List of cities that no longer have trolleybuses
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This is a list of cities that had trolleybuses at a time in the past, and do not have them anymore.
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Australia
- Adelaide 1932-1963
- Brisbane 1951-1969
- Hobart 1935-1968
- Launceston 1950-1968
- Perth 1933-1938
- Sydney 1937-1959
Austria
- Gmünd, Lower Austria - (July 16, 1907-July 14, 1916)
- Graz - (October 1, 1941-August 26, 1967)
- Innsbruck - (April 8, 1944-February 29 1976); reintroduced December 17, 1988
- Judenburg - (1910-1914)
- Kapfenberg - (July 1, 1944-March 31, 2002)
- Klagenfurt - (August 6, 1944-April 16, 1963)
- Klosterneuburg - (May 22, 1908-December 1919)
- Leoben - (March 1, 1949-July 13, 1973)
- Sankt Lambrecht - (November 16 1945-April 21, 1951)
- Vienna (October 14, 1908-October 30, 1938 and October 9, 1946-December 3, 1958) [1] (http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a8601792/obus.html)
Belgium
Canada
- Calgary, Alberta (1947-1975)
- Victoria, British Columbia (1945 demo)
- Winnipeg, Manitoba (1938-1970)
- Halifax, Nova Scotia (1949-1969)
- Cornwall, Ontario (1949-1970)
- Kitchener, Ontario (1947-1973)
- Ottawa, Ontario (1951-1959)
- Thunder Bay, Ontario (1947-1972)
- Toronto, Ontario (1922-1925, 1947-1993)
- Windsor, Ontario (1922-1926)
- Montreal, Quebec (1937-1966)
- Regina, Saskatchewan (1947-1966)
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (1948-1974)
China
- Shenyang (1951-1999)
- Tianjin (1951-1995)
- Qiqiha (1959-2002)
- Jilin (1960-2000)
- Nanjing (1960-1996)
- Benxi (1960-1996)
- Chengdu (1962-1997)
- Fuzhou (1983-2001)
- Anshan (1974-1999)
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany and the Free City of Danzig
Also including cities ceeded to Poland & the Soviet Union after 1945.
List not complete.
The numbers (00) before the City name list acquisition of Trolleybuses.
- XX Breslau 1 June 1912 - 1913, after the Second World War to Poland as Wrocław (see section Poland)
- 01 Mettmann 28 August 1930 - February 1952
- 02 Idar-Oberstein 22 February1932 - 11 March 1969
- 03 Berlin 24 December1933 - 22 March 1965 West Berlin, in the East Berlin trolleybuses remained till 1980
- 04 Oldenburg 26 September1936 - 26 October1957
- XX Insterburg 27 November 1936 - 1945 to Soviet Union as Černjahovsk
- 05 Hanover 6 June1937 - 10 May 1958
- 06 Leipzig 29 July1938 - 31 May 1975
- 07 Zwickau 1 December1938 - 31 August 1977
- XX Allenstein 1 September 1939 - 1945 to Poland as Olsztyn (see section Poland)
- 08 Gera 2 November1939 - 14 December 1977
- 09 Trier 20 January1940 - 27 May 1970
- 11 Gießen/Lahn 18 June1940 - 23 December 1968
- 12 Koblenz 17 July1941 - 30 October 1970
- 13 Siegen 16 October1941 - 4 January 1969
- 14 Pirmasens 25 November1941 - 12 October 1967
- 15 Dortmund 29 May1942 - 17 June 1967
- XX Landsberg an der Warthe July 1943 - 30 January 1945 to Poland as Gorzów Wielkopolski (network was not rebuilt after the war, see section Poland)
- 16 Hildesheim 7 August1943 - 30 May 1969
- XX Liegnitz 10 September 1943 - January 1945 to Poland as Legnica (see Poland)
- XX Danzig 18 September 1943 - 1945 to Poland as Gdańsk (network was not rebuilt after the war, see section Poland)
- 17 Wilhelmshaven 1 October1943 - 31 October 1960
- 18 Flensburg 9 October1943 - 15 September1959
- XX Königsberg 15 October 1943 - 27 January 1945 to Soviet Union as Kaliningrad (Trolleybuses re-introduced in the 1970´s >>see Soviet Union).
- 19 Augsburg 28 October1943 - 17 March1957
- 20 Aachen 2 January1944 - 13 September 1944; 1 August 1948 - 3 February1974
- 21 Frankfurt/Main 6 January1944 - 17 October1959
- 22 Darmstadt 1 March1944 - 16 April1963
- 23 Bielefeld 27 May1944 - 8 November1968
- 25 Kiel 28 May1944 - 15 April1964
- 26 Kassel 12 July1944 - February 1945; 1 October 1947 - 27 May1962
- XX Waldenburg (Schlesien) 27 October 1944 - January 1945 to Poland as Walbrzych (see section Poland)
- 34 München 28 April 1948 - 28 April 1966
- 41 Hamburg 28 April 1949 - 18 January 1958
- 48 Potsdam 1949 - February 1995
Italy
List not complete.
