List of cities that no longer have trolleybuses

Encyclopedia : L : LI : LIS : List of cities that no longer have trolleybuses

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This is a list of cities that had trolleybuses at some time in the past as part of their public transport system, and do not have them today.

See also: List of cities with trolleybuses, List of light-rail transit systems, List of town tramway (urban tramway, streetcar) systems, List of metro systems.

• el-Jazair ولاية الجزائ /Algiers (1914, not completed. 1934 - 1974)
• Qusantînah قسنطينة /Constantine (1914, not completed. 1921 - 1963?)
• Wahran وهران /Oran (17 May 1939 - 1969?)

• el-Qāhirah القاهرة‎ /Cairo (1950 - 22 October 1981)

• ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ الدار البيضاء /Casablanca (1932 - May 1972)
• Tétouan تطوان /Tetouan (April 1950 - November 1975). Suburban line to Martil.

• Bloemfontein (16 December 1915 - October 1937)
• Boksburg (25 March 1914 - 10 October 1925)
• Cape Town (1930 demonstration, and 21 December 1935 - 28 February 1964)
• Durban (24 February 1935 - 11 April 1968)
• Germiston (19 August 1914 - 1918)
• Johannesburg (1930 demonstration, and 26 August 1936 - 10 January 1986)
• Pretoria (1 July 1939 - 21 February 1972)

• Tūnis تونس /Tunis (1945 - 1970)

• Kabul کابل (February 1979 - 1993). Closed due to civil-war damage, reopening planned.

• Naxçıvan /Nakhichevan, (3 November 1986 - 2003)

• Ānshān 鞍山 /Anshan (1 January 1975 - 1 July 2000)
• Běnxī 本溪 /Benxi (1 July 1960 - 1996)
• Chángchūn 长春 /Changchun (1 July 1960 - 2001)
• Chéngdū 成都 /Chengdu (1 January 1962 - 10 January 1996)
• Chóngqìng 重庆 /Chongqing (24 December 1955 - 23 May 2004)
• Fúzhōu 福州 /Fuzhou (28 September 1983 - 14 March 2001)
• Hong Kong SAR 香港 (12 April 2001, demonstration by Citybus (Hong Kong) at their depot in Wong Chuk Hang) [link]
• Jílín 吉林 /Jilin (1 October 1960 - 2000)
• Nánjīng 南京 /Nanjing (1 August 1960 - 1996)
• Qiqihar (Qíqíhā'ěr) 齐齐哈尔 (January 1959 - 2002)
• Shěnyáng 沈阳 /Shenyang (1 November 1951 - June 1999)
• Tiānjīn 天津 /Tianjin (1 July 1951 - 1994)

• Kobuleti ქობულეთი Construction started 1990 - 1991 of interurban line to Makhinjauri (terminus of a line from Batumi ბათუმი), not completed.
• Samtredia სამტრედია (28 August 1982 - February 2004) Included interurban route to Kulashi village.
• Tskhinvali ცხინვალი (25 June 1982 - November 1990)
• Zestaponi ზესტაფონი Construction started 1990 - 1991, not completed.

• Delhi दिल्ली (1935 - 1962)
• Kolkata কলকাতা (1 January 1977 - 1982)
• Mumbai मुंबई (11 June 1962 - 24 March 1971)

• Hanayashiki 花屋敷 (1 August 1928 - April 1932). Hanayashiki is part of Kawanashi city, Hyōgo prefecture.
• Kawasaki 川崎 (1 March 1951 - 30 April 1964)
• Kyōto 京都 (1 April 1932 - 30 September 1969)
• Nagoya 名古屋 (10 May 1943 - 15 January 1951)
• Ösaka 大阪 (1 September 1953 - 14 June 1970)
• Tōkyō 東京 (April 1912 demonstration, 20 May 1952 - 28 September 1968)
• Yokohama 横浜 (16 July 1959 - 31 March 1972)

• Atyrau (4 September 1996 - 29 April 1999)
• Novaya Bukhtarma (December 1974 - 1980)
• Öskemen (December 1974 - 1985)
• Shymkent (11 January 1969 - 19 February 2003)

• Yangon (17 August 1936 - by 1945)

• Manila (February 1929 - December 1941)

• Singapore (14 August 1926 - 15 December 1962)

• Colombo / කොළඹ (22 July 1953 - 1 December 1964)

• Ankara (1946 - 1981)
• İstanbul /Istanbul (1961 - 1982). Trolleybus operation confined to European side.
• İzmir /Izmir (July 1954 - September 1992)

