Trolleybuses in Prague

Prague trolleybus system
Operation
LocalePrague, Czech Republic
First era: 1936 (1936)–1972 (1972)
Status Closed
Routes 14 (maximum)
Electrification 600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Stock 179 trolleybuses (at maximum)[1]
Route length 48 km (30 mi)
(maximum)[1]
Current era: since 2017 (2017)
Status Open
Routes 2
Electrification 600 V DC parallel overhead lines
A scheme of proposed trolleybus lines in Prague

Prague was the first city in Czechoslovakia to introduce modern trolleybuses. Only a few other trolleybus systems existed previously in the Czech lands – in České Velenice (Gmünd) and České Budějovice[2] – using the same overhead system as the Electromote, the predecessor of all trolleybuses.

Trolleybuses operated in Prague during two separate periods. The first trolleybus system was opened in 1936 and it lasted until 1972, when it was closed.[1] After precisely 45 years, a new trolleybus system was opened in Prague in 2017.

  1. ^ a b c Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. p. 65. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
  2. ^ Schinko, Jan (15 May 2016). "První trolejbus vozili každý den z depa na Pražskou párem koní". Českobudějovický deník (in Czech). České Budějovice. Retrieved 2017-10-16.