List of trolleybus systems

Brisbane in Australia had a trolleybus system from 1951 until 1969.

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:

• Europe (Note: countries not listed here are included in this article; see Contents table below)

• • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

• North America
  • Canada
  • United States
• South America
  • Brazil

This page also provides references and links for all parts of the list.

Africa

 Algeria

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	el-Jazair ولاية الجزائر /Algiers	- 1934	- 1974	Construction started 1914, not completed. -
	Qusantînah قسنطينة /Constantine	- 1921	- 1963 (?)	Construction started 1914, not completed. -
	Wahran وهران /Oran	17 May 1939	1969 (?)

 Egypt

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	el-Qāhirah القاهرة /Cairo	1950	22 October 1981

 Morocco

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ الدار البيضاء /Casablanca	1932	May 1972
	Tétouan تطوان	Apr 1950	Nov 1975	Suburban line to Martil.

 South Africa

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bloemfontein	16 December 1915	Oct 1937
	Boksburg	25 March 1914	10 October 1925
	Cape Town	1930 21 December 1935	- 28 February 1964	Demonstration See also Trolleybuses in Cape Town.
	Durban	24 February 1935	11 April 1968	See also Trolleybuses in Durban.
	Germiston	19 August 1914	1918
	Johannesburg	1930 26 August 1936	- 10 January 1986	Demonstration. See also Trolleybuses in Johannesburg.
	Pretoria	1 July 1939	21 February 1972	See also Trolleybuses in Pretoria.

 Tunisia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Tūnis تونس /Tunis	1945	1970

Asia

 Afghanistan

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Kabul کابل	Feb 1979	1993	Closed because of war damage. Reopening was planned (2003),[1][2] but never came to fruition.

 Armenia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Gyumri Գյումրի	29 November 1962	Autumn? winter? 2005
	Yerevan Երեւան	15 August 1949		See Trolleybuses in Yerevan.

 Azerbaijan

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bakı /Baku	5 December 1941	30 June 2006	See also Trolleybuses in Baku.
	Gəncə /Ganja	1 May 1955	Autumn? 2004	See also Trolleybuses in Ganja, Azerbaijan.
	Mingaçevir /Mingachevir	15 April 1989	31 March 2006	See also Trolleybuses in Mingachevir.
	Nakhchivan (city)	3 November 1986	April 2004[3]	See also Trolleybuses in Nakhchivan (city).
	Sumqayıt /Sumqayit	28 April 1961	31 December 2005	See also Trolleybuses in Sumqayit.

 China

Trolleybus sign in China

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ānshān 鞍山 / Anshan	1 January 1975	1 July 2000
	Běijīng 北京 / Beijing	26 February 1957		See Beijing Tram and Trolleybus.
	Běnxī 本溪 / Benxi	1 July 1960	1 May 1998
	Chángchūn 长春 / Changchun	1 July 1960	1 May 2001
Wuyang Meikuang (五阳煤矿) Trolleybus	Chángzhì 长治 / Changzhi			An independent System owned by Lu'an Environmental Energy Development Co., Ltd. serving Wuyang Coal Mine and nearby areas
	Chéngdū 成都 / Chengdu	1 January 1962	10 January 1996
	Chóngqìng 重庆 / Chongqing	24 December 1955	23 May 2004
	Dàlián 大连 / Dalian	1 October 1960
	Fúzhōu 福州 / Fuzhou	28 September 1983	14 March 2001
	Guǎngzhōu 广州 / Guangzhou	30 September 1960
	Hángzhōu 杭州 / Hangzhou	26 April 1961
	Hā'ěrbīn 哈尔滨 / Harbin	31 December 1958	26 June 2008
	Jílín 吉林 / Jilin	1 October 1960	2000
	Jǐnán 济南 / Jinan	1 January 1977		See Trolleybuses in Jinan.
Xiaohengshan Meikuang (小恒山煤矿) Trolleybus	Jīxī 鸡西 / Jixi			An independent System owned by Jixi Mining Group Co., Ltd. serving Xiaohengshan Coal Mine and nearby areas
	Lánzhōu 兰州 / Lanzhou	1 January 1959	6 May 2008
	Luòyáng 洛阳 / Luoyang	1 October 1984
	Nánchāng 南昌 / Nanchang	1 July 1971[4]	20 June 2009
	Nánjīng 南京 / Nanjing	1 August 1960	10 January 1996
	Qīngdǎo 青岛 / Qingdao	21 October 1960
	Qíqíhā'ěr 齐齐哈尔 / Qiqihar	16 February 1959	14 March 2002
	Shànghǎi 上海 / Shanghai	15 November 1914		See Trolleybuses in Shanghai.
	Shěnyáng 沈阳 / Shenyang	1 November 1951	20 June 1999
Yangzhuang Meikuang (杨庄煤矿) Trolleybus	Féichéng 肥城, Tài'ān 泰安 / Feicheng, Tai'an			An independent system owned by Shandong Energy Feicheng Mining Group Co., Ltd. serving Yangzhuang Coal Mine and nearby areas.
	Tàiyuán 太原 / Taiyuan	1 May 1960		Taiyuan Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. owned system
Xishan Meidian (西山煤电) Trolleybus	Tàiyuán 太原 / Taiyuan			A 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.
	Tiānjīn 天津 / Tianjin	1 July 1951	15 July 1995
	Tiānshuǐ 天水 / Tianshui	10 July 1958	1961
	Wǔhàn 武汉 / Wuhan	20 September 1958		Wuhan Public Transport Group Co., Ltd. owned system
Wuhan Gangtie (武汉钢铁) Trolleybus	Wǔhàn 武汉 / Wuhan	1 October 1962	2006[5]	An independent System owned by Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co.[5][6] serving the factory and nearby areas
	Xī'ān 西安 / Xi'an	1 October 1959	14 January 2009
	Zhèngzhōu 郑州 / Zhengzhou	1 May 1979	15 January 2010
Chaohua Meikuang (超化煤矿) Trolleybus	Xīnmì 新密, Zhèngzhōu 郑州 / Xinmi, Zhengzhou			An independent System owned by Zhengzhou Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. serving Chaohua Coal Mine and nearby areas