• Andijon /Andijan (30 April 1970 - 2002)

• Hà Nội (河内) /Hanoi (15 December 1986 - July 1993)

• Gmünd: see České Velenice Czech Republic
• Graz (1 October 1941 - 29 June 1967)
• Judenburg (10 December 1910 - 1914)
• Kapfenberg (1 July 1944 - 31 March 2002). One line extended to Bruck an der Mur.
• Klagenfurt (1 August 1944 - 16 April 1963)
• Klosterneuburg (22 May 1908 - December 1919). Line extended to Weidling railway station.
• Leoben (1 March 1949 - 13 July 1973)
• Liesing (17 July 1909 - 1917). Line extended to Kalksburg. Liesing and Kalksburg are now part of Wien.
• Wien /Vienna:
• *Pötzleinsdorf - Salmannsdorf: 14 October 1908 - 30 October 1938.
• *Währinger Gürtel - Salmannsdorf: 9 October 1946 - 3 December 1958.)

Goods (freight) line:

• Sankt Lambrecht (16 November 1945 - 21 April 1951)

• Antwerpen (Anvers) /Antwerp (14 August 1929 - 31 March 1964)
• Bruxelles / Brussel / Brussels (18 April 1939 - 15 February 1964)
• Liège (Luik) (31 July 1930 - 9 November 1971)
• *Liège - Seraing (RELSE) (15 May 1936 - 31 August 1964. This system operated a unique group of double-end trolleybuses, with driving positions at both ends [link].

• Blagoevgrad / Благоевград (Construction started during late 1980s, not completed.)
• Kazanlak / Казанлък (1987 - 11 January 1999)

• Rijeka (27 October 1951 - 16 August 1969)
• Split (1944 - 1972)

• České Velenice (16 July 1907 - 14 July 1916)
• Děčín (6 January 1950 - 14 December 1973)
• Praha /Prague (29 August 1936 - 15 October 1972)
• Litvínov (6 December 1946 - 31 January 1959)
• Most, and Most - Litvínov interurban line (1948- 31 January 1959)

• København /Copenhagen (KS): (1902 demonstration, 21 May 1938 - 15 October 1963, 2 August 1993 - October 1998) [link] [link]
• *Hellerup (København) (NESA): (1 February 1927 - 17 October 1971)
• Odense (8 August 1939 - 19 November 1959) [link]

• Helsinki /Helsingfors (5 February 1949 - 14 June 1974 [link], 17 April 1979 - 30 October 1985 [link])
• Tampere /Tammerfors (8 December 1948 - 15 May 1976 [link])

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• Strasbourg (27 May 1939 - 31 March 1962)

• Bordeaux (May 1940 - 1954)

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• Dijon (1895, 7 January 1950 - 30 March 1966)

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• Brest (29 July 1947 - 1970)
• Saint-Malo (1906 - 5 June 1907, 10 July 1948 - 30 September 1959)

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• Tours (5 October 1947 - 29 June 1968)

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• Belfort (4 July 1952 - 1 August 1972)

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• Mulhouse (9 October 1908 - 14 July 1918, 5 July 1946 - 1968)

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• Le Havre (1 August 1947 - 28 December 1970)
• Rouen (22 January 1933 - 26 June 1970)

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• Fontainebleau (15 July 1901 - 1913)*Paris (15 April - 12 November 1900 (in Saint-Mandé), 1912 - 1914 (in Saint-Mandé), January 1922 demonstration,
• *Vitry (7 April 1925 - 8 July 1935)
• *Porte de Champerret - Bezons / Argenteuil (8 January 1943 - 31 March 1962)
• *Porte de Choisy - Choisy-le-Roi and Porte d'Italie - Thiais (16 January 1950 - 31 March 1966)

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• Nîmes - Remoulins (10 July 1924 - 31 December 1927)
• Perpignan (21 September 1952 - June 1968)

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• Metz (14 September 1947 - 30 April 1966)

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• Forbach (19 May 1951 - 1 November 1969)
• Montauban (January 1903 - 1904)

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• Béthune (1898 - 1904)

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• Le Mans (13 November 1947 - 1969)

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• Amiens (1946 - February 1963)

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• Poitiers (9 August 1943 - 3 March 1965)

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• Aubagne - Cuges-les-Pins (19 September 1927 - 20 July 1958)
• Marseille (13 June 1903 - 1 September 1905 (between Allauch and La Rose), 26 April 1942 - 25 June 2004), system included an interurban line to Aix-en-Provence.
• Nice (30 April 1942 - 12 September 1970)
• Toulon (17 May 1949 - 19 February 1973)

