Its current is supplied by two overhead cables known as catenaries, sometimes called overhead line equipment ole. It collects its electricity from two special overhead wires suspended above the road using a pair of poles called trolley booms mounted on the roof. The original list has been divided to improve userfriendliness and to reduce article size. Not content with having inspired a new london bus, hilton holloway argues the case for turning it into a trolley bus. Unlike a light rail, which uses rails as a return circuit and operates with a single overhead conductor wire, a trolleybus requires two overhead wires.
Presentday trolleybuses can reach speeds of 6570 kmhr. Arnhem trolleybuses and buses 1 arnhem trolleybuses and buses 2 arnhem trolleybus sites in dutch. The complete listing of all 6302 trolleybuses that ran in sevice in the uk. The trolleybus is an electric passenger transport vehicle.
There are still 340350 trolleybus systems around the world, despite significant numbers of closures during the late twentieth century. Trolleybus, vehicle operated on the streets on rubber tires and powered by electricity drawn from two overhead wires by trolley poles. Tvr opened 28 jan 2001, replacing dualmode bus operation. List of bus models simple english wikipedia, the free. Mitsubishi and toshiba built trolleybuses for mexico city. Obus solingen, one of the few trolleybus operators in germany.
This differs from a tram or streetcar, which normally. North finchley holborn circus via east finchley, archway road, highgate archway, holloway, caledonian road, kings cross, grays inn road on northbound journeys via farringdon road. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Even in seattle the route miles dwindled down from 100 to 26. Ernst werner siemens demonstrated his elektromote in a berlin suburb. In central moscow, the humble trolleybus is arriving at the end of the line. The first trolleybuses were built locally, though after a while the city started buying better vehicles built in the city of yaroslavl on volga river. Opened on 19 june 1952, it is the largest of the three remaining trolleybus systems in germany the others being in eberswalde and esslingen am neckar. Trolleybus simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The most frequent criticism of the trolleybus is the higher operational costs compared to diesel or gaspowered buses.
The last trolleybus ran in new york city brooklyn, to be specific in 1960. Museums in the uk capable of running trolleybuses i. Highly detailed trolleybus 3d models collection for 3d scene and visualizations. Beck is a japanese manga series written an illustrated by harold sakuishi, translated into several languages and spawned a small media franchise. Petersburg trolleybus was testdriven by engineer p. List of trolleybus systems in the united kingdom wikipedia. By the end of the 20th century, only 9 cities in north america still operated them. In 1899, another vehicle which could run either on or off rails was demonstrated in berlin. Due to the high cost of vehicles and the cost of overhead lines and substations, it is economically inferior to the omnibus. Work on the development and use of trolleybuses was carried on in germany as early as the beginning of the 1880s. This is a list of trolleybus systems in italy by regione. With this initiative, the european trolley project calls attention to the trolleybus transport as an important part of sustainable urban mobility in european cities.
A trolleybus also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley is a bus which runs on electricity. Winterthur was the first city in germanspeaking switzerland, which decided to build a trolleybus. Whether you refer to it as a trolleybus, a trolley bus, a trolleycoach, a trolley coach, a trackless trolley, an electric bus, or an electric trolley bus etb they ran in quite a few north american cities. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. A watershed event was the closing of trolleybus services in 1973 in chicago, which once had the largest system in the united states. Solingens trolleybus fleet consists of articulated units built by berkhof of the netherlands 2001, van hool of belgium 2002, and hess of switzerland 2009.
Edited by alan murray this is, perhaps, best described as a modestlypriced 48page a5 landscape picture booklet, containing 44 fullpage monotone photographs of trolleybuses spanning the world, irrespective of political barriers, which have been sourced from a number of reputable international trolleybus enthusiasts. The provision of reliable current collection from overhead wires was found to be the most difficult technological. In particular the uk became completely trolleyless except for museums in 1972, unfortunately just before the energy crises of the 1970s and the upsurge of green awareness which may have saved them. As such this is the only operating doubledeck trolleybus route anywhere globally.
Although it resembles a diesel bus, it is not powered by an internal combustion engine, but by an electric motor. A trolleybus also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram in early years or trolley is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead wires generally suspended from roadside posts using springloaded trolley poles. Work on the development and use of trolleybuses was. After the now usual trolleybus system was introduced successfully in lausanne in 1932, other swiss cities started to be interested in this system. Eu cookie law script 1 this site uses cookies for internal use only and are not used for any other reason nor are they shared anywhere. Trolleybus definition of trolleybus by the free dictionary. Download presentation made to the lowcarbonvehicle partnership, bus working group 6. During my visits in 2004 and 2009, there were also rigid units built by man of germany 198687. This site contains a complete listing of world trolleybus systems with links to the website of each undertaking, system route maps and wikipedia pages. With irina gubanova, lev sverdlin, nina sazonova, aleksandr demyanenko. Trolley, the first european trolleybus project without any available practical battery or fuel cell technology, the only realistic way to use electricity in. Jul 25, 2016 the system started in 1952, route 683 has had non wired extensions at both ends therfore buses drop there poles and continue by diesel engine. Rather than rebuild the system anyway, as most other cities did, solingen chose to replace it with electric trolleybuses in german. Two wires, and two trolley poles, are required to complete the electrical circuit.
