Trolleybuses

thumb|A Sunwin trolleybus in Shanghai, on the world's oldest operating trolleybus system thumb|Solaris Bus & Coach|Solaris trolleybus on the Arnhem trolleybus system in the Netherlands thumb|right|Video of a trolleybus in Ghent, Belgium thumb|right|New Flyer trolleybus in [[San Francisco]] A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram (in the 1910s and 1920s), road tram or simply trolley) is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead lines (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded or pneumatically raised trolley poles. Tw

a Czech trolleybus produced by Škoda

articulated trolleybus produced in Škoda Transportation

300px|thumb|World's first trolleybus, Berlin (1882) The Electromote was the world's first vehicle run like a trolleybus, which was first presented to the public on April 29, 1882, by its inventor Dr. Ernst Werner von Siemens in Halensee, a suburb of Berlin, Germany. == Working on electro-magnetic propulsion == In 1847, Siemens told his brother Wilhelm that should he have time and money, he wanted to build himself a carriage with electro-magnetic propulsion. In the early 1880s, he managed to realize the idea, first erecting the masts and infrastructure on site in 1881. Halensee, independent and

single deck, double deck and articulated bus type

thumb|right|300px|A 1st gen ZiU-9 trolleybus in Moscow, [[Russia]]

low-floor citybus from Volvo

Škoda 24Tr Irisbus manufactured by Škoda

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low-floor city bus

The MTB-82 () is the designation of a type of Soviet trolleybus. The rigid buses were initially developed and manufactured by the Zavod No. 82 (Завод №82, Plant No. 82) armaments plant in the Moscow suburb of Tushino. In 1951, series production was transferred to the civilian company Zavod imeni Uritskogo (abbreviated to ZiU), which was located in the Saratov Oblast, RSFSR. This company currently operates under the name Trolza.

thumb|right|300px|1966 ZiU-5

electric bus that charges from overhead wires while driving

Belarusian trolley bus

trolleybus produced by the Polish companies Jelcz and Kapena

French single-decker bus chassis

The MAZ-203 is a fully low-floor single-decker bus. It is a representative of the second generation of MAZ city buses, being a successor to the MAZ-103. It has been built since 2006, there are over 100 models have been built already. MAZ 203 can be found in Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Romania. In Serbia, MAZ has been working in cooperation with local-based company BIK (Bus industries Kragujevac) for the manufacture of BIK-203, a bus manufactured on the basis of the platform of MAZ-203.

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thumb|A ZiU-10 in Tomsk thumb|Moscow ZiU-10 side view ZiU-10 (Zavod imeni Uritskogo, Russian for Uritsky Factory) or ZIU-10 (), also referred to as ZIU-683, is a model of trolleybus, built in Russia. It was manufactured from 1986 until 2008 by the Uritsky Factory, in Engels, which later became Trolza. It is an articulated, three-axle variant of the ZiU-9/ZiU-682. A modified version of the ZiU-10 is the ZiU-6205.

low floor trolleybus in Ukraine

The Chollima-091 () is a high-floor, articulated trolleybus built from 2009 to 2018 by Pyongyang Trolleybus Factory for the Pyongyang trolleybus system. The name refers to the Chollima Movement which in itself derives from the mythological Chollima while the model number means year of development 2009, model 1. Since the 1960s, most of the trolleybuses in Pyongyang were named after this mythological creature. It was first produced as a prototype in 2009 and entered mass production in 2010. It is the most common vehicle in Pyongyang's trolleybus network and the vehicle with the most number in s

Czech trolleybus

trolleybus produced by Hungarian bus manufacturer, Ikarus

full-sized low-entry trolleybus produced by Škoda Transportation

low-floor articulated trolleybus produced by Škoda Transportation

full-sized low-entry trolleybus produced by Škoda

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Swedish bus and coach chassis

Ukrainian trolleybus model