World Trolleybus Systems Closed (original) (raw)

WORLD TROLLEYBUS LIST-Systems Closed

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Currently there are some 460 trolleybus systems closed around the world (as at 22 September, 2005)

EUROPE (303 systems)

AFGANISTAN-(1 system)
Kabul 1979 to 1993 (war damage)

AUSTRIA-(8 systems)
Graz 1 October 1941 to 12 December 1967; Innsbruck (1) 8 April 1944 to 29 February 1976; Kapfenberg 1 July 1944 to 15 February 2002; Klagenfurt 1 August 1944 to 16 April 1963; Gmund 16 July 1907 to 1918; Leoben 1 March 1949 to 13 July 1973; St Lamprecht Unknown to 21 April 1951; Wien (Vienna) [1] 14 October 1908 to October 1938; Wien (Vienna) [2] 9 September 1946 to 3 December 1958

BELGIUM-(4 systems)
Antwerp 7 September 1929 to 30 March 1964; Bruxelles 18 April 1939 to 13 February 1964; Liege 1 August 1930 to 9 November 1971; Liege-Seraing* 15 May 1936 to 31 August 1964

* Interurban system

BOSNIA (formerly part of Yugoslavia) [1 system]
Sarajevo 23 November 1984 to 1992

**BULGARIA-(1 system) Kazanluk 1987 to 11 January 1999

CZECHOSLOVAKIA-(10 systems)
Bratislava [1] 19 July 1909 to 1915; Ceske Budjevoice [1] 4 October 1909 to 1914; Ceske Budjevoice [2] 28 October 1948 to 24 September 1971; Ceske Velenice 1907 to 1916; Decin 6 January 1950 to 14 December 1973; Most-Litvinov* 6 December 1946 to 31 January 1959; Most Unknown to 1969; Popad 1 June 1904 to 1907; Praha (Praque) 29 August 1936 to 15 October 1972; Slowakei 1904 to 1904

* Interurban system

DENMARK-(4 systems)
Copenhagen 21 May 1938 to 15 October 1964; Hellerup 1 February 1927 to 17 October 1971; Kobenhavn 2 August 1993to 1997; Odense 8 August 1939 to 19 November 1959

ENGLAND-(44 systems)
Ashton-Upon-Lyne 26 August 1925 to 31 December 1966; Birmingham 27 November 1922 to 30 June 1951; Bolton 29 March 1936 to 25 March 1956; Bournemouth 13 May 1933 to 19 April 1969; Bradford 24 June 1911 to 26 March 1972; Brighton 1 May 1939 to 30 June 1961; Brighton, Hove 1945 to 24 March 1959; Chesterfield 25 May 1927 to 24 March 1938; Cleethorpes 18 July 1937 to 4 June 1960; Darlington 17 January 1926 to 31 July 1957; Derby 9 January 1932 to 9 September 1967; Doncaster 22 August 1928 to 14 September 1963; Grimsby 3 October 1926 to 4 June 1960; Halifax 20 July 1921 to 24 October 1926; Hartlepool 28 February 1924 to 31 March 1953; Hastings 1 April 1928 to 31 May 1959; Huddersfield 4 December 1933 to 13 July 1968; Hull 25 July 1937 to 31 October 1964; Ipswich 2 September 1923 to 25 August 1963; Keighley 2 May 1913 to 31 August 1932; Leeds 20 June 1911 to 26 July 1928; London 16 May 1931 to 8 May 1962; Maidstone 1 May 1928 to 15 April 1967; Manchester 1 March 1938 to 31 December 1966; Mexborough 31 August 1915 to 26 March 1961; Newcastle 2 October 1935 to 2 October 1966; Nottingham 10 April 1927 to 30 June 1966; Notts and Derby 7 January 1932 to 25 April 1953; Oldham 26 Augut 1925 to 3 September 1926; Portsmouth 4 August 1934 to 27 July 1963; Ramsbottom 14 August 1913 to 31 March 1931; Reading 18 July 1936 to 3 November 1968; Rotherham 3 October 1912 to 2 October 1965; St Helens 11 July 1927 to 30 June 1958; South Lancashire 3 August 1930 to 31 August 1958; South Shields 12 October 1936 to 29 April 1964; Southend-on-Sea 16 October 1925 to 28 October 1954; Stockport 10 March 1913 to 11 September 1920; Teesside 8 November 1919 to 8 April 1971; Walsall 22 July 1931 to 3 October 1970; Wigan 7 May 1925 to 30 September 1931; Wolverhampton 29 October 1923 to 5 March 1967; York [1] 22 December 1920 to 31 December 1929; York [2] 6 October 1931 to 5 January 1935