 Georgia

Škoda 14Tr trolleybus in Tbilisi

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Batumi ბათუმი	6 November 1978	2005?	Included two interurban lines to Makhinjauri and Khelvachauri.
	Chiatura ჭიათურა	7 November 1967	Summer? 2008	Interurban line to Sachkhere საჩხერე.
	Gori გორი	30 April 1972	24 March 2010	Included interurban lines to the villages Tiniskhidi and Ortasheni.
	(Kobuleti ქობულეთი)			Construction started 1990 - 1991 of interurban line to Makhinjauri (terminus of a line from Batumi ბათუმი), not completed.
	Kutaisi ქუთაისი	11 September 1949	25 July 2009	Service suspended 14 January 2007 - November 2007
	Ozurgeti ოზურგეთი	27 November 1980	June 2006	Included interurban line to Dvabzu village.
	Poti ფოთი	20 January 1980	December 2004	Included interurban line to Maltakva village.
	Rustavi რუსთავი	16 February 1971	24 September 2009	Service suspended in 2000
	Samtredia სამტრედია	28 August 1982	2000?	Included interurban line to Kulashi village.
	Sokhumi სოხუმი	3 January 1968		Service suspended August 1992 - 1995
	Tbilisi თბილისი	21 April 1937	4 December 2006	[7]
	Tskhinvali ცხინვალი	25 June 1982	11(?) December 1990
	(Zestaponi ზესტაფონი)			Construction started 1990 - 1991, not completed.
	Zugdidi ზუგდიდი	24 February 1986	July 2009	Service suspended 1992 - 1995

 India

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Delhi दिल्ली	1935	1962
	Mumbai मुंबई	11 June 1962	24 March 1971

• Note: In Kolkata কলকাতা (Calcutta), trial operation with a single trolleybus on a short test line took place in 1977.

 Iran

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Tehran تهران	14 September 1992[8]	2013[8]	See Trolleybuses in Tehran.

 Japan

Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Shin-Hanayashiki Onsen-tochi (新花屋敷温泉土地)	Hanayashiki (花屋敷)	1 August 1928	April 1932	Hanayashiki is part of Kawanishi, Hyogo [9]
Kawasaki-shiei Trolleybus (川崎市営トロリーバス)	Kawasaki	1 March 1951	30 April 1964	[10]
Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus	Ōgizawa Station – Kurobe Dam	1 August 1964		See note.
Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus	Daikanbō – Murodō	23 April 1996		See note.
Kyōto-shiei Trolleybus (京都市営トロリーバス)	Kyoto	1 April 1932	30 September 1969	[9]
Nagoya-shiei Trolleybus (名古屋市営トロリーバス)	Nagoya	10 May 1943	15 January 1951	[10]
Ōsaka-shiei Trolleybus (大阪市営トロリーバス)	Osaka	1 September 1953	14 June 1970	[9]
Toei Trolleybus (都営トロリーバス)	Tokyo	20 May 1952	28 September 1968	[10]
Yokohama-shiei Trolleybus (横浜市営トロリーバス)	Yokohama	16 July 1959	31 March 1972	[10]