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• Chambéry (6 October 1930 - June 1940)
• Grenoble (1 August 1947 - 24 June 1999)
• Modane - Lanslebourg (20 August 1923 - June 1940)
• Moûtiers - Salins (-les-Thermes) (15 April 1930 - March 1965)

Goods (freight) lines:

• Leers (1910 - 1965)

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• Baden-Baden (26 June 1949 - 31 July 1971)
• Heilbronn am Neckar (16 January 1911-1916) - (23 September 1951 - 30 December 1960)
• Ludwigsburg (21 December 1910 - 1 May 1923)
• Mannheim (1930 - 1931)
• Pforzheim (29 September 1951 - 1 October 1969)
• Ulm (14 May 1947 - 23 October 1963)

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• Augsburg (28 October 1943 - 17 March 1957)
• Landshut (27 November 1948 - 22 May 1966)
• München /Munich 28 April 1948 - 28 April 1966)
• Nürnberg /Nuremberg (25 January 1931 - 1931, March 1935 - 1935, 15 November 1948 - 12 December 1962)
• Regensburg (18 March 1953 - 17 May 1963)

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• Berlin: Halensee, Charlottenburg - Spandau Bock, 29 April - 13 June 1882, Eletromote, world's first trolleybus operation.
• *Schöneweide - Johannestal: 5 December 1904 - 4 January 1905
• *Steglitz: 20 April 1912 - 31 July 1914
• *Spandau (West Berlin): 24 December 1933 - 17 December 1952.
• *Steglitz (West Berlin): 2 May 1935 - 22 March 1965.
• *Mitte - Lichtenberg (East Berlin): 1 August 1951 - 1 February 1973.
• Potsdam (1 October 1949 - 2 February 1995)

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• Bremen (7 August 1910 - 19 June 1916, 1 November 1949 - 5 November 1961)
• Bremerhaven (20 November 1947 - 30 June 1958)

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• Hamburg (2 January 1911 - ?)
• *Harburg: 12 July 1949 - 18 January 1958)

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• Darmstadt (1 March 1944 - 16 April 1963)
• Frankfurt am Main (6 January 1944 - 17 October 1959)
• Gießen (18 June 1941 - 23 December 1968)
• Kassel 12 July (1944 - February 1945, 1 October 1947 - 27 May 1962)
• Marburg (19 May 1951 - 5 October 1968)
• Offenbach am Main (14 July 1951 - 26 September 1972)
• Wiesbaden (23 December 1948 - 17 November 1961)

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• Hannover (6 June 1937 - 10 May 1958)
• Hildesheim (7 August 1943 - 30 May 1969)
• Oldenburg (26 September 1936 - 26 October1957)
• Osnabrück (2 December 1949 - 10 June 1968
• Wilhelmshaven (1 October 1942 - 30 October 1960)
• *Wilhelmshaven - Jever (8 December 1944 - 30 September 1954

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• Aachen (2 January 1944 - 13 September 1944; 1 August 1948 - 3 February 1974)
• Bielefeld (27 May 1944 - 8 November 1968)
• Bochum (18 June 1949 - 18 October 1959)
• Bonn (17 February 1951 - 30 June 1971)
• Dortmund 29 May 1942 - 17 June 1967)
• Duisburg (18 December 1954 - 28 May 1967)
• Essen (8 May 1949 - 23 November 1959. Dual-mode guided bus (DUO-BUS) operation 28 May 1983 - 24 September 1995)
• Gummersbach (25 November 1948 - 30 September 1962)
• Köln /Cologne (6 November 1950 - 16 March 1959)
• Krefeld (3 December 1949 - 29 May 1964)
• Langenfeld - Monheim (31 May 1904 - 5 November 1908)
• Grevenbrück, today Lennestadt (6 February 1903 - 6 June 1916)
• Mettmann (26 August 1930 - 31 December 1954)
• Minden (19 December 1953 - 20 July 1965)
• Moers (27 October 1950 - 19 September 1968)
• Monheim am Rhein (31 May 1904 - 5 November 1908)
• Münster (1 October 1949 - 26 May 1968)
• Neuss (28 August 1948 - 31 December 1959)
• Neuwied (1 October 1949 - 28 February 1963)
• Rheydt, today Mönchengladbach (18 May 1952 - 16 June 1973)
• Siegen (16 October 1941 - 5 January 1969)
• Wuppertal (1 October 1949 - 27 May 1972)

