Trolleybuses in Sumqayit

Sumqayit trolleybus system

Operation
Locale	Sumqayit, Azerbaijan
Open	28 April 1961
Close	1 January 2006
Status	Closed
Lines	8 (max)
Infrastructure
Stock	13 (recent)
Statistics
Route length	48.9 km (30.4 mi) (max)

The Sumqayit trolleybus system was a system of trolleybuses forming part of the public transport arrangements in Sumqayit, the third most populous city in Azerbaijan, for most of the second half of the 20th century.^[1]

History

The system was opened on 28 April 1961. At its height, it consisted of eight lines. The only remaining line was closed on 1 January 2006.^[1]

Services

The line operating immediately before closure of the system was:^[1]

6. Торговый центр (Shopping Centre) - Микрорайоны (Neighbourhoods)

Fleet

The Sumqayit trolleybus fleet in the period leading up to the system's closure was made up of 13 vehicles of type ZiU-9.

Previously, the system had used trolleybus vehicles of the following types:^[1]

• MTB-82
• Škoda 9Tr
• ZiU-5

See also

• History of Sumqayit
• List of trolleybus systems
• Trolleybuses in former Soviet Union countries

References

1. "17. Сумгаит (троллейбус)" [17. Sumqayit (trolleybus)]. Горэлектротранс (Electrotrans) website (in Russian). Дмитрий Зиновьев (Dmitry Zinoviev). Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

External links

Media related to Trolleybuses in Azerbaijan at Wikimedia Commons

• Trolleybus city: Sumgayyt/Sumqayıt (Aserbaidschan) at Trolleymotion (English)
• Sumqayit database / photo gallery and Sumqayit trolleybus list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.