Trolleybus
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A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead lines using spring-loaded or pneumatically raised trolley poles. Two wires, and two trolley poles, are required to complete the elec
A Sunwin trolleybus in Shanghai, on the world's oldest operating trolleybus system
Solaris trolleybus on the Arnhem trolleybus system in the Netherlands
New Flyer trolleybus in San Francisco
The Elektromote, the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882
Trolleybus usage by country
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As of 2025 there are around 260 cities or metropolitan areas where trolleybuses are operated, and more than 550 additional trolleybus systems have existed in the past. For complete lists of trolleybus
Trolleybus
…currently operating system in the world. With a length of 86 km, route #52 of Crimean Trolleybus is the longest trolleybus line in the world. See also Trolleybus usage by country. Transit authorities in some cities have reduced or discontinued the use of trolleybuses, while others, wanting to add or expand use of zero-emission…
A trolleybus on the new system in Marrakesh, 2017
Trolleybus in Beijing
A Tehran trolleybus at Rahahan Square, on a route section opened in 2010
A type Chollima 091 trolleybus in Pyongyang in 2014