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• Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler (23 May 1906 - 1919)
• Idar-Oberstein (22 February 1932 - 11 May 1969)
• Kaiserslautern (29 October 1949 - 30 November 1985)
• Koblenz (17 July 1941 - 30 October 1970)
• Mainz (19 May 1946 - 12 February 1967)
• Pirmasens (25 November 1941 - 12 October 1967)
• Trier (20 January 1940 - 27 May 1970)

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• Neunkirchen (1 August 1953 - 31 March 1964)
• Saarbrücken (12 November 1948 - 11 May 1964)
• Völklingen - (12 November 1950 - 4 June 1967)

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• Döbeln (1 May 1905 - 1914)
• Dresden (24 March 1903 - 19 March 1904, 5 November 1947 - 28 November 1975)
• Hoyerswerda (6 October 1989 - 30 December 1994)
• Königstein - Königsbrunn (10 July 1901 - September 1904)
• Leipzig (1912, 29 July1938 - 31 May 1975)
• Wurzen (7 April 1905 - 1929)
• Zwickau (1 December 1938 - 30 August 1977)

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• Bitterfeld (October 1984 - October 1988)
• Elbingerode (Harz) - (March 1988 - February 1989)
• Magdeburg (1 July 1951 - 31 October 1970)

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• Flensburg (9 October 1943 - 15 September 1959)
• Kiel (28 May 1944 - 15 April 1964)

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• Erfurt (26 February 1948 - 7 November 1975)
• Gera (2 November 1939 - 14 September 1977)
• Greiz (21 September 1945 - 11 July 1969)
• Weimar (2 February 1948 - 3 April 1993)

Towns in historic East Prussia (Ostpreußen), West Prussia (Westpreußen), Lower Silesia (Niederschlesien) and Brandenburg that are no longer part of Germany:

• Allenstein: see Olsztyn Poland
• Breslau: see Wrocław Poland
• Danzig: see Gdańsk Poland
• Insterburg: see Chernyakhovsk Russia
• Landsberg an der Warthe: see Gorzów (Wielkopolski) Poland
• Liegnitz: see Legnica Poland
• Waldenburg: see Walbrzych Poland

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• L´Aquila (19 May 1909 - 31 March 1924)

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• Avellino (16 September 1947 - 1 November 1973), system connected Avellino, Atripalda and Mercogliano.
• Capua - Caserta - Maddaloni (1961 - 26 October 1972)
• Salerno - (7 August 1937 - 1986), system included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara.

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• Ferrara (28 October 1938 - 25 February 1975)

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• Trieste (30 March 1935 - 19 April 1975)

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• Anzio - Nettuno (17 June 1939 - 22 January 1944)

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• Argegno - San Fedele d'Intelvi (1 July 1909 - 21 November 1922)
• Bergamo (December 1921 - 9 March 1922; 1949 - 1978)
• Brescia (1936 - 1968)
• Como (18 August 1938 - 7 June 1978), system included interurban line to Cantù and line to Swiss frontier at Ponte Chiasso.
• Cremona (1940 - 31 May 2002)
• Desenzano del Garda - Rivoltella (1920 - 3 March 1932)
• Gallarate - Samarate (1904 - ?)
• Lanzo d'Intelvi (1912 - 21 November 1922)
• Pavia (3 February 1952 - 1968)
• Tirano - Boscopiano (1915 - 1916, 1941 - 1950)

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• Ancona - Collemarino - Falconara (FPAF): (15 March 1949 - 1972)
• Civitanova Marche (25 March 1956 - 1974)
• Fermo - Porto San Giorgio (6 February 1958 - 31 December 1977)

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• Alba - Barolo (26 September 1910 - 12 July 1919).
• Alessandria (1 February 1952 - July 1974)
• Cuneo (1 August 1908 - 1968
• *Cuneo - Chiusa di Pesio (20 September 1909 - 31 December 1957)
• Ivrea - Cuorgnè (30 March 1908 - 31 December 1935)
• Stresa (1909 - ?)
• Torino /Turin, urban (ATM): (1902 (experimental), 1931 - 22 April 1976.
• *Torino - Chieri (4 November 1951 - 22 December 1979)
• *Torino - Rivoli (13 November 1955 - 4 November 1979)