Notes for the two tunnel trolleybus lines:

• The 6.1 km Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus line operates almost entirely in tunnel, through a mountain, and connects Ōgizawa Station with Kurobe Dam, for tourists and hikers. Ōgizawa Station is in Ōmachi city, Nagano Prefecture.
• The affiliated 3.6 km Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus line, similarly, operates entirely in tunnel and connects Daikanbo with Murodō. The line is located in Tateyama town, Toyama Prefecture.

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 System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Aqtöbe	11 August 1982	August(?) 2013	Service suspended February until 12 June 2013.
	Almaty	20 April 1944
	Astana	18 January 1983	30 September 2008
	Atyrau	4 September 1996	29 April 1999
	Novaya Bukhtarma	Dec 1974	1980
	Petropavl	20 November 1971	1 June 2014
	Karaganda	30 May 1967	20 April 2010
	Qostanay	2 January 1990	2005?	Reported as closed during 2005;[11] not known whether closure is permanent.
	Shymkent	11 January 1969	October 2005	Some operation reported during 2005, none during 2006.[11]
	Taraz	10 April 1980		Service suspended from the December 2013. Officially system NOT closed, only conservated.

 Kyrgyzstan

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bishkek	13 January 1951
	Naryn	13 December 1994		Service suspends every summer, June till September.
	Osh	1 November 1977

 Malaysia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	George Town	1925	July 1961	See Trolleybuses in George Town, Penang.

 Mongolia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ulaγan Baγatar / Улаанбаатар /Ulaanbaatar	29 October 1987

 Myanmar

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Yangon ရန္‌ကုန္‌မ္ရို့	17 August 1936	by 1942

   Nepal

Trolleybus in Kathmandu in 1993

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Kathmandu काठमाडौं	28 December 1975	November 2008[12]	Service suspended 19 December 2001 – 1 September 2003. See Trolleybuses in Kathmandu.

 North Korea

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Anju 안주 (安州)			Opened between 1986 and 1990, perhaps 1989. Assumed route
	Ch'ŏngjin 청진 (淸津)	20 October 1970
	Haeju 해주 (海州)	Apr 1986
	Hamhŭng 함흥 (咸興)	Apr 1976 (?)		Three branches. Assumed routes
	Kanggye 강계 (江界)	17 April 1992		A single trolleybus line via a riverbank. Assumed route
	Kapsan 갑산 (甲山)	12 October 1994
	Kimch'aek 김책 (金策)	17 May 1985
	Kimkol	10 April 1986		Connects Kimkol railway station with coal mine at Markyn, South Pyong'an Province, exact location unknown.
	Kowŏn 고원 (高原)	Jul 1979
	Nampho 남포 (南浦)			From a video filmed in Nampho in September 2013, there is clear evidence that the system is still in operation.[13]
	P'yŏngsŏng 평성 (平城)	4(?) Aug 1983		A single line. Assumed route
	P'yŏngyang 평양 (平壤)	30 April 1962		See Trolleybuses in Pyongyang.
	♦ Sangwŏn 상원 (祥原)	29(?) March 1995		Connects residential district to cement works. Sangwŏn-gun is part of Pyongyang city.
	Ryongdae	10 June 1993		Connects Ryongdae railway station with coal mine, South Pyong'an Province.
	Ryongdung	4 November 1983		Connects Ryongdung railway station with coal mine, North Pyong'an Province.
	Sangnong-Ni	1993		Connects local town with coal mine. Assumed route
	Sariwon 리원 (沙里院)		Unknown if the system is still in operation as of May 2011 (?)	As of May 2011 operation looked abandoned. There is a photo of an Ikarus trolleybus in Sariwon from the internet that was uploaded on 7 September 2011. However, the photo cannot give any answers of whether the system is still in operation as the trolley poles of the trolleybus was not attaching to the trolley wires.[14] Assumed route
	Sinŭiju 신의주 (新義州)			Opened between 1977 and 1980, perhaps 1978.
	Sunch'ŏn 순천 (順天)			Opened between 1986 and 1990, perhaps 1989.
	Tŏkch'ŏn 덕천 (德川)	27 April 1990
	Unhŭng 운흥 (雲興)	Aug 1988		Ryanggang Province.
	Wŏnsan 원산 (元山)	8 September 1988		A single line via city's main thoroughfare. Assumed route

