List of trolleybus systems

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This is a list of cities where trolleybuses operate, or operated in the past, as part of the public transport system. The original list has been divided to improve user-friendliness and to reduce article size. Separate lists—separate articles in Wikipedia—have been made for the following countries:

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(Dark blue) show that trolleybus networks in operation, including bus rapid transit networks and (Blue) show that trolleybus networks in operation, without bus rapid transit networks, (light blue) show that trolleybus networks planned (as new or reconstruction) and (Red) show that Countries that had trolleybus networks before and (light gray) Countries that never had trolleybus networks. Map of World's Trolleybus Countries.svg
(Dark blue) show that trolleybus networks in operation, including bus rapid transit networks and (Blue) show that trolleybus networks in operation, without bus rapid transit networks, (light blue) show that trolleybus networks planned (as new or reconstruction) and (Red) show that Countries that had trolleybus networks before and (light gray) Countries that never had trolleybus networks.

This page also provides references that are applicable to all parts of the complete list.

Bold typeface for a location city indicates an existing trolleybus system, currently in operation (temporary suspensions not counted), or a new system currently under construction.

Africa

Algeria

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Algiers 19341974
  Constantine --Construction started 1914, not completed.
19211963 (?)
  Oran 17 May 19391969 (?) 

Egypt

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Cairo 195022 October 1981 

Morocco

A trolleybus on the dual BRT system in Marrakesh BHNSMarrakech.jpg
A trolleybus on the dual BRT system in Marrakesh
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Casablanca 1932May 1972 
  Marrakesh 29 September 2017 [1] [2]  See also Trolleybuses in Marrakesh.
  Tétouan Apr 1950Nov 1975Suburban line to Martil.

South Africa

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Bloemfontein 16 December 1915Oct 1937 
  Boksburg 25 March 191410 October 1925 
  Cape Town 1930

21 December 1935

-

28 February 1964

Demonstration

See also Trolleybuses in Cape Town.

  Durban 24 February 193511 April 1968See also Trolleybuses in Durban.
  Germiston 19 August 19141918 
  Johannesburg 1930

26 August 1936

-

10 January 1986

Demonstration.

See also Trolleybuses in Johannesburg.

  Pretoria 1 July 193921 February 1972See also Trolleybuses in Pretoria.

Tunisia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Tunis 19451970 

Americas

Argentina

A Russian Trolza trolleybus in Rosario Trolza Megapolis Linea Q Leshi 04.jpg
A Russian Trolza trolleybus in Rosario
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
 (Bahía Blanca)  Completed 1954, not opened.
TBA Buenos Aires 4 June 194830 April 1966 
Emir SA, TECSA, TAMSE Córdoba 7 May 1989 See also Trolleybuses in Córdoba.
  La Plata December 195425 December 1966 
  Mar del Plata 19561963 (?) 
EPTM, STM Mendoza 16 October 1913

14 February 1958

1915 (?)

February 2021

See also Trolleybuses in Mendoza.
EMTR, DMT, M. Fierro, Ecobus, SEMTUR Rosario 24 May 1959 Operation suspended 1 January 1993 – 25 January 1994, during transition to a new operator and fleet.
See also Trolleybuses in Rosario.
Dirección Provincial del Transporte. Tucumán 23 July 195528 April 1962 Three routes, fleet of 25 Henschel coaches.

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Valparaíso 31 December 1952 Operation suspended 1 December 1981 - circa May 1982, reopened after sale to a new, private operator. [3] [4]
See also Trolleybuses in Valparaíso.
ENT/ETCE Santiago 31 October 1947ca. November 1978Also experimental operation in 1940 [5] with a single vehicle. [6]
ETS24 December 19919 July 1994 [7]

Colombia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Bogotá 12 April 194815 August 1991 
  Medellín 12 October 19291951An experimental trolleybus line, using one vehicle, operated on the campus of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana from 30 November 2011 until December 2012. [8] A trolleybus system for Medellín is proposed (as of 2013). [9]

Cuba

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
 (La Habana /Havana)(18 September 1949) ?Test operation, see note.

Ecuador

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Quito 18 December 1995 See also Trolleybuses in Quito

Mexico

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Sistecozome Guadalajara 15 December 1976 [10]  Limited, free service initially; full service began on 9 January 1977. [10] See also Trolleybuses in Guadalajara.
STE Ciudad de México /Mexico City9 March 1951 See note. See also Trolleybuses in Mexico City.

Peru

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Lima July 192813 June 1931 

Trinidad and Tobago

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Port of Spain 1 October 194131 December 1956 

United States

Uruguay

Name of companiesLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
AMDET (1951–1976)
COOPTROL (1975–1992)
Montevideo 28 March 195126 January 1992 

Venezuela

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Transbarca(Barquisimeto)  Partially constructed, 2006–2012 (not continuous­ly), and very limited demonstration service operated on one section from November 2012 to circa early 2013, but system did not open for regular service, and project was cancelled in July 2013. [13] See also Trolleybus usage by country#Venezuela for more information.
Tranvías Eléctricos de Caracas Caracas July 19371949 (?) 
Tromerca Mérida 18 June 2007c. mid-2016 [14] Introductory service, Sundays only, started 26 November 2006. System opened (regular, daily service) on 18 June 2007. [15] Service gradually converted to diesel bus operation in 2015–16; no formal closure announcement, but trolleybus service not expected to resume. [14] See also Trolleybuses in Mérida.
  Valencia 19411947 (?) 

