Sources
Books and periodicals
- Murray, Alan. 2000. "World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia" ( ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
- Dölling, Gerhard (Ed.). 1993. "Strassenbahnatlas Schweiz 1993" ( ISBN 3-926524-13-8). Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Strassenbahn e.V.
- Peschkes, Robert. 1993. "World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus and Rapid Transit Systems, Part Three: Europe" ( ISBN 0-948619-01-5). London: Rapid Transit Publications.
- Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
- Blickpunkt Strassenbahn. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Strassenbahn e.V. (Germany). Bimonthly.
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References
- ↑ Murray, Alan. "Farewell to a Rural Trolleybus". Trolleybus Magazine No. 94, May-June 1977. p. 65. National Trolleybus Association (UK).
- ↑ At a referendum held on 17 June 2007, the cantonal electorate rejected a proposal by trolleybus supporters for retention of the trolleybus system. The electorate accepted a counter-proposal by the cantonal authority to purchase motorbuses to replace the trolleybus fleet. Consequently, the only then-remaining trolleybus line closed in June 2008: Referendum results Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Box, Roland. "A Short History of the Genève System." Trolleybus Magazine No. 278, March-April 2008, p. 26. National Trolleybus Association (UK).
- ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 358 (July–August 2021), p. 162. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
- ↑ "Les trolleybus de retour en 2024 à La Chaux-de-Fonds" [Trolleybuses to return to La Chaux-de-Fonds in 2024] (in French). RTN. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 240 (November-December 2001), p. 141.
- ↑ Murray (2000), p. 128.