FINLAND-(3 systems)
Helsinki [1] 5 February 1949 to 16 June 1974; Helsinki [2] 5 February 1979 to October 1987; Tampere 8 December 1948 to 15 May 1976

FRANCE-(34 systems)
Aix-Marseille* 1950 to 1965; Amiens 1946 to February 1963; Aubagne-Cuges* 19 September 1927 to 20 July 1958; Belfort 4 July 1952 to 1 August 1972; Bordeaux May 1940 to 1954; Brest 29 July 1947 to 1970; Chambrey-Chignin* 6 October 1930 to Unknown; Dijon 7 January 1950 to 30 March 1966; Fontainebleau-Samois* 1901 to 1913; Forbach November 1950 to May 1970; Le Havre 1 August 1947 to 29 December 1970; Le Mans 13 November 1947 to 1967; Lyon [1] 1901 to 10 September 1907; Marseilles [1] 22 May 1902 to 31 August 1905; Metz 14 September 1947 to 1 May 1966; Modane-Lanslebourg* 22 April 1923 to June 1940; Moutiers-Salins* 15 April 1930 to March 1965; Mulhouse [1] 9 October 1908 to 14 July 1918; Mulhouse [2] 5 July 1946 to 1968; Nice 30 April 1942 to 12 September 1970; Nimes-Remoulins* 10 July 1924 to 31 December 1927; Paris [1] 1900 to 1900; Paris [2] 1912 to 1914; Paris [3] 7 April 1925 to 8 July 1935; Paris [4] 18 January 1943 to 1 April 1966; Perpignan 21 September 1952 to June 1968; Poitiers 9 August 1943 to 4 March 1965; Rouem 22 January 1933 to 27 June 1970; St Malo [1] 1906 to 5 June 1907; St Malo [2] 10 July 1948 to 30 September 1959; Strasbourg 27 May 1939 to 31 March 1962; Toulon 1950 to 19 February 1973; Tours 4 October 1947 to 30 June 1968; Villey-Varangeville* Unknown to Unknown

* Interurban system

GEORGIA-(3 systems) Poti 9 May 1981 to 1992*; Tskhivali** Unknown to 1992*; Zugdidi 25 February 1986 to 1992*