• Note: It is speculated that other trolleybus systems are located at:
• Hŭich'ŏn 희천 ( 熙川)
• Hyesan 혜산 (惠山)
• Kaesŏng 개성 (開城)
• Kusŏng 구성 (龜城)
• Manpo 만포 (滿浦)
• Rajin 라진 (羅津)
• Unggi (North Hamgyong Province)
• Songrim 송림 (松林) (opened 1993 ?)

Confirmation is lacking (Tarkhov and Merzlov).

 Philippines

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Manila	Feb 1929	Dec 1941

 Saudi Arabia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Riyadh	23 April 2013[15]		System in the campus of the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.[15]

 Singapore

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Singapore	14 August 1926	15 December 1962	See also Trolleybuses in Singapore.

 Sri Lanka

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Colombo	22 July 1953	1 December 1964

 Tajikistan

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Dushanbe / Душанбе	2 May 1955		See Trolleybuses in Dushanbe.
	Khujand / Хуҷанд / Khodzhent	3 November 1970	September 2010	Service suspended 15 May 2008 - 17 August 2009. Since ~2006 service extremely unstable due to power outages. Officially service closed in April 2013.

 Turkey

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ankara	1946	1981
İstanbul Elektrik Tramvay ve Tünel İşletmeleri Genel Müdürlüğü	Istanbul	27 May 1961	16 July 1984	Trolleybuses operated only on European side.[16]
	İzmir	July 1954	Sep 1992	See Trolleybuses in Izmir.
Trambüs	Malatya	10 March 2015

 Turkmenistan

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Aşgabat /Ashgabat	19 October 1964	1 January 2012	See Trolleybuses in Ashgabat.

 Uzbekistan

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Andijon /Andijan	30 April 1970	June 2002
	Buxoro /Bukhara	1 December 1987	September 2005[17]
	♦ Buxoro - Kagan			Reported as complete but not yet open (Trolleybus Magazine).
	Jizzax /Jizzakh	26 August 1997	3 January 2010
	Farg'ona /Ferghana	23 February 1971	July 2003	Service suspended 1999 - March 2002.
	♦ Farg'ona /Ferghana - Margilan	1971	1999?
	Namangan	4 April 1973	3 January 2010	In service ~2001? - 2010 only interurban line (see below)
	♦ Namangan - Turaqorgon / Turakurgan	~2001?	3 January 2010	Construction started in 1996
	Nuqus /Nukus	14 December 1991	July 2007
	Olmaliq /Almalyk	20 December 1967	February 2009	Service closed after serious accident at the electro substation. Service also worked in May 2009 (3 days, after was 2nd serious accident).
	Samarqand /Samarkand	20 December 1957	Summer? 2005
	Toshkent /Tashkent	7 November 1947	30 April 2010
	♦ Urganch /Urgench - Xiva / Khiva	20 October 1997		See Trolleybuses in Urgench.

• Note: A Russian-language source http://archive.is/FrdG. Archived from the original on 16 Dec 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help) states that systems were under construction in the following locations:
• Angren
• Chirchiq
• Guliston
• Qarshi
• Kokand
• Navoiy
• Termiz
• Yangiabad

 Vietnam

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hà Nội (河内) /Hanoi	15 December 1986	15 Julу 1993

Europe

 Austria

Trolleybus in Salzburg

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Gmünd			see České Velenice Czech Republic
	Graz	1 October 1941	29 June 1967
	Innsbruck	8 April 1944 17 December 1988	29 February 1976 25 February 2007	.[18]
	Judenburg	10 December 1910	1914
	Kapfenberg	1 July 1944	31 March 2002	System included line extending to Bruck an der Mur.
	Klagenfurt	1 August 1944	16 April 1963
	Klosterneuburg	22 May 1908	Dec 1919	Connected Klosterneuburg and Weidling railway station.
	Leoben	1 March 1949	13 July 1973
	Liesing	17 July 1909	1917	Connected Liesing and Kalksburg. Liesing and Kalksburg are now part of Wien.
	Linz	15 May 1944
	Salzburg	1 October 1940		See Trolleybuses in Salzburg.
	Wien /Vienna:
	♦ Pötzleinsdorf - Salmannsdorf	14 October 1908	30 October 1938
	♦ Währinger Gürtel - Salmannsdorf	9 October 1946	3 December 1958

Goods (freight) line (trolleytruck):

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Sankt Lambrecht	16 November 1945	21 April 1951	Limited passenger service operated .