Asia

Afghanistan

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Kabul Feb 19791993See also Trolleybuses in Kabul

Armenia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Gyumri 29 November 19622005 
  Yerevan 15 August 1949 See also Trolleybuses in Yerevan.

Azerbaijan

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Baku 5 December 194130 June 2006See also Trolleybuses in Baku.
  Ganja 1 May 19552004See also Trolleybuses in Ganja, Azerbaijan.
  Mingaçevir 15 April 198931 March 2006See also Trolleybuses in Mingachevir.
  Nakhchivan 3 November 1986April 2004 [16] See also Trolleybuses in Nakhchivan (city).
  Sumqayıt 28 April 196131 December 2005See also Trolleybuses in Sumqayit.

China

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Trolleybus sign in China
Youngman JNP6183BEV trolleybus in Beijing 9525087 at Wuluju (20231121145345).jpg
Youngman JNP6183BEV trolleybus in Beijing
Name of systemCityProvinceDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Anshan Liaoning 1 January 19751 July 2000 
  Beijing 26 February 1957 See Beijing Bus.
  Benxi Liaoning 1 July 19601 May 1998 
Baoding Hebei 29 December 2018 [17] [18] [19] [20] As of 2021, trolleybuses temporarily replaced by battery-electric buses due to construction. [21]
  Changchun Jilin 1 July 19601 May 2001 
Wuyang Meikuang (五阳煤矿) Trolleybus [22] Changzhi Shanxi An independent system owned by Lu'an Environmental Energy Development Co., Ltd. serving Wuyang Coal Mine and nearby areas
  Chengdu Sichuan 1 January 196210 January 1996 
  Chongqing 24 December 195523 May 2004 
  Dalian Liaoning 1 October 1960  
Datong Shanxi 15 January 19851990s3 km mining commuter trolleybus from Xinergou to Wajinwan Mine opened in 1985; [23] extended June 1988 on both ends from Silaogou to Wangcun Mine for total length of 16 km. [24]
  Fuzhou Fujian 28 September 198314 March 2001 
  Guangzhou Guangdong 30 September 1960  
  Hangzhou Zhejiang 26 April 1961  
  Harbin Heilongjiang 31 December 195826 June 2008 
  Jilin City Jilin 1 October 19602000 
  Jinan Shandong 1 January 1977 See also Trolleybuses in Jinan.
Xiaohengshan Meikuang (小恒山煤矿) Trolleybus Jixi Heilongjiang 2016An independent system owned by Jixi Mining Group Co., Ltd. serving Xiaohengshan Coal Mine and nearby areas
  Lanzhou Gansu 1 January 19596 May 2008 
  Luoyang Henan 1 October 1984  
  Nanchang Jiangxi 1 July 1971 [25] 20 June 2009 
  Nanjing Jiangsu 1 August 196010 January 1996 
  Qingdao Shandong 21 October 1960  
  Qiqihar Heilongjiang 16 February 195914 March 2002 
  Shanghai 15 November 1914 See also Trolleybuses in Shanghai.
  Shenyang Liaoning 1 November 195120 June 1999
Yangzhuang Meikuang (杨庄煤矿) Trolleybus Feicheng / Tai'an Shandong An independent system owned by Shandong Energy Feicheng Mining Group Co., Ltd. serving Yangzhuang Coal Mine and nearby areas.
  Taiyuan Shanxi 1 May 1960 Taiyuan Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. owned system
Xishan Meidian (西山煤电) Trolleybus Taiyuan Shanxi Guandi / 官地线 end at 5 May 2016A two routes (Guandi / 官地线 and Duerping / 杜儿坪线) independent system owned by Xishan Coal Electricity Group Co., Ltd. serving the factory and nearby areas.
  Tianjin 1 July 195115 July 1995 
  Tianshui Gansu 10 July 19581961 
Wuhan Hubei 20 September 1958 Wuhan Public Transport Group Co., Ltd.-owned system. See also Wuhan trolleybus route 1.
Wuhan Gangtie (武汉钢铁) Trolleybus Wuhan Hubei 1 October 19622006 [26] An independent system owned by Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. [26] [5] serving the factory and nearby areas
  Xi'an Shaanxi 1 October 195914 January 2009 
Xi'an Shaanxi 9 February 1983Commuting trolleybus line for an artillery factory in Tianwang.
Chaohua Meikuang (超化煤矿) Trolleybus Xinmi/Zhengzhou Henan March 2016An independent system owned by Zhengzhou Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. serving Chaohua Coal Mine and nearby areas
Niu'erzhuang Meikuang (牛儿庄煤矿) Trolleybus Niu'erzhuang/Handan Hebei January 2010An independent system owned by Jizhong Energy Group serving Niu'erzhuang Mine and nearby areas
Xingtai Meikuang (邢台煤矿) Trolleybus Xingtai Hebei March 2012An independent system owned by Jizhong Energy Group serving Xingtai Mine and nearby areas
  Zhengzhou [27] Henan 1 May 197915 January 2010
1 January 2021 [28]  New eBRT trolleybus introduced along BRT Route B2. [29] [30]
Zibo Shandong Trolleytrucks in the Shandong Jinling Mine.