Note: * Closed due to civil war

GERMANY-(80 systems)
Aachen 2 January 1944 to 3 February 1974; Altona 12 January 1911 to 1949; Augsburg 28 October 1943 to 17 March 1959; Baden Baden 26 June 1949 to 31 July 1971; Berlin [1] 5 October 1904 to 4 January 1905; Berlin [2] 20 April 1912 to 31 July 1914; Berlin [3] West 24 December 1933 to 22 March 1965; Berlin [4] East 1 August 1951 to 1 February 1973; Bielefeld 2 May 1944 to 8 November 1968; Bitterfeld October 1984 to October 1988; Bochum 18 June 1949 to 18 October 1959; Bonn 17 February 1951 to 30 June 1971; Bremen [1] 8 September 1910 to December 1911; Bremen [2] Unknown to 19 June 1916; Bremen [3] 1 November 1949 to 7 November 1961; Bremerhaven 20 December 1947 to 30 June 1958; Darmstadt 1 March 1944 to 16 April 1963**; Dresden** [1] 24 March 1903 to 1905; Dresden [2] 5 November 1947 to 28 November 1975; Dortmund 29 May 1942 to 17 June 1967; Duisburg 18 December 1954 to 28 May 1967; Eberswalde [1] June 1901 to 1901; Elbingerode March 1988 to February 1989; Erfurt 26 February 1948 to 7 November 1975; Essen [1] 8 May 1949 to 23 November 1957; Essen [2] 27 November 1986 to September 1995; Flensburg 9 October 1943 to 14 September 1957; Frankfurt Am Main 28 December 1943 to 17 October 1959; Gera 2 November 1939 to 14 September 1977; Giessen 18 June 1941 to 23 December 1968; Greiz 21 September 1945 to 11 July 1969; Gummersbach 25 November 1948 to 30 September 1962; Hamburg [1] 12 August 1911 to 1 August 1914; Hamburg [2] 27 April 1949 to 18 January 1958; Hanover 6 June 1937 to 10 May 1958; Hildesheim 7 August 1943 to 30 May 1969; Heilbronn [1] 16 January 1911 to 1916; Heilbronn [2] 23 September 1951 to 30 December 1960; Hoyerswerda 6 October 1989 to 30 December 1994; Idar-Oberstein* 22 February 1932 to 11 May 1969; Kaiserslautern 29 October 1949 to 30 November 1985; Kassel 12 July 1944 to 28 May 1962; Kiel 30 April 1942 to 27 January 1964; Koblenz 17 July 1941 to 30 Octobert 1970; Koln (Cologne) 6 November 1950 to 16 March 1959; Krefeld 3 December 1949 to 29 May 1964; Landshut 27 November 1948 to 1 July 1966; Leipzig 29 July 1938 to 31 May 1975; Ludwigsburg 1910 to August 1914; Magdenburg 1 July 1951 to 31 October 1970; Marburg 19 May 1951 to 5 October 1968; Mainz 16 December 1946 12 February 1967; Mettmann 26 August 1930 to 31 December 1954; Minden 19 December 1953 to 20 June 1965; Moers 27 October 1950 to 19 September 1968; Munchen (Munich) 28 April 1948 to 28 April 1966; Munster 1 October 1949 to 26 May 1968; Neunkirchen 1 August 1953 to 31 March 1964; Neuss 23 August 1948 to 31 December 1959; Neuwied 1 October 1949 to 28 February 1963; Numberg (Nuremburg) 15 November 1948 to 12 December 1962; Offenbach 14 July 1951 to 26 September 1972**; Oldenburg** 26 September 1936 to 26 October 1957; Osnabruck 2 December 1949 to 15 July 1968; Pirmasens 25 November 1941 to 12 October 1967; Pforzheim 20 September 1951 to 1 October 1969; Potsdam 2 October 1949 to 16 January 1995; Regensburg 18 March 1953 to 17 May 1963; Rheydt 18 May 1952 to 16 June 1973; Saarbrucken 12 November 1948 to 11 May 1964; Siegen 16 October 1941 to 5 January 1969; Trier 20 January 1940 to 27 May 1970; Ulm 14 May 1947 to 23 October 1963; Volklingen 12 November 1950 to 4 June 1967; Weimar 2 February 1948 to 27 November 1992; Wilhelmshaven 1 October 1943 to 10 October 1960; Wilhelmshaven-Jever* 8 December 1944 to 30 September 1954; Wiesbaden 23 December 1948 to 18 November 1961; Wuppertal 1 October 1949 to 27 May 1972;
Zwickau 1 December 1936 to 10 June 1959

* Interurban system

HOLLAND-(2 systems)
Groningen 27 June 1927 to 9 November 1965; Nijmegen 9 June 1952 to 29 March 1969

HUNGARY-(1 system)
Budapest 16 December 1933 to 1945

ITALY-(46 systems)
Alessandria 1 February 1952 to July 1974; Ancona-Falconara* 1948 to 1972; Anzio-Nettuno* 17 June 1939 to 22 January 1944; Avellino 16 September 1947 to 1 November 1973; Bari 1939 to 16 December 1987 Bergamo [1] December 1921 to 9 March 1922; Bergamo [2] 1949 to 1978; Bergamo-Seriate* 1953 to 1970; Bologna [1] 1940 to 1945; Bologna [2] 1955 to June 1982; Brescia 1935 to 1968; Carrara 5 June 1955 to 26 December 1985; Caserta-Capua-Maddaloni* 1961 to 26 October 1972; Civitanova Marche 25 March 1956 to 1974; Como 18 August 1938 to 7 June 1978; Cuneo 1 August 1908 to 1968; Cuneo-Chiusa Pesio* 20 September 1909 to 31 December 1957; Ferrara 1939 to 25 February 1975; Fermo-Porto San Giorgio* 6 February 1958 to 31 December 1977; Firenza (Florence) 11 November 1937 to July 1973; Gallarate-Samarate* 1904 to Unknown; Genda 13 April 1938 to 11 June 1973; La Spezia [1] 10 February 1906 to November 1909; La Spezia [2] 27 January 1951 to June 1985; Livorno 28 October 1934 to 22 October 1973; Mestre 1941 to 1968; Padova 21 April 1937 to 1970; Pavia 3 February 1952 to 1968; Perugia 28 October 1943 to 1971; Pescara-Castellamare 1903 to Unknown; Pesio Unknown to Unknown; Pisa 20 January 1952 to November 1968; Roma (Rome) 8 January 1937 to 2 July 1973; Salerno 7 July 1937 to 1986; Siena April 1907 to 1909; Tirano-Boscopiano* 1939 to 1943; Torine (Turin) 1931 to August 1980; Torino-Chieri* 4 November 1951 to 22 December 1979; Torino-Rivoli* 13 November 1955 to 4 November 1979; Trapani 1951 to 1970; Trieste 1935 to 19 April 1975; Venezia-Lido* (Venice) 29 June 1941 to 1968; Venezia-Mestre* 1933 to 1968; Verona 1937 to June 1975; Verona-S. Bonifacio* 15 August 1958 to June 1980; Vicenza 22 October 1928 to June 1970