 Belarus

MAZ-103t trolleybus in Minsk

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Babrujsk / Bobruysk (Babruysk / Bobruysk)	30 August 1978
	Брэст / Брест (Brest)	20 April 1981		See Trolleybuses in Brest, Belarus.
	Гомель (Homyel / Gomel)	20 May 1962
	Гродна / Гродно (Hrodna / Grodno)	5 November 1974
	Магілёў / Могилёв (Mahilyow / Mogilev)	19 January 1970
	Мiнск / Минск (Minsk)	19 September 1952		The 2nd network in world (after Moscow)
	Віцебск / Витебск (Vitsyebsk / Vitebsk)	1 September 1978

• Note: Plans were announced in 2001 for new systems in:

Баранавiчы / Барановичи (Baranavichy / Baranovichi)

Барысаў / Borisov (Barysaw / Borisov)

Ліда / Лида (Lida)

Маладзечна / Молодечно (Maladzechna / Molodechno)

Наваполацк / Новополоцк (Navapolatsk / Novopolotsk)

Орша (Orsha)

Пінск / Пинск (Punsk)

Полацк / Полоцк (Polatsk / Polotsk)

Салігорск / Солигорск (Salihorsk / Soligorsk)

(Trolleybus Magazine)

 Belgium (by province)

Trolleybus in Ghent

 Antwerpen (Antwerp)

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Antwerpen (Anvers) /Antwerp	14 August 1929	31 March 1964

 Brussels

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bruxelles / Brussel / Brussels	18 April 1939	15 February 1964

• Note: The Brussels-Capital Region is not a province. Neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any.

 Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders)

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Gent /Ghent	24 March 1989	14 June 2009	Operation suspended 9 April 2004 – 17 October 2005.

 Liège

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Liège	31 July 1930	9 November 1971
RELSE	♦ Liège - Seraing	15 May 1936	31 August 1964	This system operated a unique group of double-ended trolleybuses with driving positions at both ends.[19]

 Bosnia-Herzegovina

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
GRAS Sarajevo	Sarajevo	23 November 1984		Operation suspended April 1992 - 27 November 1995 because of war.

 Bulgaria

Škoda trolleybus in Varna

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Blagoevgrad / Благоевград			Construction started during the late 1980s, not completed.
Burgas / Бургас	25 September 1989		See also Trolleybuses in Burgas.
Gabrovo / Габрово	1987	21 March 2013[20]
Gorna Oryahovitsa / Горна Оряховица			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 / Димитровград			Construction started during the late 1980s, partially completed but never in service.
Dobrich / Добрич	1988	1 July 2014
Haskovo / Хасково	1993
Kazanlak / Казанлък	1987	11 January 1999
Pazardzhik / Пазарджик	1 June 1993
Pernik / Перник	Jul 1987	30 March 2015
Pleven / Плевен	Jul 1985
Plovdiv / Пловдив	Dec 1955	Oct 2012	See also Trolleybuses in Plovdiv.
Rousse (Ruse) / Русе	9 September 1988		See also Trolleybuses in Ruse.
Shumen / Шумен			Construction started during the late 1980s, partially completed but never in service.
Sliven / Сливен	24 May 1986
Sofia / София	14 February 1941 1 May 1948	9 September 1944 -	See also Trolleybuses in Sofia.
Stara Zagora / Стара Загора	Sep 1988		See also Trolleybuses in Stara Zagora.
Varna / Варна	1 January 1986		See also Trolleybuses in Varna.
Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново	Sep 1988	Apr 2009
Vidin / Видин			Construction started during the late 1980s, partially completed but never in service.
Vratsa / Враца	Sep 1988
Yambol / Ямбол			Construction started during the late 1980s, not completed.

