Trolza

Trolza
Native name
ЗАО «ТролЗа»
Company typeClosed joint-stock company
IndustryTrolleybus manufacturing
Founded1868 (1868)
Defunct2020
Headquarters,
ProductsTrolleybuses and buses
Number of employees
1,798 (2011)
Websitewww.trolza.ru
Trolza-5275 in Kazan
Trolza-62052.01 [62052Б] in Belgrade, Serbia

Trolza (Russian: ZАО "Троллейбусный завод", abbr. Тролза), formerly known as the Uritsky factory or simply Uritsky,[1][2] was a trolleybus manufacturer in Russia, located in Engels, Saratov oblast.

In the Soviet era it was known as ZiU (Russian: Завод имени Урицкого, Zavod imeni Uritskogo, plant named after Moisei Uritskiy) or Uritsky factory (plant).

ZiU/Trolza has built over 65,000 trolleybuses. Historically, the most numerous models of ZiU production were the MTB-82, the ZiU-5 and the ZiU-9 (also known as the ZiU-682). The ZiU-9 is the most widely produced trolleybus in history. The factory has exported its production to various countries, including Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Greece, Mongolia, Hungary, Serbia etc.

  1. ^ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. pp. 112–114. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
  2. ^ Bushell, Chris; and Stonham, Peter (eds.) (1987). Jane's Urban Transport Systems 1987, pp. 603–605. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0841-1.