A/S Trikken

A/S Trikken
Industry Transport
Fate Lost operating licence
Successor Drammen Kommunale Trikk
Founded 1916
Defunct 1947
Headquarters Drammen, Norway
Parent Øverby & Larsen

A/S Trikken (lit: The Tram) was a Norwegian company that operated the Drammen trolleybus between May 1, 1916 and July 1, 1947. The company was started by the electrical company Øverby & Larsen, that bought the remains of the bankrupt Drammens Elektriske Bane who had operate the trolleybuses since 1909. A/S Trikken operated the system until the end of June 1947 when their licence was not renewed and the municipality took over operation through the company Drammen Kommunale Trikk.[1]

References

  1. Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1996). Trolleybussene i Norge. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 41.


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