Georgia

ZiU-9 trolleybus in Gori Gori-ZiU-9-42.jpg
ZiU-9 trolleybus in Gori
Name of SystemLocationDate (From)Date (To)Notes
  Batumi 6 November 19782005Included two interurban lines to Makhinjauri and Khelvachauri.
  Chiatura 7 November 19672008Interurban line to Sachkhere.
  Gori 30 April 197224 March 2010Included interurban lines to the villages of Tiniskhidi and Ortasheni.
  Kobuleti   Construction started 1990 - 1991 of interurban line to Makhinjauri (terminus of a line from Batumi), not completed.
  Kutaisi 11 September 194925 July 2009Service suspended 14 January 2007 – November 2007
  Ozurgeti 27 November 1980June 2006Included interurban line to Dvabzu village.
  Poti 20 January 1980December 2004Included interurban line to Maltakva village.
  Rustavi 16 February 197124 September 2009Service suspended in 2000
  Samtredia 28 August 19822000?Included interurban line to Kulashi village.
  Sukhumi 3 January 1968 Service suspended August 1992 - 1995
  Tbilisi 21 April 19374 December 2006 [31]
  Tskhinvali 25 June 1982December 1990 
  Zestaponi   Construction started 1990 - 1991, not completed.
  Zugdidi 24 February 1986July 2009Service suspended 1992 - 1995

India

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Delhi 19351962 
  Mumbai 11 June 196224 March 1971 

Iran

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Tehran 14 September 1992 [32]  Service suspended from 2013 to 2016. [33] See Trolleybuses in Tehran.

Japan

Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama Tateyama tunnel trolley bus 01.jpg
Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama
Underground trolleybus in Kurobe Dam Kurobe Dam station platform.jpg
Underground trolleybus in Kurobe Dam
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Shin-Hanayashiki Onsen-tochi
(新花屋敷温泉土地)
Hanayashiki1 August 1928April 1932Hanayashiki is part of Kawanishi, Hyogo
[34]
Kawasaki-shiei Trolleybus
(川崎市営トロリーバス)
Kawasaki 1 March 195130 April 1964 [35]
Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus Ōgizawa StationKurobe Dam 1 August 196430 November 2018Trolleybuses have been replaced with autonomous electric buses from April 2019.
Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus Daikanbō Murodō 23 April 199630 November 2024 (scheduled) [36] Trolleybuses to be replaced with electric buses from April 2025. [37]
Kyōto-shiei Trolleybus
(京都市営トロリーバス)
Kyoto 1 April 193230 September 1969 [34]
Nagoya-shiei Trolleybus
(名古屋市営トロリーバス)
Nagoya 10 May 194315 January 1951 [35]
Ōsaka-shiei Trolleybus
(大阪市営トロリーバス)
Osaka 1 September 195314 June 1970 [34]
Toei Trolleybus
(都営トロリーバス)
Tokyo 20 May 195228 September 1968 [35]
Yokohama-shiei Trolleybus
(横浜市営トロリーバス)
Yokohama 16 July 195931 March 1972 [35]

Notes for the two tunnel trolleybus lines:

Both lines are part of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. This passes through Chūbu-Sangaku National Park (also known in English as "Japan Alps National Park").

Kazakhstan

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Aqtobe 11 August 1982July 2013Service suspended February 4 until 12 June 2013. [38]
  Almaty [39] 20 April 1944  
  Astana 18 January 198330 September 2008 
  Atyrau 4 September 199629 April 1999 
  Novaya Bukhtarma 1 January 19751980 Trolleybus to cement plant, closed because of inconvenience as line was built to terminate 900 meters away from the plant. [40]
  Petropavl 25 December 1971 [41] 1 June 2014 Closed due to bankruptcy. [42]
  Karaganda 30 May 196720 April 2010 
  Qostanay 28 December 19892005Closed in 2005; [43] contact network fully dismantled in 2011. [44]
  Shymkent 11 January 1969October 2005Some operation reported during 2005, none during 2006. [43]
  Taraz 10 April 1980 December 2013Service suspended from the December 2013 under the pretext of water infrastructure repairs. Fully dismantled 13/3/2017. [45]

Kyrgyzstan

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
(Balykchy) [46] Trolleybus infrastructure built along a 5.8 km long path from 1992-1994, never operated.
  Bishkek 13 January 19513 November 2024 [47]  
(Jalal-Abad) [48] Work terminated in 1991.
  Naryn 30 October 1994 [49]  Service suspends every summer, June till September.
  Osh 1 November 1977 [50]   

Malaysia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  George Town 19 Mar 1924 [5] :8431 July 1961 [5] See also Trolleybuses in George Town, Penang.

Mongolia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Ulaanbaatar 29 October 1987 [51]   

Myanmar

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Yangon 17 August 1936by 1942 [52]  

Nepal

Trolleybus in Kathmandu in 1993 Kathmandu trolleybus 1993.jpg
Trolleybus in Kathmandu in 1993
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Kathmandu 28 December 1975November 2008 [53] Service suspended 19 December 2001 – 1 September 2003. See also Trolleybuses in Kathmandu.

North Korea

Chollima-091 trolleybus in Pyongyang Chollima-091-193.jpg
Chollima-091 trolleybus in Pyongyang
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Anju [54]  1987 (Anju to Namhung Youth Chemical Complex)

24 August 1993 (Anju to near Sinanju Chongnyon station) [55]

 2000 (Namhung Youth Chemical Complex to Anju) [54] Assumed route

Segment around Namhung Youth Chemical Complex is a one way, counter-clockwise loop, closed around 2000. Poles remain in parts of the route.