* Interurban system

MOLDOVA (1 system)
**Solonceni 1 May 1992 to 3 January 1994;

NORTHERN IRELAND-(1 system)
Belfast 28 March 1938 to 12 May 1968

NORWAY-(3 systems)
Drammen 15 December 1909 to 1967; Oslo 15 December 1940 to 1968; Stavanger Unknown to Unknown

POLAND-(10 sytems)
Debica 12 November 1988 to October 1990; Gorzow Wielkopolski 23 June 1943 to 31 December 1945; Legnica [1] 10 October 1943 to 1945 Legnica [2] 22 July 1949 to 31 December 1956; Olsztyn 1 September 1939 to 1 August 1970; Poznan 12 February 1930 to 29 March 1970; Slupsk 22 July 1985 to 18 October 1999; Tychy 1 October 1982 to December 1999; Walbrzych 27 October 1944 to 29 June 1973; Warszawa (Warsaw) [1] 5 January 1946 to 1 July 1973; Warszawa [2] 1 June 1983 to 31 August 1995

PORTUGAL-(2 system)
Braga 28 May 1963 to 10 September 1979; Porto 1 January 1959 to 30 December 1997

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND-(4 systems)
Cahirciveen* 1930 to 1932; Limerick 1928 to c.1935; Galway 1 April 1934 to December 1939; Waterford 1927 to 1934

* Interurban system

SCOTLAND-(2 systems)
Dundee 3 September 1912 to 13 May 1914; Glasgow 3 April 1949 to 27 May 1967

SICILY-(2 systems)
Catania 1951 to 27 April 1966; Palermo 28 October 1939 to 1 July 1966

SPAIN-(16 systems)
Barcelona Unknown to November 1968; Bilbao 1940 to 1979; Bilbao-Algorta* 1949 to 1965; Cadiz 1951 to 1973; Catellon 1963 to 1969; La Coruna 26 July 1948 to 4 January 1979; La Coruna-Corballo* 23 February 1950 to 15 March 1971; Madrid 1951 to 196?; Pontevedra 12 December 1943 to 31 August 1989; San Sebastian 19 July 1948 to 24 December 1973; San Sebastian-Tolosa* 6 June 1947 to 11 July 1968; Santander 1951 to June 1970; Santander-Astillero* 17 July 1955 to August 1975; Tarragona-Reus* 2 October 1952 to March 1973; Valencia 18 July 1951 to 21 May 1976; Zaragoza 1950 to 9 October 1975

* Interurban system

SWEDEN-(3 systems)
Goteborg 2 October 1940 to 14 November 1964; Stockholm 20 January 1941 to 30 August 1964; **Stockholm-Kvarnholmen ***14 January 1942 to 29 September 1959

* Interurban system

SWITZERLAND-(6 systems)
Altstatten 8 September 1940 to 21 May 1977; Fribourg-Farvagny* 4 January 1912 to 1 February 1932; Gummenen 1918 to 1922; Lugano 25 April 1954 to 28 June 2001; Thun* 18 August 1952 to 21 March 1982; Val De Ruz 1 September 1948 to 14 April 1984

* Interurban system

TURKEY-(3 systems)
Ankara 1947 to 1981; Istanbul 1961 to 14 July 1984**; Izmir** 1954 to September 1992

WALES-(5 systems)
Aberdare 15 January 1914 to July 1925; Cardiff 1 March 1942 to 11 January 1970; Llanelli 26 December 1932 to 8 November 1952; Pontypridd 18 September 1930 to 31 January 1957; Rhondda 22 December 1914 to March 1915

YUGOSLAVA-(3 systems)
Ljubljana 1952 to 1972; Rijeka August 1952 to 1971; Split Unknown to Unknown

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