Trolleybuses in Vilnius
 A Solaris 15AC trolleybus in Vilnius, 2006. | |
| Operation | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Open | 1956 |
| Status | Open |
| Routes | 21 |
| Operator(s) | Vilniaus troleibusai |
| Statistics | |
| Passengers (daily) | 313 130 |
| Website | troleibusai.lt |
The Vilnius trolleybus system is the one of two existing trolleybus systems in Lithuania. It operates in the capital city of Vilnius, the municipal operator company is Vilniaus viešasis transportas Ltd. The fleet consists of 321 trolleybuses, 259 of which are working on working-days, 130 - on Saturdays, 126 - on Sundays.
History
In 1956 October, Vilnius Trolleybus Board was established and a 7.8 km long contact network was built, together with a trolleybus park for 25 trolleybuses. In November of the same year, first model "MTB-82D" trolleybuses started to work and drove on route "Antakalnis - Railway Station".
In 1981, the trolleybus count doubled the maximum service power of the old trolleybus park, thus, encouraging a construction of the second park. The second trolleybus park was opened on 1985 December 28, in the neighborhood of Viršuliškės and it could maintain 150 trolleybuses.
In April 1993 the board was reorganized to UAB "Vilniaus Autobusai" and the owner of the new company was the municipality of Vilnius city. From the treasury of the municipality, new "Skoda" trolleybuses were bought in 1996-1999.
In 2004-2006, 45 new Polish trolleybuses "Solaris 15AC" were bought.
On 2011 November 4, the company was again reorganized and incorporated into UAB "Vilniaus Viešasis Transportas".
In 2012, new Lithuanian "Amber" trollebuses were made and bought by the company.
Trolleybuses
- MTB-82D - out of service
- Škoda 8 Tr - out of service
- Škoda 9 Tr - out of service
- Škoda 14Tr
- Škoda 14TrM
- Škoda 15Tr
- PNTKM - 1 unit, out of service
- Solaris Trollino 15AC - low-floor trolleybus
- MAZ-ETON Amber 203T Vilnis 12AC
Routes
No. Route 1 Karoliniškės–Žvėrynas–Vilnius railway station 2 Saulėtekis–Žygimantų g.–Vilnius railway station 3 Antakalnis–Žygimantų g.–Žvėrynas–Karoliniškės 4 Žemieji Paneriai–Antakalnis 6 Žirmūnai–Kalvarijų g.–Jono Basanavičiaus g.–Žemieji Paneriai 7 Pašilaičiai–Justiniškės–Žvėrynas–Vilnius railway station 9 Karoliniškės–Šeimyniškių g.–Šiaurės miestelis 10 Antakalnis–Kalvarijų g.–Naujininkai 11 Antakalnis–Kalvarijų g.–Karoliniškės–Pašilaičiai 12 Žirmūnai–Šeimyniškių g.–Jono Basanavičiaus g.–Žemieji Paneriai 13 Pašilaičiai–Justiniškės–Žemieji Paneriai 14 Saulėtekis–Žygimantų g.–Jono Basanavičiaus g.–Gerosios Vilties st. 15 Stotis-Žemieji Paneriai–Titnago g. 16 Pašilaičiai–Lazdynai–Vilnius railway station 17 Žirmūnai–Naujininkai 18 Pašilaičiai–Justiniškės–Žemieji Paneriai–Titnago g. 19 Pašilaičiai–Konstitucijos prospektas–Antakalnis–Saulėtekis 20 Žirmūnai–Žygimantų g.–Pylimo g.–Vilnius railway station 21 Saulėtekis–Šilo tiltas–Žirmūnai[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Vilnius Transport trolleybus routes". Vilnius Transport. 2015-04-17.
External links
- Official website (Lithuanian)/(English)