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Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden Video of a trolleybus in Ghent, Belgium. A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram – in the 1910s and 1920s [1] – or trolley [2] [3]) is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead wires (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded ...
The first trolleybus line was opened by the former Market Street Railway Company (MSR). The San Francisco Municipal Railway ("Muni") opened the second trolleybus line on 7 September 1941. MSR was absorbed by Muni on 29 September 1944. Most of the current trolleybus system was built to replace MSR tramway lines.
The three Van Hool A330T trolleybuses were delivered between July 2009 [20] and autumn 2010. [21] In January 2010, two of the refurbished Breda trolleybuses were taken to Naples for test running on the wires of the Naples ANM trolleybus system, as the wiring and substations in Bari were not yet ready for use. [22]
An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams. The generic term used by the International Union of Railways for the technology is overhead line . [ 1 ]
Trolley wire may refer to: Overhead line, used to transmit electricity to trains, trams and trolleybuses; Trolley Wire, ...
The commission immediately began construction on overhead wire and ordered 235 new trolleybuses, the first of which started arriving in March 1940. [ 12 ] : 1–1 : 2–3 The first trolleybus went into revenue service April 28, 1940, on route 13 [ 10 ] which ran along 19th Avenue in Capitol Hill [ 13 ] (which is still served by trolleybuses ...
Metro maintains a fleet of electric trolleybuses that serve 15 routes along almost 70 miles [15] of two-direction overhead wire. This is the second largest trolleybus system in the United States by ridership [16] and fleet size. [17] The trolleybuses are valued by Metro both as zero-emission vehicles, [18] and as vehicles well adapted to ...
The overhead lines are supported with lateral suspension lines or extension arms. From 1998, the overhead lines began to be overhauled with modern suspension lines produced by the Czech company Elektroline. Almost 80% of overhead line intersections and junctions were replaced with new parts. These new parts allow trolleybuses to use greater speeds.