 Croatia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Rijeka	27 October 1951	16 August 1969
	Split	1944	1972

 Czech Republic

Škoda 15Tr trolleybus in Hradec Králové

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Brno	30 July 1949
	České Budějovice	1909	1914	First of three systems.
		28 October 1948	24 April 1971
		2 May 1991
	České Velenice	16 July 1907	14 July 1916
	Chomutov - Jirkov	1 September 1995	(31 December 2016)*	* Planned cancellation in Jirkov.
	Děčín	6 January 1950	14 December 1973
	Hradec Králové	2 May 1949
	Jihlava	19 December 1948
	Mariánské Lázně	27 April 1952		One of the smallest trolleybus systems in the world, the smallest trolleybus system in the Czech Republic.[21]
	Most, and Most - Litvínov	1948	31 January 1959
	♦ Litvínov	6 December 1946	31 January 1959
	Opava	24 August 1952
	Ostrava	9 May 1952
	Pardubice	20 January 1952
	Plzeň	9 April 1941
	Praha /Prague	29 August 1936	15 October 1972
	Teplice	1 May 1952
	Ústí nad Labem	1 July 1988
Dopravní společnost Zlín-Otrokovice	Zlín - Otrokovice	27 January 1944

 Denmark

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
KS	København /Copenhagen	21 May 1938 2 August 1993	15 October 1963 Oct 1998	Also 1902 demonstration.[22][23]
NESA	♦ Hellerup, København	1 February 1927	17 October 1971
OS	Odense	8 August 1939	19 November 1959	[24]

 Estonia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Tallinna Trammi- ja Trollibussikoondis (TTTK)	Tallinn	6 July 1965		[25]
	Tartu	1936	1936	Demonstration/test line.[26]

 Finland

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Helsinki /Helsingfors	5 February 1949 7 April 1979	14 June 1974 30 October 1985	[27][28]
	Tampere /Tammerfors	8 December 1948	15 May 1976	[29]

 France

 Germany

 Greece

Preserved vintage FIAT trolleybus in Piraeus

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
ILPAP	Athens	27 December 1953
ILPAP	Piraeus	1948[6]		Service connection with Athens network built 1988. Piraeus system now operated as part of Athens system.

 Hungary

Ziu-9 trolleybuses in Debrecen

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Budapest	16 December 1933 21 December 1949	21 September 1944 -
	Debrecen	2 July 1985
	Szeged	1 May 1979

 Italy

 Latvia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Rīga	6 November 1947		See Rīgas Satiksme.[30]

 Lithuania

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Autrolis	Kaunas	31 December 1965		[6][31]
Vilniaus troleibusai	Vilnius	27 November 1956		[6][32] See Trolleybuses in Vilnius.

 Moldova

Trans-Alfa "Lider" (VMZ-5298.00) in Bălți

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bălţi /Balti	12 June 1972
	Chişinău /Chisinau	12 October 1949		See Trolleybuses in Chișinău
	Solonceni	1 May 1992	3 January 1994	2.9-km line connecting residential area of Solonceni village to administrative and employment centers.[33]
	Tighina / Тигина (Russian: Bendery / Бендеры)	1996
	Tiraspol	1 November 1967
	♦ Tiraspol - Tighina	19 June 1993

 The Netherlands

 Gelderland

Trolleybus in Arnhem

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Arnhem	5 September 1949		See Trolleybuses in Arnhem.
	Nijmegen	9 July 1952	29 March 1969

 Groningen

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Groningen	27 June 1927	9 November 1965

 Zuid-Holland (South Holland)

Name of System	Location	Date (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

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Tide	Bergen	24 February 1950		[34] See Trolleybuses in Bergen.
Drammen Kommunale Trikk	Drammen	15 December 1909	10 June 1967	[35] See Trolleybuses in Drammen.
AS Oslo Sporveier	Oslo	15 December 1940	15 February 1968	[36] See Trolleybuses in Oslo.
Stavanger Buss-Selskap	Stavanger	26 October 1947	12 January 1963	[37] See Trolleybuses in Stavanger.

 Poland

Solaris Trollino trolleybus in Tychy

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bydgoszcz	1943	27 January 1945
	Dębica	12 November 1988	Oct 1990
	Gdańsk	18 September 1943	1945
	Gdynia	18 October 1943		Two lines extend to the adjoining town of Sopot. See also Trolleybuses in Gdynia.
	Gorzów (Wielkopolski)	23 July 1943	30 January 1945
	Jelenia Góra	1944	1945
	Legnica	10 November 1943 15 September 1949	January 1945 31 December 1956
	Lublin	21 July 1953
	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 1985	17 September 1999
	Tychy	1 October 1982		See also Trolleybuses in Tychy.
	Wałbrzych	27 October 1944	30 June 1973
	Warszawa /Warsaw	5 January 1946 1 June 1983	29 June 1973 31 August 1995	See Trolleybuses in Warsaw.
	Wrocław	16 March 1912	1914

