This is a list of cities where trolleybuses operate, or operated in the past, as part of the public transport system. The original list has been divided to improve user-friendliness and to reduce article size. Separate lists—separate articles in Wikipedia—have been made for the following countries:
Americas Brazil Canada United States Europe (Note: countries not listed here are included in this article; see Contents table below) France Germany Italy Russia Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
This page also provides references that are applicable to all parts of the complete list.
Bold typeface for a location city indicates an existing trolleybus system, currently in operation (temporary suspensions not counted), or a new system currently under construction.
Africa
Algeria
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Algiers 1934 1974 Constantine - -Construction started 1914, not completed. 1921 1963-64 (?) Oran 17 May 1939 1969 (?)
Egypt
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Cairo 1948 22 October 1981
Morocco
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Casablanca 1932 May 1972 Marrakesh29 September 2017Trolleybus Magazine No. 336 (November–December 2017), p. 230. National Trolleybus Association (UK). See also: Trolleybuses in Marrakesh. Tétouan Apr 1950 Nov 1975 Suburban line to Martil.
South Africa
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Bloemfontein 16 December 1915 Oct 1937 Boksburg 25 March 1914 10 October 1925 Cape Town 1930 21 December 1935 - 28 February 1964 Demonstration See also: Trolleybuses in Cape Town. Durban 24 February 1935 11 April 1968 See also: Trolleybuses in Durban. Germiston 19 August 1914 1918 Johannesburg 1930 26 August 1936 - 10 January 1986 Demonstration. See also: Trolleybuses in Johannesburg. Pretoria 1 July 1939 21 February 1972 See also: Trolleybuses in Pretoria.
Tunisia
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Tunis 5 September 1946 15 January 1970
Americas
Argentina
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes (Bahía Blanca) Completed 1954, not opened. TBA Buenos Aires 4 June 1948 30 April 1966 Emir SA, TECSA, TAMSE Córdoba 7 May 1989 See also: Trolleybuses in Córdoba. La Plata December 1954 25 December 1966 Mar del Plata 1956 1963 (?) EPTM, STM Mendoza 16 October 1913 14 February 1958 1915 (?) February 2021 See also: Trolleybuses in Mendoza. EMTR, DMT, M. Fierro, Ecobus, SEMTUR Rosario 24 May 1959 Operation suspended 1 January 1993 – 25 January 1994, during transition to a new operator and fleet.See also: Trolleybuses in Rosario. Dirección Provincial del Transporte. Tucumán 23 July 1955 28 April 1962 Three routes, fleet of 25 Henschel coaches.
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Valparaíso 31 December 1952 Operation suspended 1 December 1981 - circa May 1982, reopened after sale to a new, private operator.Morrison, Allen. "The Trolleybuses of Valparaíso, Chile". Trolleybus Magazine No. 147, May–June 1986.See also: Trolleybuses in Valparaíso. ENT/ETCE Santiago 31 October 1947 ca. November 1978 Also experimental operation in 1940 with a single vehicle. ETS 24 December 1991 9 July 1994
Colombia
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Bogotá 12 April 1948 15 August 1991 Medellín 12 October 1929 1951 An experimental trolleybus line, using one vehicle, operated on the campus of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana from 30 November 2011 until December 2012.Trolleybus Magazine No. 316, July–August 2014, pp. 102–103. A trolleybus system for Medellín is proposed (as of 2013).Trolleybus Magazine No. 307, January–February 2013, p. 22.
Cuba
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes (La Habana /Havana) (18 September 1949) ? Test operation, see note.
Note: Tests began 18 September 1949 along tramway lines using "all-service vehicles" (dual-mode buses) purchased secondhand from Newark, New Jersey, US. The tests did not involve building new or converting existing supply because Havana's tramway had twin-wire overhead. Regular service was not operated.