Operated with Chollima-74 trolleybuses. [56]

  Chongjin [57] 20 October 1970 3 lines; trolleybus formerly duplicated part of tram route on main road, later removed. [58]
  Hamhung 1973 [59]   Assumed routes

Another branch to Ryongsung existed, for a total length of about 15 km. It was dismantled in the early 2000s. [60]

Huichon 7 km long line, [61] has at least two new Chollima-321 trolleybuses.
  Hochon [62] 1993 trolleybuses removed since 2020Connects Sangnong-rodongjagu with Sangnong mine. [63] Assumed route.
♦ Sangnong MineCargo trolleybus line in Sangnong mine as ore transport, replacing previous locomotive based ore transport system. [64]
Hongwon Cargo trolleybus line in Rochon Quarry, Unpho Mine, replacing previous truck based ore transportation system, operated with trolleybuses converted by the mine. [65]
  Jonchon [66] possible late 2000sA line serving February 8 General Machine Factory. A trolleybus was located within the machine plant between 2011-2014. A depot was built in 2017, but its roof was destroyed in 2021, revealing two trolleybuses. [66]
  Kanggye [67] 17 April 1992 A single trolleybus line via a riverbank. Assumed route
Kapsan 10-ri (3.9 km) long trolleybus line from a mining village to (presumably) Kapsan mine. [68]
  Kimchaek [69] 17 May 1985 Long distance line (9.1 km) from Kimchaek–Sinpyong-dong–Haksong-dong–Jangbong with the depot in Sinpyong. The line was truncated to just Kimchaek to the depot at Sinpyong-dong between 2011 and 2012, to a length of 4.4 km. [69]
Kujang Commuter trolleybus in Ryongdung-rodongjagu, connecting to Ryongdung Mine. Two ex-Pyongyang Chollima-72 trolleybuses. [70]
Kumya Commuter trolleybus line connecting Kaljon-rodongjagu with Kumya Youth Mine. An unbuilt second stage was to extend the trolleybus line from the edges of the worker's district to within the district itself. [71]
Manpo [72] December 2019 [73] [74] 5 km line opened in 2019, first stage from Kunmak-dong to Pyolo-dong. [73] [74]
  Nampo [75]  Trolleybus service was normalised in 2021. [76]
Onsong [77] 15 January 1996 [78] before 2004Connects Onsong railway station to the Wangjaesan Grand Monument. [79] Bidirectional line with only one set of overhead wires. Line is likely mothballed, no trolleybuses seen in satellite imagery.
 Pyongsong Transport Company [80] Pyongsong [81] 4(?) Aug 1983 One line within Pyongsong. [82] Other line usually considered to be part of Pyongsong Assumed route
  Pyongyang 30 April 1962 See also Trolleybuses in Pyongyang.
Unjong-guyok: Paesan-dong to Kwangmyong-dong [83] Originally built 1990s

Split between 1996-2005

The district is now part of Pyongyang, it was split off from Pyongsong's network during that period of time into its own, completely separate line.
  Sangwon [84] 29 March 1995 [85]  5 km long trolleybus route connecting Myongdang-rodongjagu to the Sangwon Limestone Mine, via the Sangwon Cement Complex. The line was built and operated by the Sangwon Cement Complex. [86]
  Sariwon [87]  19 June 1999 [88] Assumed route. Served by two Ikarus 280 converted articulated trolleybuses only. Other three vehicles stored.
Sinhung trolleybuses removed since 2017A 4.1km bidirectional, one way line serving Sinhung Workers' District.

The line is currently mothballed. [89]

Sinpyong Likely closed since 2000s [90] One 2 km line serving Mannyon-rodongjagu, likely with overhead on only one side of the road. [91]
  Sinuiju [92] 1978 [59]  

late 1980s (to Ragwon Machine Complex)

 2005-2009 (Sinuiju Chongnyon station to Ragwon Machine Complex)Operation suspended 2018 to October 2020, restarted with Chollima-321 bodied trollebuses that were likely to be rebuilds based on Chollima-82 chassis.

Current line is a one way loop around city.

9km long interurban line existed from late 1980s until closed between 2005 and 2009 during reconstruction of highway. Services replaced by buses. [93]

Sudong 1979 [59] As South Korea does not recognise geographical changes within north Korea, it is labeled as Kowon sometimes. [59] It was split from Kowon County in 1990. A trolleybus is said to exist for Kowon coal mine, with an unknown state of operation. [94] Black and white 2011 google earth imagery shows a plausible trolleybus loop and 800m of poles along the eastern side of a roadway that disappear under the train station due to cloud cover. No trolleybuses are visible.

Received Chollima 9.25 from Pyongyang for opening. [95]

Sunchon Articulated trolleybus production started in 1990, with plans to also supply trolleybuses to Anju, Pyongsong, Sunchon and Tokchon. [96]
Tanchon 1986No trolleybuses visible after 2011, loop near Kumgol station demolished before 2015. [97] A line in Kumgol Youth station to Kumgol-3-dong for miners and residents serving the Komdok mine. [98] [99] 6.2 km long. 3 trolleybus seen near Kumgol station in 2011.

Probably closed due to 2012 North Korean floods.