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• Carrara (5 June 1955 - 26 December 1985)
• Firenze /Florence (11 November 1937 - 1 July 1973), system included an interurban line to Fiesole
• Livorno (28 October 1934 - 22 October 1973)
• Pisa (20 January 1952 - 29 February 1968)
• Siena (24 March 1907 - 21 October 1917)

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• Perugia (28 October 1943 - 1973)

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• Châtillon (1920 - 1925)

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• Padova /Padua (21 April 1937 - 1970)
• Venezia /Venice:
• *Lido (29 June 1941 - 1968
• *Mestre (25 April 1933 - 1968), system included lines extending to Mirano and on the causeway to Santa Lucia railway station in the old city.
• Verona urban (AMT): (1937 - June 1975)
• *Verona interurban (APT): (15 August 1958 - June 1980). System extended to Domegliara, Grezzana, Soave - San Bonifacio, and Tregnagno.
• Vicenza (22 October 1928 - 12 June 1970)

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• Catania (4 October 1949 - 27 April 1966)
• Palermo (28 October 1939 - 1 July 1966)
• Tràpani (1952 - 1970)

Military lines:

• Asiago - Marostica (1916 - 1919)
• Edolo - Ponte di Legno (1915 - 1918)
• Enego - Primolano (1915 - 1918)

• Solonceni (1 May 1992 - 3 January 1994). 2.9-km line connecting residential area of Solonceni village to administrative and employment centers.

• Groningen (27 June 1927 - 9 November 1965)
• Nijmegen (9 July 1952 - 29 March 1969)

• Drammen 15 December 1909 - 10 June 1967 (First trolleybus system in Scandinavia [link])
• Oslo 15 December 1940 - 15 February 1968 [link]
• Stavanger 26 October 1947 - 12 January 1963 [link]

• Dębica (12 November 1988 - October 1990)
• Gdańsk (18 September 1943 - 1945)
• Gorzów (Wielkopolski) (23 July 1943 - 30 January 1945)
• Legnica (10 November 1943 - January 1945, 15 September 1949 - 1953)
• Olsztyn (1 September 1939 - 1945 10 December 1946 - 31 July 1971)
• Poznań (12 February 1930 - 20 January 1945; 1 March 1946 - 29 March 1970)
• Słupsk 22 July 1985 - 17 September 1999
• Walbrzych 22 October 1944 - 30 June 1973
• Warszawa /Warsaw 5 January 1946 - 1 July 1973; 1 June 1983 - 31 August 1995
• Wrocław 16 March 1912 - 1914

• Braga (28 May 1963 - 10 September 1979)
• Porto (1 January 1959 - 27 December 1997)

• Chernyakhovsk / Черняховск (27 November 1936 - January 1945). Closed because of war damage.
• Grozny / Грозный (31 December 1975 - December 1994). Closed because of war damage.
• Kachkanar / Качканар (11 October 1972 - December 1985)

• Poprad (2 August 1904 - 1907)

• Ljubljana (1952 - 4 September 1971)
• Piran (24 October 1909 - 19 July 1913)

• Barcelona (7 October 1941 - 7 October 1968)
• Bilbo / Bilbao (20 June 1940 - 28 October 1978)
• Cádiz (1951 - 1975)
• Castellón de la Plana (1962-1969)
• A Coruña / La Coruña (26 July 1948 - 4 January 1979)
• Madrid (8 April 1950 - 30 April 1966)
• Pontevedra (15 December 1943 - 31 August 1989)
• Donostia / San Sebastián (17 July 1948 - 24 December 1973)
• *San Sebastián - Tolosa (6 June 1947 - 11 July 1968
• Santander (1951 - 25 February 1975)
• *Santander - Astillero (17 July 1955 - August 1975
• Tarragona (2 October 1952 - 22 January 1973)
• Valencia - (18 July 1951 - 21 May 1976)
• Zaragoza (1950 - 9 October 1975)

• Göteborg /Gothenburg (2 October 1940 - 14 November 1964) [link]
• Linköping (1989 demonstration)
• Stockholm - (20 January 1941 - 30 August 1964) [link]
• Västerås - (11 November 1938 - 1948, 1-km demonstration line) [link]

• Altstätten (8 September 1940 - 21 May 1977). Line connected Altstätten and Berneck.
• Cernier (Val-de-Ruz) (1 September 1948 - 14 April 1984). Line connected Les Hauts-Geneveys railway station, Cernier and Villiers.
• Fribourg - Farvagny (4 January 1912 - 21 May 1932)
• Lugano (25 April 1954 - 30 June 2001)
• Thun (19 August 1952 - 13 March 1982). Line connected Thun and Beatenbucht.