 Portugal

Trolleybus in Coimbra

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	(Amadora)			New system in planning (2009). The plans were cancelled in early 2012.[38]
	Braga	28 May 1963	10 September 1979
	Coimbra	16 August 1947		See Trolleybuses in Coimbra.
	Porto	1 January 1959	27 December 1997

 Romania

Irisbus Agora trolleybus in Cluj-Napoca

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Baia Mare	16 February 1996
	Brăila	23 August 1989	1999
part of the RAT network	Braşov	1 May 1959
	Bucureşti	10 November 1949
	Cluj-Napoca	7 November 1959
	Constanţa	5 July 1959	3 December 2010
	Craiova	9 May 1943	Oct 1944	New trolleybus system is planned (2008).
	Galaţi	23 August 1989
	Iaşi	1 May 1985	4 March 2006
	Mediaş	22 December 1989
	Piatra Neamţ	22 December 1995		System includes suburban lines to Dumbrava Rosie and Savinesti.
	Ploieşti	1 September 1997
	Satu Mare	15 November 1994	2005
	Sibiu	4 August 1904	18 October 1904
		17 August 1983	14 November 2009[39]	See also Tursib, the system's operator after mid-1998.
	Slatina	30 May 1996	31 December 2005
	Suceava	15 August 1987	2 April 2006
	Târgovişte	4 January 1995	2005
	Târgu Jiu	20 June 1995		System includes interurban line to Barsesti.
RATT	Timişoara	15 November 1942
	Vaslui	1 May 1994	7 July 2009	Undergoing complete reconstruction.[40] Reopening projected for 2016.

 Russia

 Serbia

New Belgrade trolleybus

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Beograd / Београд /Belgrade	22 June 1947

 Slovakia

Škoda 31Tr SOR in Bratislava

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Banská Bystrica	24 August 1989		Operation was suspended 1 January 2006 – 10 November 2007.
	Bratislava	19 July 1909 31 July 1941	1915 -
	Košice	27 September 1993	31 January 2015	System is temporarily closed due to major infrastructure works in city center. Reopen is highly questionable.
	Poprad	2 August 1904	1907
	Prešov	13 May 1962
	Žilina	17 November 1994

 Slovenia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ljubljana	6 October 1951	4 September 1971
	Piran	24 October 1909	19 July 1912	The first trolleybus system in the Balkans.

 Spain

 Sweden

Trolleybus in Landskrona

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Göteborg /Gothenburg	2 October 1940	14 November 1964	.
	Landskrona	27 September 2003		[41] .
	Linköping	1989	-	Demonstration.
	Stockholm	20 January 1941	30 August 1964	.
	Västerås	11 November 1938	1948	1 km demonstration line .

  Switzerland

 Turkey

See Asia section of list, above. Although trolleybuses served the European part of Istanbul, the country's two other trolleybus systems were located in the Asian part of Turkey.

 Ukraine

 United Kingdom

Oceania

Trolleybuses in Wellington, New Zealand

 Australia

 New South Wales

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Sydney:			See also Trolleybuses in Sydney.
	♦ City	22 January 1934	12 April 1948
	♦ Kogarah	3 July 1937	29 August 1959

 Queensland

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Brisbane City Council	Brisbane	2 August 1951	13 March 1969	See also Trolleybuses in Brisbane.

 South Australia

Name of System	Location	Date (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 System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Hobart City Council; Municipal Tramways Trust	Hobart	29 October 1935	24 November 1968	See also Trolleybuses in Hobart
Launceston City Council; Metropolitan Transport Trust	Launceston	21 December 1951	26 July 1968	See also Trolleybuses in Launceston, Tasmania.

 Western Australia

Name of System	Location	Date (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 1933	29 August 1969	See also Trolleybuses in Perth, Western Australia.

 New Zealand

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Farmers Trading Company	Auckland	19 December 1938		Private; absorbed by ATB 1960s
Auckland Transport Board	Auckland	24 September 1949	26 September 1980
Christchurch Tramway Board	Christchurch	5 July 1931	8 November 1956
New Plymouth City Council	New Plymouth	30 October 1950	7 October 1967
Dunedin City Transport & Electricity Department	Dunedin	24 December 1950	31 March 1982	World's southernmost trolleybus system.
Wellington City Council	Wellington	29 September 1924 20 June 1949	May 1932 -	See also Trolleybuses in Wellington.

