Trolleybuses in Kathmandu

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Kathmandu trolleybus system
Kathmandu trolleybus 1993.jpg
A Shanghai SK541 in Kathmandu, August 1993.
Operation
Locale Kathmandu, Nepal
Open28 December 1975 (1975-12-28)
CloseNovember 2008 (2008-11) (suspended)
November 2009 (2009-11) (official closure)
StatusClosed
Routes1
Operator(s)Nepal Trolley Bus Service (NTBS)
(to 2001)
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC)
(from 2003)
Infrastructure
Stock32 (maximum) [1]
Statistics
Route length 13 km (8 mi) [1]
Overview
Legend
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Tripureshwor
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Tripurapath
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Ramshah Path
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Madan Bandari Path
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Depot
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Arniko Highway
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Ring Road
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Koteswor
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Lokanthali
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Madhyapur Thimi
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Surya Binak
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The Kathmandu trolleybus system once served Kathmandu, the capital city of the then Kingdom of Nepal. It was the only trolleybus system ever to be constructed in the country. [1]

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Opened on 28 December 1975 [2] the system was a gift to Nepal from the People's Republic of China. It endured a somewhat chequered history, particularly in the first decade of the 21st century. Operation was suspended completely for almost two years, from 19 December 2001 until 1 September 2003, [3] because of maintenance, financial and political issues. When service was reinstated in 2003, it did not cover the route's outer half, between Koteshwor and Surya Binak, serving only about 5 km between Tripureshwor and Koteshwor. [4]

Operations on the system were suspended again, and for the final time, in late November 2008, [2] [3] and the system was formally closed (without ever resuming operation) in November 2009. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 84. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN   0-904235-18-1.
  2. 1 2 "Trolleybusstadt: Kathmandu (Nepal)" [Trolleybus city: Kathmandu (Nepal)] (in German). TrolleyMotion. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Box, Roland (July–August 2010). "More about the 2000s". Trolleybus Magazine No. 292, pp. 79 and 82. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN   0266-7452.
  4. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 254 (March–April 2004), p. 46. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN   0266-7452.

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