Tanchon Trolleybus was to be built in the Sindanchon (new Tanchon) district. [100]
Tokchon 27 April 1990around 2014Trolleybus movements were no longer observed after 2014. Prior to that, satellite imagery captured trolleybus movement in the city. [101]
Unhung 1980s4 new trolleybuses delivered for operation of commuter trolleybus connecting miners' town to Unhung Mine. [102]
Unsan 1980sCommuter trolleybus in Kubong-rodongjagu connecting to Ryongdae Mine, with a length of 10-ri (3.9 km). [103]
  Wonsan [104] 8 September 1988A single line via city's main thoroughfare. Assumed route. Received new Chollima-321 trolleybuses. [105]

Philippines

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Manila Feb 1929Dec 1941 

Saudi Arabia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Riyadh 23 April 2013 [106]  System in the campus of the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. [106]

Singapore

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Singapore 14 August 192615 December 1962See also Trolleybuses in Singapore.

Sri Lanka

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Colombo 22 July 19531 December 1964 

Tajikistan

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Dushanbe 2 May 1955 See also Trolleybuses in Dushanbe.
  Khujand 3 November 1970September 2010Service suspended 15 May 2008 – 17 August 2009. Since ~2006 service extremely unstable due to power outages. Officially service closed in April 2013.

Turkey

The trolleybus system of Malatya opened in 2015 and uses vehicles that were mostly Turkish-built Malatya trolleybus 4403 at Bugday Pazari in 2017.jpg
The trolleybus system of Malatya opened in 2015 and uses vehicles that were mostly Turkish-built
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Ankara 19461981 
İstanbul Elektrik Tramvay ve Tünel İşletmeleri Genel Müdürlüğü Istanbul 27 May 196116 July 1984Trolleybuses operated only on European side. [107]
  İzmir July 1954Sep 1992See also Trolleybuses in Izmir.
Trambüs Malatya 10 March 2015 
Trambüs Sanliurfa 28 April 2023 [108]   

Turkmenistan

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Ashgabat 19 October 196431 December 2011See also Trolleybuses in Ashgabat.

Uzbekistan

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Andijan 30 April 1970March 2002 [109]  
  Bukhara 1 December 1987September 2005 [110]  
 Bukhara - Kagan  Reported as complete but not yet open (Trolleybus Magazine).
  Jizzakh 26 August 19973 January 2010 
  Ferghana 23 February 1971July 2003Service suspended 1999 - March 2002.
 Ferghana- Margilan 19711999? 
  Qorako‘l A single line under construction since 1995. Project abandoned in 1997.
  Namangan 4 April 19733 January 2010In service ~2001? - 2010 only interurban line (see below)
 Namangan-Turakurgan ~2001?3 January 2010Construction started in 1996
  Nukus 14 December 1991July 2007 
  Olmaliq 20 December 1967February 2009Service closed after a serious accident at a electricity substation. In the last few years of operation, the condition of vehicles deteriorated and work cars were used on routes. [111]
  Samarkand 20 December 19572005 
  Tashkent 7 November 194730 April 2010 
  Urgench- Khiva 20 October 1997 See also Trolleybuses in Urgench.

Vietnam

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Hanoi 15 December 198615 July 1993Trolleybuses replaced previously liquidated tram network; a total of 19 trolleybuses were built on the chassis of various trucks. Throughout its operation, the condition of the system was poor, with vehicles running at 5 to 10 km/h. [112]

Europe

Austria

Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg 12-11-02-bus-am-bahnhof-salzburg-by-RalfR-24.jpg
Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Elektrischer Oberleitungs-Automobil-Verkehr der Stadt Gmünd / Trolejbusová doprava v Gmündu Gmünd 12 July 190714 July 1916See also Elektrischer Oberleitungs-Automobil-Verkehr der Stadt Gmünd (in German); city divided after World War I; see České Velenice Czech Republic.
Graz 1 October 194129 June 1967 
  Innsbruck 8 April 194429 February 1976 
17 December 198825 February 2007 [113]  
Judenburg 10 December 19101914See also Gleislose Bahn Judenburg (in German).
Mürztaler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft Kapfenberg 1 July 194431 March 2002System included line extending to Bruck an der Mur; see also Oberleitungsbus Kapfenberg (in German).
Klagenfurt 1 August 194416 April 1963 
Elektrischer Oberleitungs-Automobil-Betrieb der Gemeinde Weidling Klosterneuburg 22 May 1908Dec 1919See also Elektrischer Oberleitungs-Automobil-Betrieb der Gemeinde Weidling (in German), connected Klosterneuburg and Weidling railway station.
Leoben 1 March 194913 July 1973See also Oberleitungsbus Leoben (in German).
Liesing 17 July 19098 January 1920See also Elektrische Oberleitungsbahn Liesing–Kalksburg (in German), connected Liesing and Kalksburg, today part of Vienna.
Linz 15 May 1944 See also Linz trolleybus network  [ de ]
Salzburg 1 October 1940 See also Trolleybuses in Salzburg.
  Vienna    
Gleislose Bahn Pötzleinsdorf–Salmannsdorf♦ Pötzleinsdorf - Salmannsdorf14 October 190830 October 1938See also Gleislose Bahn Pötzleinsdorf–Salmannsdorf (in German).
♦ Währinger Gürtel - Salmannsdorf9 October 19462 December 1958See also Oberleitungsbus Wien (in German).

Goods (freight) line (trolleytruck):

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Sankt Lambrecht 16 November 194521 April 1951Limited passenger service operated .