 United States (Territories only, in Oceania)

 Hawaii (Territory of)

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Honolulu Rapid Transit Company Limited	Honolulu	1936	-	Demonstration
		1 January 1938	22 June 1957

• Note: The trolleybus system existed only in the period before Hawaii became a U.S. state. For convenience, it is also included in List of trolleybus systems in the United States.

North America

 Canada

 Cuba

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	(La Habana /Havana)	(18 September 1949)	?	Test operation, see note.

• Note: Tests began 18 September 1949 along tramway lines using "all-service vehicles" (dual-mode buses) purchased secondhand from Newark, New Jersey, US. The tests did not involve building new or converting existing supply because Havana's tramway had twin-wire overhead. Regular service was not operated.

 Mexico

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Sistecozome	Guadalajara	15 December 1976[42]		Limited, free service initially; full service began on 9 January 1977.[42] See Trolleybuses in Guadalajara.
STE	Ciudad de México /Mexico City	9 March 1951		See note. See also Trolleybuses in Mexico City.

• Note: The Mexico City trolleybus system was long thought to have opened in April 1952, but is now known to have opened more than a year earlier, in March 1951.^[43][44] Previous to that, there was an experimental line, for testing without passengers, in 1947 or 1948.

 United States

South America

 Argentina

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	(Bahía Blanca)			Completed 1954, not opened.
TBA	Buenos Aires	4 June 1948	30 April 1966
Emir SA, TECSA, TAMSE	Córdoba	7 May 1989		See Trolleybuses in Córdoba.
	La Plata	December 1954	25 December 1966
	Mar del Plata	1956	1963 (?)
EPTM	Mendoza	16 October 1913 14 February 1958	1915 (?) -	See 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 1955	28 April 1962	Three routes, fleet of 25 Henschel coaches.

 Brazil

 Chile (by Región )

V Valparaíso

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Valparaíso	31 December 1952		Operation suspended 1 December 1981 - circa May 1982, reopening after sold to a new, private operator.[45][46] See also Trolleybuses in Valparaíso.

RM Región Metropolitana de Santiago

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
ENT/ETCE	Santiago	31 October 1947	ca. November 1978	Also experimental operation in 1940[6] with a single vehicle.[47]
ETS		24 December 1991	9 July 1994[48]

 Colombia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bogotá	12 April 1948	15 August 1991
	Medellín	12 October 1929	1951	Also: An experimental trolleybus line, using one vehicle, operated on the campus of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana from 30 November 2011 until December 2012.[49] A trolleybus system for Medellín is proposed (as of 2013).[50]

 Ecuador

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Quito	18 December 1995		See Trolleybuses in Quito

 Peru

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Lima	July 1928	13 June 1931

 Trinidad and Tobago

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Port of Spain	1 October 1941	31 December 1956

 Uruguay

Name of Companies	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
AMDET (1951–1976) COOPTROL (1975–1992)	Montevideo	28 March 1951	26 January 1992

 Venezuela

Name of System	Location	Date (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.[51] See Trolleybus usage by country#Venezuela for more information.
Tranvías Eléctricos de Caracas	Caracas	July 1937	1949 (?)
Tromerca	Mérida	18 June 2007		Introductory service, Sundays only, started 26 November 2006. System opened (regular, daily service) on 18 June 2007.[52] See also Trolleybuses in Mérida.
	Valencia	1941	1947 (?)

See also

• Trolleybus usage by country
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of town tramway systems
• List of rapid transit systems

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  • Part Three, Europe (ISBN 0-948619-01-5). 1993. London: Rapid Transit Publications.
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Periodicals

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

• All Time List of North American Trolleybus Systems (David Wyatt)
• Bibliography of the Electric Trolleybus (Richard DeArmond)
• "Электротранспорт в городах бывшего СССР". Archived from the original on 16 Dec 2012. (Elektrotransport v gorodakh byvshego SSSR, Dmitry Zinoviev)
• World tram and trolleybus systems (рус., en.)
• Latin American Trolleybus Installations (Allen Morrison)
• The Tramways of Cuba (Allen Morrison)
• TrolleyMotion
• Progetto Città Elettriche (Italy)
• Tram.nu Atlas (Bruse LF Persson)
• UK Trolleybus Systems & Museums (Bruce Lake)
• Wires of Faded Glory (Richard A. Bílek)
• World Trolleybus List - Systems Closed
• Tom's North American Trolley bus Pix
• TRANSIRA Association (Romanian Trolleybuses)
• Trolleybus in Europe (public-transport.net)