Non-public service:

• Mühleberg - Gümmenen (1918 - 1922)

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• Chesterfield (23 May 1927 - 24 March 1938)
• Derby (9 January 1932 - 9 September 1967)
• Nottingham (10 April 1927 - 30 June 1966)
• *Notts & Derby Traction Company - (7 January 1932 - 25 April 1953)

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• Ipswich (2 September 1923 - 23 August 1963)
• Southend-on-Sea (16 October 1925 - 28 October 1954)

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• London (1912 demonstration, 16 May 1931 - 8 May 1962)

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• Darlington (17 January 1926 - 31 July 1957)
• Hartlepool (28 February 1924 - 2 April 1953)
• Middlesbrough (Tees-side Railless Traction Board, 8 November 1919 - 4 April 1971)
• Newcastle upon Tyne (1 October 1935 - 1 October 1966)
• South Shields (12 October 1936 - 29 April 1964)

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• Atherton (South Lancashire Transport Company, 3 August 1930 - 31 August 1958)
• *Saint Helens (11 July 1927 - 1 July 1958)
• Blackpool (1983 demonstration)
• Manchester (1 March 1938 - 30 December 1966)
• *Ashton-under-Lyne (26 August 1925 - 30 December 1966)
• *Oldham (26 August 1925 - 5 September 1926)
• Ramsbottom (14 August 1913 - 31 March 1931)
• Stockport (10 March 1913 - 11 September 1920)
• Wigan (7 May 1925 - 30 September 1931)

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• Brighton Brighton Corporation Transport (BCT): (23 December 1913 - 16 September 1914, 1 May 1939 - 30 June 1961)
• *Brighton, Hove & District Omnibus Company (BHC): (3 March 1946 - 24 March 1959). All Brighton trolleybuses were lettered "Brighton, Hove & District Transport".
• Hastings (1 April 1928 - 31 May 1959)
• Maidstone (1 May 1928 - 15 April 1967)
• Portsmouth (4 August 1934 - 27 July 1963)
• Reading (18 July 1936 - 3 November 1968)

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• Bournemouth (13 May 1933 - 20 April 1969)

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• Birmingham (27 November 1922 - 30 June 1951)
• Wolverhampton (29 October 1923 - 5 March 1967)
• *Walsall (22 July 1931 - 3 October 1970)

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• Bradford (20 June 1911 - 26 March 1972)
• Doncaster (22 August 1928 - 14 December 1963, 1985 - 1986 demonstration)
• Grimsby (3 October 1926 - 4 June 1960)
• *Cleethorpes (18 July 1937 - 4 June 1960)
• Halifax (20 July 1921 - 24 October 1926)
• Huddersfield (4 December 1933 - 13 July 1968)
• Keighley (3 May 1913 - 31 August 1932)
• Kingston upon Hull (23 July 1937 - 31 October 1964)
• Leeds (20 June 1911 - 26 July 1928)
• Rotherham (3 October 1912 - 2 October 1965)
• *Mexborough (Mexborough & Swinton Traction Company, 31 August 1915 - 26 March 1961)
• York (22 December 1920 - 5 January 1935)

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• Dundee (5 September 1912 - 13 May 1914)
• Glasgow (3 April 1949 - 27 May 1967)

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• Aberdare (14 January 1914 - 1 July 1925)
• Cardiff (1 March 1942 - 11 January 1970)
• Llanelli (26 December 1932 - 8 November 1952)
• Pontypridd (18 September 1930 - 31 January 1957)
• Rhondda (22 December 1914 - 1 March 1915)

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• Belfast (28 March 1938 - 12 May 1968)

• Adelaide (2 March 1932 - 11 August 1934, experimental; 5 September 1937 - 12 July 1963)
• Brisbane (2 August 1951 - 13 March 1969)
• Hobart (29 October 1935 - 24 November 1968)
• Launceston 21 December 1951 - 26 July 1968)
• Perth (1 October 1933 - 29 August 1969)
• Sydney (City: 22 January 1934 - 12 April 1948. Kogarah: 3 July 1937 - 29 August 1959)

• Auckland (19 December 1938 - 26 September 1980)
• Christchurch (5 July 1931 - November 1956)
• Dunedin (24 December 1950 - 31 March 1982)
• New Plymouth (30 October 1950 - 7 October 1967)

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• Calgary (1 June 1947 - 8 March 1975)

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• Victoria (19 November 1945 - 30 November 1945; demonstration)