Belarus

AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk AKCM-420 in Minsk - 04.jpg
AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Babruysk 30 August 1978  
  Brest 20 April 1981 See also Trolleybuses in Brest, Belarus.
  Homiel 20 May 1962  
  Hrodna 5 November 1974  
Kosino1950sA cargo trolleybus system in the 'Pobeda' collective farm, Lahoysk. [114]
  Mahilyow 19 January 1970  
  Minsk 19 September 1952 The second largest network in world (after Moscow); see also Trolleybuses in Minsk
Snov1950s1960sA cargo trolleybus system in the Kolkhoz named after Mikhail Kalinin. [115]
  Vitebsk 1 September 1978  

Baranovichi

Barysaw

Lida

Molodechno

Novopolotsk

Orsha

Pinsk

Polotsk

Soligorsk

(Trolleybus Magazine)

Belgium (by province)

Antwerp (Antwerpen)

Name of SystemLocationDate (From)Date (To)Notes
  Antwerp 14 August 192931 March 1964 

Brussels

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Brussels 18 April 193915 February 1964 

East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen)

Name of SystemLocationDate (From)Date (To)Notes
  Ghent 24 March 198914 June 2009Operation suspended 9 April 2004 – 17 October 2005.

Liège

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Liège 31 July 19309 November 1971 
RELSE♦ Liège - Seraing 15 May 193631 August 1964This system operated a unique group of double-ended trolleybuses with driving positions at both ends. [116]

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
GRAS Sarajevo Sarajevo 23 November 1984 Operation suspended April 1992 - 27 November 1995 because of war, after war network was renewed and trolleybuses still drive in Sarajevo.

Bulgaria

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Ex-Bern trolleybus in Ruse
LocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Blagoevgrad   Construction started during the late 1980s, not completed.
Burgas 25 September 1989 See also Trolleybuses in Burgas.
Gabrovo 17 April 198724 March 2013 [117]  
Gorna Oryahovitsa   Construction started during the late 1980s, partially completed but never in service. The line was supposed to connect the towns of Gorna Oryahovitsa and Lyaskovets with planned connection to the system in Veliko Tarnovo.
Dimitrovgrad   Construction started during the late 1980s, partially completed but never in service.
Dobrich 9 September 198730 June 2014 
Haskovo 1990  
Kazanlak 1 May 198610 January 1999 
Pazardzhik 1 June 1993  
Pernik 20 September 198730 March 2015 
Pleven 7 October 1985  
Plovdiv 6 January 1956October 2012See also Trolleybuses in Plovdiv.
Ruse 9 September 1988 See also Trolleybuses in Ruse.
Shumen   Construction started during the late 1980s, partially completed but never in service.
Sliven 24 May 1986  
Sofia 14 February 1941

1 May 1948

9 September 1944

-

See also Trolleybuses in Sofia.
Stara Zagora November 1987 See also Trolleybuses in Stara Zagora.
Varna 1 January 1986 See also Trolleybuses in Varna.
Veliko Tarnovo 199131 March 2009See also Trolleybuses in Veliko Tarnovo.
Vidin  Construction started during the late 1980s, partially completed but never in service.
Vratsa 1988  
Yambol   Construction started during the late 1980s, not completed.

Croatia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Rijeka 27 October 195116 August 1969 
  Split 19641968 

Czech Republic

Skoda 27Tr Solaris trolleybus in Plzen Trolejbus 27Tr.jpg
Škoda 27Tr Solaris trolleybus in Plzeň
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Brno 30 July 1949  
until 1914: Gleislose Bahn Budweis, modern system: Dopravní podnik města České Budějovice (trolejbusová síť) České Budějovice 19091914First of three systems. For the first system, see also Gleislose Bahn Budweis (in German), the German name for the first system, because České Budějovice was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918.
28 October 194824 April 1971 
2 May 1991  
Trolejbusová doprava v Gmündu / Elektrischer Oberleitungs-Automobil-Verkehr der Stadt Gmünd České Velenice 16 July 190714 July 1916See also Trolejbusová doprava v Gmündu (in Czech)
  ChomutovJirkov 1 September 1995  
  Děčín 6 January 195014 December 1973 
  Hradec Králové 2 May 1949  
  Jihlava 19 December 1948  
  Mariánské Lázně 27 April 1952 See also Trolleybuses in Mariánské Lázně.
  Most and Most–Litvínov 194831 January 1959 
 ♦ Litvínov6 December 194631 January 1959 
  Opava 24 August 1952  
  Ostrava 9 May 1952  
  Pardubice 20 January 1952  
  Plzeň 9 April 1941  
  Prague 29 August 193615 October 1972See also Trolleybuses in Prague.
15 October 2017 
  Teplice 1 May 1952  
  Ústí nad Labem 1 July 1988  
  ZlínOtrokovice 27 January 1944  

Denmark

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
KS København /Copenhagen21 May 1938

2 August 1993 (dual-mode [118] )

15 October 1963

Oct 1998

Also 1902 demonstration. [119] [120]
NESA Hellerup, København1 February 192717 October 1971 
OS Odense 8 August 193919 November 1959 [121]

Estonia

Solaris T18AC in Tallinn Tallinn trolejbus 450.jpg
Solaris T18AC in Tallinn
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS (TLT) Tallinn 6 July 1965All service temporarily suspended since 1 November 2024; planned to resume with new vehicles in 2026. [122]
  Tartu 19361936Demonstration/test line. [123]

Finland

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Helsinki /Helsingfors5 February 1949

7 April 1979

14 June 1974

30 October 1985

[124] [125]
  Tampere 8 December 194815 May 1976 [126]

France

Germany

Greece

A trolleybus in Athens in 2009 Athens Neoplan N6216 trolleybus 8073.jpg
A trolleybus in Athens in 2009
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
OSY formerly IEM, ILPAP Athens 27 December 1953  
IEM, ILPAP Piraeus 1948 [5]  Service connection with Athens network built 1988. Piraeus system now operated as part of Athens system.

