiU
Tushino Mechanical Plant	Russia
Twin Coach	United States
Ursus	Poland
Valmet	Finland
Van Hool	Belgium
Vétra	France
Viseon Bus	Germany	formerly Neoplan's trolleybus production
Volgograd transport and machinery plant	Russia
Volvo Buses	Sweden
Yaroslavl motor plant	Russia

References

1. Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. pp. 94–125. ISBN   0-904235-18-1.
2. "북한지역정보넷". www.cybernk.net. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
3. Trolleybus Magazine No. 339 (May–June 2018), p. 117. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN   0266-7452.
4. Trolleybus Magazine No. 281 (September–October 2008) || p. 109.
5. "Новые серии троллейбусов: «Пересвет» для Хабаровска, «Синара» для Ярославля". tr.ru (in Russian). 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
6. "Vilnius public transport innovates". baltictimes.com . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
7. Trolleybus Magazine No. 311 (September–October 2013), p. 134. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN   0266-7452.