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• Winnipeg (21 November 1938 - 30 October 1970)

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• Halifax (27 March 1949 - 31 December 1969)

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• Cornwall (8 June 1949 - 31 May 1970)

Fort William - see Thunder Bay

• Hamilton (10 December 1950 - 30 December 1992)
• Kitchener (1 January 1947 - 26 March 1973)
• Ottawa (15 December 1951 - 27 June 1959)

Port Arthur, Ontario - see Thunder Bay, Ontario

• Thunder Bay (15 December 1947 - 16 July 1972). Towns of Fort William and Port Arthur merged to form Thunder Bay from 31 December 1969.
• Toronto (18 June 1922 - 31 August 1925, and 19 June 1947 - 19 July 1993)
• Windsor (5 May 1922 - November 1926)

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• Montreal (29 March 1937 - 18 June 1966)

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• Regina (4 September 1947 - 28 February 1966)
• Saskatoon (22 November 1948 - 13 May 1974)

• Port of Spain (1 October 1941 - 31 December 1956)

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• Birmingham (30 April 1947 - 22 November 1958)

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• Little Rock (26 December 1947 - 1 March 1956)

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• Oakland Construction of trolleybus line started, not completed.
• Los Angeles (11 September 1910 - 1915, connected Sunset Boulevard with a new housing development, "Bungalow Town," in Laurel Canyon. 1922 demonstration, 1937 demonstration, and 3 August 1947 - 30 March 1963)

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• Denver (2 June 1940 - 10 June 1955)

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• New Haven (1903 demonstration)

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• Wilmington (24 September 1939 - 6 December 1957)

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• Atlanta (18 June 1937 - 27 September 1963)

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• Honolulu (1936 demonstration, and 1 January 1938 - 22 June 1957)

• Chicago (17 April 1930 - 25 March 1973)
• Peoria (13 November 1931 - 3 October 1946)
• Rockford (10 December 1930 - 6 June 1947)

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• Fort Wayne (7 July 1940 - 12 June 1960)
• Indianapolis (4 December 1932 - 10 May 1957)

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• Des Moines (9 October 1938 - 24 January 1964)

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• Topeka (27 March 1932 - 30 June 1940)

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• Covington (11 September 1937 - 12 March 1958). System extended across the Ohio River to Cincinnati.
• Louisville (27 December 1936 - 7 May 1951)

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• New Orleans (2 December 1929 - 26 March 1967)
• Shreveport (15 December 1931 - 26 May 1965)

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• Baltimore (Suburban line to Randallstown, 1 November 1922 - 31 August 1931. Urban lines, 6 March 1938 - 21 June 1959)

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• Fairhaven (16 October - 1 December 1915, experimental)
• Fitchburg (10 May 1932 - 30 June 1946), system also served Leominster
• Nantasket Beach (1887 demonstration)

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• Detroit (1921 demonstration, 1924 demonstration, 19 June 1930 - 11 August 1937 and 15 December 1949 - 16 November 1962)
• Flint (1936 demonstration, and 1 March 1937 - 26 March 1956)

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• Duluth (15 October 1931 - 15 May 1957)
• Minneapolis (5 May 1922 - 22 May 1923, experimental)

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• Kansas City (29 May 1938 - 4 January 1959. Interstate line to Kansas City, Kansas opened 4 October 1950; closed 14 July 1951 because of flood damage.)
• Saint Joseph (1 August 1932 - 22 November 1966)

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• Camden (1 September 1935 - 1 June 1947; "All-Service Vehicle" (ASV) installation using gasoline-electric motorbuses modified for operation from external power or onboard engine-generator set.)
• Newark (15 September 1935 - 10 November 1948; "All-Service Vehicle" (ASV) installation using gasoline-electric motorbuses modified for operation from external power or onboard engine-generator set. The Newark ASV network served many adjacent towns, including Bayonne, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Paterson and Plainfield.)
• Weehawken (1934, All-Service Vehicle (ASV) demonstration. See Newark and Camden)

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• Buffalo (30 December 1949 - January 1950, demonstration)
• Cohoes (2 November 1924 - 12 December 1937 (or 9 October 1933; sources disagree))
• New York (1923 demonstration)
• *Brooklyn (23 July 1930 - 26 July 1960)
• *Staten Island (8 October 1921 - 16 October 1927)
• Rochester (1 November 1923 - 22 March 1932)

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• Greensboro (15 July 1934 - 5 June 1956)

