The trolleybus network of Linz, an Austrian city with 204,800 inhabitants, will soon be expanded by a new line: on Thursday, 6 March, the Linz City Senate approved the financing plans for the new trolleybus line 48. Currently, Linz operates …
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Friday Reads – 21 November 2025
• DLR to Thamesmead approved says Mayor (From the Murky Depths) • Stansted Airport to accept London’s contactless tickets (IanVisits) • £7bn East West Rail plan ramped up in design rethink (Construction Enquirer) • Full …
Continue readingBattery & trolley bus operation on Beijing’s roads (UrbanTransportMag)
The Beijing metropolitan area has a population of over 19 million. The traffic problems are enormous and this is accompanied by considerable air pollution. The fact that it has improved considerably in recent years is …
Continue readingBudapest tender for 160 trolleybuses won, to double network size (UrbanTransport)
The vehicles included in this tender are the result of the joint efforts of Yutong and Ikarus, specifically designed to meet the needs of Budapest’s public transport. A significant part of the manufacturing process will …
Continue readingNancy’s new trolleybus line replaces failed TVR: Transport sur Voie Réservée technology (SustainableBus)
On 5 April 2025, at 14:30, the transportation network of the Nancy urban area STAN (Rèseau de Transport de l’Agglomeration Nanceienne – Keolis group) inaugurated the new T1 trolleybus line in Nancy (104,400 inhabitants in the urban area, 420,000 inhabitants in the …
Continue readingMexico City opens elevated in-motion charging trolleybus BRT (UrbanTransportMag)
The “Trolebus Elevado” Línea 11 trolleybus goes into service – A new era for public transport between Mexico City and Chalco. With the official opening of the Elevado Line 11 trolleybus on 18 May 2025, …
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• Second HS2 tunnel reaches Greenford, completing Western Northolt tunnel (Ian Visits) • Nancy replaces single-rail TVR gadget-bahn with modern battery trolleybuses (Streetsblog) • Manhattan Congestion Pricing Not Rerouting Traffic to Other Boroughs (Streetsblog) • …
Continue readingSolaris wins Vancouver Contract for up to 512 new Trolleybuses (UrbanTransportMag)
The operator of public transport in the Greater Vancouver area, Translink, has been working on a project for the renewal of its trolleybus fleet and possible expansion of the system, which currently has a fleet …
Continue readingTrolleybuses Are Being Forgotten in Seatle’s Rapid Transition to Battery Buses (Urbanist)
This March, when Seattle City Light took to social media to celebrate the groundbreaking of King County Metro’s first bus base solely dedicated to battery electric buses in Tukwila, many transit advocates raised an eyebrow at the …
Continue readingNew, stronger batteries to boost Seattle’s trolley bus fleet (MetroMatters)
Electric trolleys are Metro’s original zero-emission fleet. Our 174 “trackless trolleys” are preparing to get a power boost that will increase their ability to travel farther off wire and prepare them for continued service to …
Continue readingThe 7th trolley:motion electric bus conference report (UrbanTransport)
What could be a better place to hold this year’s electric bus conference organised by the trolley:motion association than the Czech capital Prague? Not (only) due to its tourist appeal, of course, but above all because of …
Continue readingTrolleybuses: A growing demand thanks to zero emission operations (SustainableBus)
Trolleybus projects and investments are on a rise in several European countries. Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic are among the countries where trolleybus networks are more diffuse. Significant renewal plans are underway. Also Berlin …
Continue readingBucharest trolleybus system ordered new battery trolleybuses, but infrastructure is decaying (UrbanTransport)
Like stories from other parts of the world, the condition of the trolleybus network in Bucharest, Romania started to look pretty bleak in the last decade. No new investments in the overhead wire infrastructure were …
Continue readingPrague bringing trolleybuses back, inaugurates line to airport amongst others (SustainableBus)
Prague Transport Company has 13 other urban bus lines in various stages of project preparation and, in cooperation with the Central Bohemian Region, the first suburban bus line, which will gradually be converted to trolleybuses …
Continue readingWires Becoming Charging Infrastructure For In Motion Charging Trolleybuses (UITP)
State-of-the-art in motion charging (IMC) trolleybuses are embracing a new technology for a new era of flexible yet high-capacity public transport. These electric buses charge dynamically while operating via an overhead contact network and can …
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