- Mestre (included route to Venice)
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
- Gdańsk 18 September 1943 - 1945 Part of Germany until 1945. See Danzig, Germany
- Gorzów Wielkopolski 23 July 1943 - 30 January 1945 Part of Germany until 1945. See Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany
- Dębica 1988 - 1990
- Legnica 1943 - 1945; 1949 - 1956 Part of Germany until 1945. See Liegnitz, Germany
- Olsztyn 1939 - 1945; 10 December 1946 - 1 August 1971 Part of Germany until 1945. See Allenstein, Germany
- Poznań 12 February 1930 - 20 January 1945; 1 March 1946 - 29 March 1970
- Slupsk 22 July 1985 - 18 October 1999
- Walbrzych 22 October 1944 - 29 September 1973 Part of Germany until 1945. See Waldenburg, Germany
- Warsaw 5 January 1946 - 1 July 1973; 1 June 1983 - 31 August1995
- Wrocław 1 July 1912 - 1913 Part of Germany until 1945. See Breslau, Germany
Slovenia
Turkey
United Kingdom
(Source: Web page http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bruce.lake/TBus_Systems/uk_trolleybus_systems.htm retrieved December 6, 2004)
- Aberdare (1914-1925)
- Ashton-under-Lyne (1925-1966)
- Belfast (1938-1968)
- Birmingham (1922-1951)
- Bournemouth (1933-1969)
- Bradford (1911-1972)
- Brighton (1939-1961)
- Cardiff (1942-1970)
- Chesterfield (1927-1938)
- Cleethorpes (1937-1960)
- Darlington (1926-1957)
- Derby (1932-1967)
- Doncaster (1928-1963)
- Dundee (1912-1914)
- Glasgow (1949-1967)
- Grimsby (1926-1960)
- Halifax (1921-1926)
- Hastings (1928-1959)
- Huddersfield (1933-1968)
- Ipswich (1923-1963)
- Keighley (1913-1932)
- Kingston-upon-Hull (1937-1964)
- Leeds (1911-1928)
- Llanelli (1932-1952)
- London (1931-1962)
- Maidstone (1928-1967)
- Manchester (1938-1966)
- Mexborough & Swinton (1915-1961)
- Newcastle upon Tyne (1935-1966)
- Nottingham (1927-1966)
- Notts & Derby (1932-1953)
- Oldham (1925-1926)
- Pontypridd (1930-1957)
- Portsmouth (1934-1963)
- Ramsbottom (1913-1931)
- Reading (1936-1968)
- Rhondda (1914-1915)
- Rotherham (1912-1965)
- St Helens (1927-1958)
- Southend-on-Sea (1925-1954)
- South Lancashire (1930-1958)
- South Shields (1936-1964)
- Stockport (1913-1920)
- Teesside (1919-1971)
- Walsall (1931-1970)
- West Hartlepool (1924-1953)
- Wigan (1925-1931)
- Wolverhampton (1923-1967)
- York (1920-1935)
United States
- Birmingham, Alabama (1947-1958)
- Little Rock, Arkansas (1947-1956)
- Los Angeles, California (1910-1915, 1922 demo, 1937 demo, 1947-1963)
- Denver, Colorado (1940-1955)
- New Haven, Connecticut (1903 demo)
- Wilmington, Delaware (1939-1957)
- Jacksonville, Florida (electric: 1893-1936, a bus trolley service was revived starting in 1999)
- Pensacola, Florida (electric: 1898-1932, a bus trolley service was revived starting in 1996)
- Atlanta, Georgia (1937-1963)
- Honolulu, Hawaii (1936 demo, 1938-1957)
- Chicago, Illinois (1930-1973)
- Peoria, Illinois (1931-1946)
- Rockford, Illinois (1930-1947)
- Fort Wayne, Indiana (1940-1960)
- Indianapolis, Indiana (1932-1957)
- Des Moines, Iowa (1938-1964)
- Topeka, Kansas (1932-1940)
- Covington, Kentucky (1937-1958)
- Louisville, Kentucky (1936-1951)
- New Orleans, Louisiana (1929-1967)
- Shreveport, Louisiana (1931-1965)
- Baltimore, Maryland (1922-1931, 1938-1959)
- Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1915 experimental?)
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1932-1946)
- Nantucket Beach, Massachusetts (1887 demo)
- Detroit, Michigan (1921 demo, 1924 demo, 1930-1937, 1949-1962)
- Flint, Michigan (1936, 1937-1956)
- Duluth, Minnesota (1931-1957)
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (1922-1923 experimental)
- Kansas City, Missouri (1938-1959)
- Saint Joseph, Missouri (1932-1966)
- Camden, New Jersey (1935-1947)
- Newark, New Jersey (1935-1948)
- Weehawken, New Jersey (1934 demo)
- Brooklyn, New York (1930-1960)
- Buffalo, New York (Dec. 1949-Jan. 1950 demo)
- Cohoes, New York (1924-1933? 1937?)
- New York, New York (1923 demo)
- Rochester, New York (1923-1932)
- Staten Island, New York (1921-1927)
- Greensboro, North Carolina (1934-1956)
- Akron, Ohio (1941-1959)
- Cincinnati, Ohio (1936-1965)
- Columbus, Ohio (1933-1965)
- Cleveland, Ohio (1936-1963)
- Toledo, Ohio (1935-1952)
- Youngstown, Ohio (1936-1959)
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1951-1967)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1921 demo, 1923-2003 suspended for one year starting June 2003)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1936-1939, 1949 demo)
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (1903 demo)
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1939-1947)
- Portland, Oregon (1935-1958)
- Providence, Rhode Island (1931-1955)
- Greenville, South Carolina (1934-1956)
- Knoxville, Tennessee (1930-1945)
- Memphis, Tennessee (1931-1960)
- Dallas, Texas (1945-1966)
- Salt Lake City, Utah (1928-1946)
- Norfolk, Virginia (1921 demo, 1923 demo)
- Petersburg, Virginia (1923-1926)
- Portsmouth, Virginia (1923 demo)
- Richmond, Virginia (1921 demo)
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (1932-1952)
- Merrill, Wisconsin (1913 experimental?)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1936-1965)