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• Akron (12 December 1941 - 6 June 1959)
• Cincinnati (1 December 1936 - 18 June 1965)
• Cleveland (1 March 1936 - 14 June 1963)
• Columbus (3 December 1933 - 3 May 1965)
• Toledo (1 February 1935 - 28 May 1952)
• Youngstown (11 November 1936 - 10 June 1959)

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• Portland (30 August 1936 (or May 1935, sources disagree) - 23 October 1958)

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• Johnstown (20 November 1951 - 11 November 1967)
• Pittsburgh (28 September - 11 October 1936, demonstration; 1949 demonstration)
• Scranton (1903 demonstration)
• Wilkes-Barre (15 December 1939 - 16 October 1958)

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• Pawtucket (26 December 1931 - 30 May 1953)
• Providence (22 June 1935 - 24 June 1955)

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• Greenville (19 August 1934 - 20 February, 1956)

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• Knoxville (28 April 1930 - 1 July 1945)
• Memphis (8 November 1931 - 22 April 1960)

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• Dallas (25 November 1945 - 28 July 1966)

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• Salt Lake City (9 September 1928 - September 1946)

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• Norfolk (1921 demonstration; 1923 demonstration)
• Petersburg (19 June 1923 - 31 December 1926)
• Portsmouth (1923 demonstration)
• Richmond (1921 demonstration)

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• Kenosha, Wisconsin (15 February 1932 - 1 March 1952)
• Merrill (January - December 1913, experimental)
• Milwaukee (8 November 1936 - 20 June 1965)

• Bahia Blanca (Completed 1954, not opened)
• Buenos Aires (4 June 1948 - 30 April 1966)
• La Plata (December 1954 - 25 December 1966
• Mar del Plata (1956 - 1963?)
• Tucumán (23 July 1955 - 28 April 1962

• Araraquara (27 December 1959 - 20 November 2000)
• Belo Horizonte (30 May 1953 - 22 January 1969)
• Campos (dos Goytacazes) (29 June 1958 - 12 June 1967)
• Fortaleza (25 January 1967 - February 1972)
• Niterói (21 November 1953 - 10 November 1967)
• Porto Alegre (7 December 1963 - 19 May 1969)
• Recife (15 June 1960 - 24 September 2001)
• Ribeirão Preto (24 July 1982 - 2 July 1999)
• Rio Claro (9 May 1986 - July 1993)
• Rio de Janeiro:
• *Zona Norte (April 1965 - April 1971?)
• *Zona Sul (3 September 1962 - July 1968?)
• Salvador (9 January 1959 - June 1968)

• Bogotá (12 April 1948 - 15 August 1991)
• Medellín (12 October 1929 - 1951)

• La Habana /Havana. Test operation began 18 September 1949 along tramway lines using "All-Service Vehicles" purchased secondhand from Newark, New Jersey, US. This was possible with little effort because Havana's tramway had twin-wire overhead. Regular service not operated.

• Georgetown (1924 - 1961)

• Lima (July 1928 - 13 June 1931)

• Montevideo (28 March 1951 - 26 January 1992)

• Caracas (July 1937 - 1949?)
• Valencia (? - 1949?)

See also

• List of cities with trolleybuses
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of town tramway (urban tramway, streetcar) systems

Books

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

Jones, David. Australian Trolleybuses. Wellington: City Tramway Publications.

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.

Pabst, Martin. 1989. "Tram & Trolley in Africa" (ISBN 3-88490-152-4). Krefeld: Röhr Verlag GMBH.

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.

Stock, Werner. 1987. "Obus-Anlagen in Deutschland" (ISBN 3-926882-00-X). Bielefeld: Hermann Busch Verlag.

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.

Periodicals

"Trolleybus Magazine" (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.

Tarkov, Sergei. "The Solonceni Trolleybus." Trolleybus Magazine No. 200, March-April 1995.

External links

• [All Time List of North American Trolleybus Systems] (David Wyatt)
• [Bibliography of the Electric Trolleybus] (Richard DeArmond)
• [Электротранспорт в городах бывшего СССР] (Elektrotransport v gorodakh byvshego SSSR, Dmitry Zinoviev)
• [Latin American Trolleybus Installations] (Allen Morrison)
• [Tram.nu Atlas] (Bruse LF Persson)
• [The Tramways of Cuba] (Allen Morrison)
• [UK Trolleybus Systems & Museums] (Bruce Lake)
• [Wires of Faded Glory] (Richard A. Bílek)
• [World Trolleybus List - Systems Closed]
• [Tom's North American Trolleybus Pix]

 

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