Ecuador
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Quito 18 December 1995 See also: Trolleybuses in Quito
Mexico
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes SITREN Guadalajara 15 December 1976 November 2025 Limited, free service initially; full service began on 9 January 1977.Trolleybus Magazine No. 95, July 1977, p. 90. See also Trolleybuses in Guadalajara. STE Ciudad de México /Mexico City 9 March 1951 See note. See also: Trolleybuses in Mexico City.
Note: 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.Trolleybus Magazine No. 235, January–February 2001, p. 14. Previous to that, there was an experimental line, for testing without passengers, in 1947 or 1948.
Peru
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Lima July 1928 13 June 1931
Trinidad and Tobago
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Port of Spain 1 October 1941 31 December 1956
United States
Uruguay
Name of companies Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes AMDET (1951–1976)COOPTROL (1975–1992) Montevideo 28 March 1951 26 January 1992
Venezuela
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Transbarca (Barquisimeto) Partially constructed, 2006–2012 (not continuously), and very limited demonstration service operated on one section from November 2012 to circa early 2013, but system did not open for regular service, and project was cancelled in July 2013.Trolleybus Magazine No. 311, September–October 2013, p. 138. See also Trolleybus usage by country#Venezuela for more information. Tranvías Eléctricos de Caracas Caracas July 1937 1949 (?) Tromerca Mérida 18 June 2007 c. mid-2016Trolleybus Magazine No. 330, November–December 2016, p. 188. Introductory service, Sundays only, started 26 November 2006. System opened (regular, daily service) on 18 June 2007.Trolleybus Magazine No. 275, September–October 2007, p 119. Service gradually converted to diesel bus operation in 2015–16; no formal closure announcement, but trolleybus service not expected to resume. See also Trolleybuses in Mérida. Valencia 1941 1947 (?)
Asia
Afghanistan
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Kabul February 1979 1993 See also: Trolleybuses in Kabul
Armenia
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Gyumri 29 November 1962 2005 Yerevan 15 August 1949 See also: Trolleybuses in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Baku 5 December 1941 30 June 2006 See also: Trolleybuses in Baku. Ganja 1 May 1955 2004 See also: Trolleybuses in Ganja, Azerbaijan. Mingaçevir 15 April 1989 31 March 2006 See also: Trolleybuses in Mingachevir. Nakhchivan 3 November 1986 April 2004Trolleybus Magazine No. 259, January–February 2005, p. 12. See also: Trolleybuses in Nakhchivan (city). Sumqayıt 28 April 1961 31 December 2005 See also: Trolleybuses in Sumqayit.
China
Name of system City Province Date (from) Date (to) Notes Anshan Liaoning 1 January 1975 1 July 2000 Beijing — 26 February 1957 See also: eBRT - Beijing BRT. Benxi Liaoning 1 July 1960 1 May 1998 BaodingHebei29 December 2018 As of 2021, trolleybuses temporarily replaced by battery-electric buses due to construction. Changchun Jilin 1 July 1960 1 May 2001 Wuyang Meikuang () Trolleybus Changzhi Shanxi An independent system owned by Lu'an Environmental Energy Development Co., Ltd. serving Wuyang Coal Mine and nearby areas Chengdu Sichuan 1 January 1962 10 January 1996 Chongqing — 24 December 1955 23 May 2004 Dalian Liaoning 1 October 1960 DatongShanxi15 January 19851990s3 km mining commuter trolleybus from Xinergou to Wajinwan Mine opened in 1985; extended June 1988 on both ends from Silaogou to Wangcun Mine for total length of 16 km. Fuzhou Fujian 28 September 1983 14 March 2001 Guangzhou Guangdong 30 