Trolleybuses in Philadelphia

Philadelphia trolleybus system
A New Flyer E40LFR en route to
Frankford Transportation Center
Operation
LocalePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States
OpenOctober 14, 1923
Operator(s)1923–40: Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company;
1940–68: Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC);
1968–present: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Infrastructure
ElectrificationParallel overhead lines, 600 V DC
Websitehttp://www.septa.org SEPTA

The Philadelphia trolleybus system forms part of the public transportation network serving Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. It opened on October 14, 1923,[1][2] and is now the second-longest-lived trolleybus system in the world.[3][4] One of only four such systems currently operating in the U.S., it presently comprises three lines and is operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), with a fleet of 38 trolleybuses, or trackless trolleys as SEPTA calls them.[2] The three surviving routes serve North and Northeast Philadelphia and connect with SEPTA's Market–Frankford rapid transit line.

  1. ^ Murray (2000).
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference trolleymotion was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Murray (2000), p. 8.
  4. ^ Priestley (1988).