Trolleybus line from donetsk extended to makiivka, 7 november 1960. It gets its power for the electric motors that drive the wheels from a pair of power lines above the street. List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries trolleybuses in former soviet union countries trolleybus usage by country list of town tramway systems list of lightrail transit systems list of rapid transit systems murray, alan. It tells the story of a group of japanese teenagers who form a rock band and their struggle to fame, focusing on 14yearold yukio koyuki tanaka, who until meeting guitar prodigy ryusuke minami was an average teen with a boring life. Trolleybus article about trolleybus by the free dictionary. A trolleybus is a normalsized bus that is powered by electricity from a mains supply. Breathe has been certified gold by the recording industry association of america. Tvr, transport sur voie reservee, is the guided light transit system, using a centre guide rail and marketed as trams sur pneus trams on tyres. The single was first released in 2004 it was rereleased in 2005 and charted at number 45 on the us billboard hot 100 and number four on the billboard adult contemporary chart. A trolleybus also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram in early years or trolley is an electric bus that draws power from overhead wires generally suspended from roadside posts using springloaded trolley poles. It gets its power for the electric motors that drive the wheels from a pair of power lines above the street on the roof of the bus are two trolley poles from which electric current flows between the wires and the bus. Separate listsseparate articles in wikipedia have been made for the following countries.
It is distinct from a trolley car, which runs on rails rather than on tires and is thus a form of streetcar. Since 2010 the european trolleybus day etd is being celebrated on an annual basis on the first saturday of the european mobility week. Northend of this route runs to wuppertal were you can. Trolleybuses article about trolleybuses by the free dictionary. 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. Exwalsall trolleybus at the black country living museum. Edited by alan murray this is, perhaps, best described as a modestlypriced 48page a5 landscape picture booklet, containing 44 fullpage monotone photographs of trolleybuses spanning the world, irrespective of political barriers, which have been sourced from a number of reputable international trolleybus enthusiasts, together with two more on the front and back of the card cover. The system started in 1952, route 683 has had non wired extensions at both ends therfore buses drop there poles and continue by diesel engine. A city name in bold indicates a presently existing system. During world war ii, solingens streetcar system, like those in most other german cities, was severely damaged, in fact almost completely destroyed along with the rest of the inner city. This is a list of cities where trolleybuses operate, or operated in the past, as part of the public transport system. The hull trolleybus search is hunting for any hull trolleybuses that may or may not be salvageable.
In nancy, tvr surface guidance only covers a portion of the route, and the vehicles are able to. North finchley hammersmith via finchley church end, temple fortune, golders green, childs hill, cricklewood st gabriels church, willesden green, craven park, harlesden, north acton, acton vale, askew road. As this is a large museum covering an extensive area the trolleybuses and tram provide a useful service linking various sections of the complex with the main entrance. This is a list of trolleybus systems in germany by land. Major north american trolleybus manufacturers were am general, brill american car acf and canadian car ccf, electric transit industries eti, flyer, kenworth, marmon herrington, neoplan, pullman standard, st louis car company and twin coach fageol. Download 532 old trolleybus stock photos for free or amazingly low rates. The principle is similar to that of the tram, but as trams run on rails, they. The network centres on grafwilhelmplatz count william square, and one of its lines extends into the neighbouring municipality of wuppertal. Breathe is a song by american singersongwriter anna nalick. List of trolleybus systems in ukraine wikivisually. Multiaxle articulated trolleybuses are used on lines with heavy passenger traffic, which follow major urban arteries.
This is a list of trolleybus systems in ukraine by oblast. This experiment continued until june 1882, after which there were few developments in europe, although separate experiments were conducted in the u. Trolleybuses article about trolleybuses by the free. German trolleybus site in german frank spindlers photos of europe. Trolleybuses synonyms, trolleybuses pronunciation, trolleybuses translation, english dictionary definition of trolleybuses. Two swiveling current collectors allow a trolleybus to operate up to about fifteen feet either side of the wires. Trolleybus a railless urban surface transport vehicle powered by electrical energy drawn from overhead, or trolley, wires. The trolleybus shares with rail systems the restrictions of a physically defined route. Toms north american canada, usa, mexico trolleybus pix. This is a list of trolleybus systems in the united kingdom by home nation and by regions of england. In the late 1880s a number of small transit systems.
Freze on march 31, 1902, but regular trolleybus services did not begin until october 21, 1936. Also news andor historical information on selected systems, and useful links. The lumbering electric buses, tethered to overhead cables, are a cheap and quiet way to get around the russian capital. In deutschland so gut wie passe in osteuropa hingegen sind trolleybusse mit ihren langen antennen noch anzutreffen. Old trolleybus stock photos download 532 royalty free photos. Englischdeutschubersetzungen fur trolleybus im onlineworterbuch deutschworterbuch. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present. Pervyy trolleybus 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Trolleybuses definition of trolleybuses by the free dictionary. Ein oberleitungsbus auch oberleitungsomnibus, obus, obus, trolleybus, trolley oder veraltet gleislose bahn genannt ist ein elektrisches verkehrsmittel. Replaced by trolleybus route 645 this was the shortest lived trolleybus route in london 86 days route 660. Trolley, the first european trolleybus project without any available practical battery or fuel cell technology, the only realistic way to use electricity in transport is to transmit power via overhead conductors.
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