September 1960 Hangzhou Zhejiang 26 April 1961 Harbin Heilongjiang 31 December 1958 26 June 2008 Jilin City Jilin 1 October 1960 2000 Jinan Shandong 1 January 1977 See also: Trolleybuses in Jinan. Xiaohengshan Meikuang () TrolleybusJixi Heilongjiang 2016 An independent system owned by Jixi Mining Group Co., Ltd. serving Xiaohengshan Coal Mine and nearby areas Lanzhou Gansu 1 January 1960 6 May 2008 Luoyang Henan 1 October 1984 10 October 2025 Nanchang Jiangxi 1 July 1971 20 June 2009 Nanjing Jiangsu 1 August 1960 10 January 1996 Qingdao Shandong 21 October 1960 Qiqihar Heilongjiang 16 February 1959 14 March 2002 Shanghai — 15 November 1914 See also: Trolleybuses in Shanghai. Shenyang Liaoning 1 November 1951 20 June 1999 Yangzhuang Meikuang () Trolleybus Feicheng / Tai'an Shandong An independent system owned by Shandong Energy Feicheng Mining Group Co., Ltd. serving Yangzhuang Coal Mine and nearby areas. Taiyuan Shanxi 1 May 1960 Taiyuan Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. owned system Xishan Meidian () Trolleybus Taiyuan Shanxi Guandi / 官地线 end at 5 May 2016 A two routes (Guandi / 官地线 and Duerping / 杜儿坪线) independent system owned by Xishan Coal Electricity Group Co., Ltd. serving the factory and nearby areas. Tianjin — 1 July 1951 15 July 1995 Tianshui Gansu 10 July 1958 1961 Wuhan Hubei 20 September 1958 Wuhan Public Transport Group Co., Ltd.-owned system. See also Wuhan trolleybus route 1. Wuhan Gangtie () Trolleybus Wuhan Hubei 1 October 1962 2006Trolleybus Magazine No. 291, May–June 2010, p. 61. An independent system owned by Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. serving the factory and nearby areas Xi'an Shaanxi 1 October 1959 14 January 2009 Xi'anShaanxi9 February 1983Commuting trolleybus line for an artillery factory in Tianwang. Chaohua Meikuang () Trolleybus Xinmi/Zhengzhou Henan March 2016 An independent system owned by Zhengzhou Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. serving Chaohua Coal Mine and nearby areas Niu'erzhuang Meikuang () Trolleybus Niu'erzhuang/Handan Hebei January 2010 An independent system owned by Jizhong Energy Group serving Niu'erzhuang Mine and nearby areas Xingtai Meikuang () Trolleybus Xingtai Hebei March 2012 An independent system owned by Jizhong Energy Group serving Xingtai Mine and nearby areas Zhengzhou Henan 1 May 1979 15 January 2010 1 January 2021Trolleybus Magazine No. 356, March–April 2021, p. 66. New eBRT trolleybus introduced along BRT Route B2.ZiboShandongTrolleytrucks in the Shandong Jinling Mine.
Georgia
Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Batumi 6 November 1978 2005 Included two interurban lines to Makhinjauri and Khelvachauri. Chiatura 7 November 1967 2008 Interurban line to Sachkhere. Gori 30 April 1972 24 March 2010 Included interurban lines to the villages of Tiniskhidi and Ortasheni. Kobuleti Construction started 1990 - 1991 of interurban line to Makhinjauri (terminus of a line from Batumi), not completed. Kutaisi 11 September 1949 25 July 2009 Service suspended 14 January 2007 – November 2007 Ozurgeti 27 November 1980 June 2006 Included interurban line to Dvabzu village. Poti 20 January 1980 December 2004 Included interurban line to Maltakva village. Rustavi 16 February 1971 24 September 2009 Service suspended in 2000 Samtredia 28 August 1982 2000? Included interurban line to Kulashi village. Sukhumi 3 January 1968 Service suspended August 1992 - 1995 Tbilisi 21 April 1937 4 December 2006 Tskhinvali 25 June 1982 December 1990 Zestaponi Construction started 1990 - 1991, not completed. Zugdidi 24 February 1986 July 2009 Service suspended 1992 - 1995
India
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Delhi 1935 1962 Mumbai 11 June 1962 24 March 1971