Hungary

Ziu-9 trolleybuses in Debrecen Dziu.jpg
Ziu-9 trolleybuses in Debrecen
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Budapest 16 December 193321 September 1944 
21 December 1949  
  Debrecen 2 July 1985  
  Szeged 1 May 1979  

Italy

Latvia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Rīgas satiksme Rīga 6 November 1947 See also Rīgas Satiksme. [127]

Lithuania

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Kauno autobusai Kaunas 31 December 1965  [5] [128]
Vilniaus viešasis transportas Vilnius 27 November 1956  [5] [129]

See also Trolleybuses in Vilnius.

Moldova

A Belkommunmash AKSM-321 trolleybus in Bender, Moldova. Trolleibus AKSM-321 v Benderakh.jpg
A Belkommunmash AKSM-321 trolleybus in Bender, Moldova.
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Î.M. Direcția de troleibuze Bălți Bălți 12 June 1972 See also Transport in Bălți
Regia Transport Electric Chișinău (RTEC) Chişinău 12 October 1949 See also Trolleybuses in Chișinău
  Solonceni 1 May 19923 January 19942.9-km line connecting residential area of Solonceni village to administrative and employment centers. [130]
  Tighina (Russian: Bendery / Бендеры)1996  
  Tiraspol 1 November 1967  
 ♦ Tiraspol - Tighina 19 June 1993  

Netherlands

Gelderland

Trolleybus in Arnhem Breng 5524, Arnhem station (9185740664).jpg
Trolleybus in Arnhem
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Arnhem 5 September 1949 See also Trolleybuses in Arnhem.
  Nijmegen 9 July 195229 March 1969 

Groningen

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Groningen 27 June 19279 November 1965 

South Holland (Zuid-Holland)

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
 (Rotterdam)  see note.
  • Note for Rotterdam: Trolleybus overhead installed in the Maas tunnel in 1941, on instructions from German military authorities. Not used.

Norway

Trolleybus in Bergen Skyss 8196, Allehelgens gate, Bergen, 2019 (01).jpg
Trolleybus in Bergen
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Tide Bergen 24 February 1950  [131] See also Trolleybuses in Bergen.
Drammen Kommunale Trikk Drammen 15 December 190910 June 1967 [132] See also Trolleybuses in Drammen.
AS Oslo Sporveier Oslo 15 December 194015 February 1968 [133] See also Trolleybuses in Oslo.
Stavanger Buss-Selskap Stavanger 26 October 194712 January 1963 [134] See also Trolleybuses in Stavanger.

Poland

A trolleybus in Lublin Solaris trolleybus, Plac Lokietka, Lublin, Poland 01.jpg
A trolleybus in Lublin
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Bydgoszcz 194327 January 1945 
  Dębica 12 November 1988Oct 1990See also Trolleybuses in Dębica.
  Gdańsk 18 September 19431945 
  Gdynia 18 October 1943 Two lines extend to the adjoining town of Sopot.
See also Trolleybuses in Gdynia.
  Gorzów Wielkopolski 23 July 194330 January 1945 
  Jelenia Góra 19441945 
  Legnica 10 November 1943

15 September 1949

January 1945

31 December 1956

 
  Lublin 21 July 1953 See also Trolleybuses in Lublin
  Olsztyn 1 September 1939

10 December 1946

1945

31 July 1971

 
  Poznań 12 February 1930

1 March 1946

20 January 1945

29 March 1970

 
  Słupsk 22 July 198518 October 1999See also Trolleybuses in Słupsk.
  Tychy 1 October 1982 See also Trolleybuses in Tychy.
  Wałbrzych 27 October 194430 June 1973 
  Warsaw 5 January 1946

1 June 1983

29 June 1973

31 August 1995

See also Trolleybuses in Warsaw.
  Wrocław 16 March 19121914 

Portugal

Trolleybus in Coimbra Coimbra trolley.jpg
Trolleybus in Coimbra
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Braga 28 May 196310 September 1979 
  Coimbra 16 August 1947March 2021 [135] Service was suspended temporarily in March 2021, but the suspension was made permanent in July 2024. [135] See also Trolleybuses in Coimbra.
  Porto 1 January 195927 December 1997 

Romania

Irisbus Agora trolleybus in Cluj-Napoca Bus-Cluj1.jpg
Irisbus Agora trolleybus in Cluj-Napoca

First trolleybus system in Romania opened in Chernivtsi on 1 February 1939. Today, the city is part of Ukraine.

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
SC Urbis SA Baia Mare 16 February 1996  
SC Brăicar SA Brăila 23 August 19891999 
part of the RAT network Brașov 1 May 1959  
STB București 10 November 1949  
CTP Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca 7 November 1959  
RATC Constanța Constanța 5 July 19593 December 2010 [136] System included interurban lines to Mamaia.
RAT Craiova Craiova 9 May 1943Oct 1944New trolleybus system was planned in 2008, [137] but the plans have not come to fruition.
Transurb Galați Galați 23 August 1989  
RATP Iași Iași 1 May 19854 March 2006 
SC Meditur Mediaș Mediaș 22 December 1989 The only city in Romania that is not a county seat, and that has a trolleybus network
SC Troleibuzul SA Piatra Neamț 22 December 199520 September 2019 [138] System included suburban lines to Dumbrava Roșie and Săvinești.
RATP Ploiești Ploiești 1 September 1997  
SC Transurban SA Satu Mare 15 November 19949 March 2005 
SC Tursib SA Sibiu 4 August 190418 October 1904See also Gleislose Bahn Hermannstadt (in German) for the old system, the German name for the first system, because this part of Romania was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918.
17 August 198314 November 2009 [139] See also Tursib, the system's operator after mid-1998.
SC Loctrans SA Slatina 30 May 199631 March 2006 
SC Transport Public Local SA Suceava 15 August 19872 April 2006 
SC Transport Public SA Târgoviște 4 January 1995August 2005 
SC Transloc SA Târgu Jiu 20 June 1995 System includes interurban line to Bârsești.
RATT Timișoara 15 November 1942 System includes interurban lines to Dumbrăvița and Ghiroda
SC Transurb SA Vaslui 1 May 1994July 2009 
4 August 2023 Underwent a complete reconstruction in 2011–2016. Test runs with 3 used trolleybuses from Salzburg carried out in spring 2016. [140] Reopened in 2023 after delivery of 10 new Solaris trolleybuses.

Russia

Trolleybus in Novosibirsk Novosibirsk KrasnyProspekt trolley 07-2016 img1.jpg
Trolleybus in Novosibirsk

Serbia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
GSP Belgrade Belgrade 22 June 1947 See also Trolleybuses in Belgrade.

Slovakia

Skoda 31Tr SOR in Bratislava 6821 201 Komarovska.jpg
Škoda 31Tr SOR in Bratislava
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Banská Bystrica 24 August 1989 Operation was suspended 1 January 2006 – 10 November 2007.
Name of the first system Gleislose Bahn Preßburg–Eisenbrünnl Bratislava 19 July 1909

31 July 1941

1915

-

See also Gleislose Bahn Preßburg–Eisenbrünnl (in German), the German name for the first system, because Slovakia was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918.
  Košice 27 September 199330 January 2015System's closure was initially a suspension of service due to major road construction in city center, but it was later decided not to reopen the system. [141]
However, the system reopened on 10 March 2019, with limited passenger service (only on Sundays).[ citation needed ]
Gleislose Bahn Poprád–Ótátrafüred Poprad 2 August 1904August 1906See also Trolejbusová doprava vo Vysokých Tatrách (in Slovak) or Gleislose Bahn Poprád–Ótátrafüred (in German), the German name for the first system, because Slovakia was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918.
  Prešov 13 May 1962  
  Žilina 17 November 1994  

Slovenia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Ljubljana 6 October 19514 September 1971 
Gleislose Bahn Pirano–Portorose Piran 24 October 190919 July 1912See also Piranski trolejbus (in Slovene) or Gleislose Bahn Pirano–Portorose (in German), the German name for the first system, because Slovenia was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, the first trolleybus system on the Balkans.

Spain

Sweden

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Göteborg 2 October 194014 November 1964 .
  Landskrona 27 September 2003  [142] .
  Stockholm 20 January 194130 August 1964 .
  Västerås 11 November 193819481 km demonstration line .

Switzerland

Turkey

See Asia section of list, above. Although trolleybuses served the European part of Istanbul, the country's three other trolleybus systems (and a fourth under construction currently) were or are all located in the Asian part of Turkey.

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

Adelaide in Australia had a trolleybus system from 1937 to 1963. Adelaide trolleybus number 472 - 1953.jpg
Adelaide in Australia had a trolleybus system from 1937 to 1963.

New South Wales

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Sydney:  See also Trolleybuses in Sydney.
 ♦ City22 January 193412 April 1948 
 ♦ Kogarah3 July 193729 August 1959 

Queensland

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Brisbane City Council Brisbane 2 August 195113 March 1969See also Trolleybuses in Brisbane.

South Australia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Municipal Tramways Trust Adelaide 2 March 1932

5 September 1937

11 August 1934

12 July 1963

Experimental.

-
See also Trolleybuses in Adelaide.

Tasmania

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Hobart City Council; Municipal Tramways Trust Hobart 29 October 193524 November 1968See also Trolleybuses in Hobart
Launceston City Council; Metropolitan Transport Trust Launceston 21 December 195126 July 1968See also Trolleybuses in Launceston, Tasmania.

Western Australia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Western Australian Government Tramways
(1 October 1933 to June 1960)
Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust
(June 1960 to 29 August 1969)
Perth 1 October 193329 August 1969See also Trolleybuses in Perth.

New Zealand

A trolleybus in Wellington, New Zealand 'Go Wellington'-trolley bus passing in front of Wellington Cenotaph (Oct 2017).jpg
A trolleybus in Wellington, New Zealand
Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Farmers Trading Company Auckland 19 December 1938 Private; absorbed by ATB 1960s
Auckland Transport Board, then Auckland Regional Authority Auckland 24 September 194926 September 1980 
Christchurch Tramway Board Christchurch 5 July 19318 November 1956
New Plymouth City Council New Plymouth 30 October 19507 October 1967
Dunedin City Transport & Electricity Department Dunedin 24 December 195031 March 1982World's southernmost trolleybus system.
Wellington City Council Wellington 29 September 1924
20 June 1949
May 1932
31 October 2017
See also Trolleybuses in Wellington.

United States (territories only, in Oceania)

Hawaii (Territory of)

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
Honolulu Rapid Transit Company Limited Honolulu 1936-Demonstration
1 January 193822 June 1957 

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