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  World Trolleybus Systems      
  city country opened lines
  Abakan Russia 31.12.1980 9
  Alchevsk/Altschewsk Ukraine 26.09.1954 9
  Almalyk/Olmaliq Uzbekistan 20.12.1967 1
  Almaty Kasachstan 20.04.1944 9
  Almetyevsk Russia 13.01.1976 6
  Alushta Ukraine 1983 2
  Ancona Italy 15.03.1949 1
  Anju North Korea 1987? 2?
  Antratsit Ukraine 27.09.1987 2
  Aqtobe Kasachstan 11.08.1982 2
  Arkhangelsk Russia 14.10.1974 2
  Armavir Russia 16.06.1973 4
  Arnhem Netherlands 05.09.1949 4
  Artyemovsk/Artemiwsk Ukraine 29.04.1968 6
  Ashgabat Turkmenistan 19.10.1964 7
  Astana Kasachstan 18.01.1983 6
  Astrakhan Russia 05.11.1967 4
  Athen Greece 1954 22
  Atyrau Kasachstan 1996 1
  Babruysk/Bobruisk Belarus 30.08.1978 6
  Baia Mare Romania 16.02.1996 1
  Baku Azerbaijan 05.12.1941 1
  Balakovo Russia 18.11.1967 7
  Balti Moldavia 21.06.1972 3
  Bari Italy 1
  Barnaul Russia 19.10.1973 6
  Basel Switzerland 31.07.1941 1
  Batumi Georgia 06.11.1978 1
  Beijing China 26.02.1957 ~20
  Belgorod Russia 03.12.1967 16
  Bendery/Tighina Moldavia 19.06.1993 5
  Beograd Serbia 22.06.1947 8
  Beresniki Russia 04.03.1961 12
  Bergen Norway 24.02.1950 1
  Bern Switzerland 29.10.1940 5
  Biel/Bienne Switzerland 19.10.1940 2
  Bila Tserkva/Belaja Zerkow Ukraine 23.06.1980 1
  Bischkek Kyrgyzstan 13.01.1951 18
  Blagoweschtschensk Russia 22.08.1979 3
  Bologna Italy 04.01.1991 3
  Boston USA 11.04.1936 8
  Brasov Romania 01.05.1959 7
  Bratislava Slovakia 31.07.1941 10
  Bratsk Russia 01.02.1975 6
  Brest Belarus 20.04.1981 7
  Brjansk Russia 03.12.1960 11
  Brno Czech Republic 30.07.1949 13
  Bucuresti Romania 10.11.1949 19
  Budapest Hungary 21.12.1949 13
  Bukhoro/Buchara Uzbekistan 01.02.1987 2
  Burgas Bulgaria 25.09.1989 1
  Cagliari Italy 22.12.1952 3
  Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic 01.05.1991 4
  Cheboksary/Tscheboksary Russia 07.11.1964 18
  Chelyabinsk/Tscheljabinsk Russia 22.11.1942 22
  Cherkassk/Tscherkessk Russia 19.11.1988 6
  Cherkassy/Tscherkassy Ukraine 09.11.1965 5
  Chernigov/Tschernigow Ukraine 04.11.1964 9
  Chernivtsi/Tschernowzy Ukraine 01.02.1939 10
  Chiatura/Tschiatura Georgia 07.11.1967 1
  Chieti Italy 01.08.1950 1
  Chisinau Moldavia 12.10.1949 26
  Chita/Tschita Russia 30.12.1970 5
  Chodshent/Chudschand Tadschikistan 03.11.1970
  Chomutov Czech Republic 29.06.1995 10
  Chongjin North Korea 20.10.1970 ~4
  Cluj-Napoca/Klausenburg Romania 07.11.1959 8
  Coimbra Portugal 16.08.1947 3
  Constanta Romania 05.07.1959 2
  Cordoba Argentina 07.05.1989 3
  Cremona Italy 1940 2
  Dalian China 01.10.1960 1
  Dayton USA 23.04.1933 7
  Debrecen Hungary 02.07.1985 3
  Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 07.11.1947 20
  Dobric Bulgaria 1988 5
  Dobropillya Ukraine 23.02.1968 2
  Donezk Ukraine 03.01.1940 19
  Dsershinsk Russia 15.04.1976 4
  Duschanbe Tadschikistan 02.05.1955 8
  Dzerzhinsk Ukraine 26.04.1985 2
  Dzhizakh Uzbekistan 26.08.1997 1
  Eberswalde Germany 03.11.1940 2
  Edmonton Canada 24.09.1939 7
  Engels Russia 29.04.1964 4
  Esslingen Germany 10.07.1944 2
  Fribourg Switzerland 01.02.1949 3
  Gabrovo Bulgaria 1987 5
  Galati Romania 23.08.1989 1
  Gatchina Russia ?
  Gdynia Poland 18.09.1943 10
  Genève Switzerland 11.09.1942 5
  Genova Italy 01.07.1997 1
  Gent Belgium 24.03.1989 1
  Gjumri Armenia 29.11.1962 1
  Gomel Belarus 20.05.1962
  Gori Georgia 30.04.1972 3
  Grenoble France 01.08.1947 2
  Guadalajara Mexico 15.12.1976 5
  Guangzhou China 30.09.1960 14
  Gyandzha/Gjandsha/Gäncä Azerbaijan 01.05.1955 1
  Haeju North Korea ___04.1986 1?
  Hamhung North Korea ____1973 ~3
  Handan China ? 1
  Hangzhou China 26.04.1961 8
  Harbin China 31.12.1958 9
  Haskovo/Chaskowo Bulgaria 1993 3
  Horlivka/Gorliwka Ukraine 06.11.1974 4
  Hradec Kralove Czech Republic 02.05.1949 5
  Hrodna/Grodno Belarus 05.11.1974
  Innsbruck Austria 17.12.1988 2
  Irkutsk Russia 06.11.1970 10
  Ivanowo Russia 06.11.1962 10
  Iwano-Frankowsk Ukraine 31.12.1983 8
  Izhevsk Russia 06.11.1968 11
  Jihlava Czech Republic 19.12.1948 5
  Jinan China ____1.1977 4
  Ji`xi Hengshan China ? 1
  Kaesong North Korea
  Kaliningrad Russia 05.11.1975 6
  Kaluga Russia 30.03.1956 17
  Kamensk-Uralskij Russia 01.11.1956 4
  Kanggye North Korea 17.04.1992 1
  Kapsan North Korea 12.10. 94?
  Kathmandu Nepal 28.12.1975 1
  Kaunas Lithuania 31.12.1965 16
  Kazan Russia 27.11.1948 14
  Kemerovo Russia 25.09.1970 6
  Kerch/Kertsch Ukraine 18.09.2004 1
  Khabarovsk/Chabarowsk Russia 17.01.1975 5
  Kharkiv/Charkiw Ukraine 05.05.1939 40
  Khartsyzsk Ukraine 04.02.1982 3
  Kherson/Cherson Ukraine 16.06.1960 7
  Khimki Russia 24.04.1997 2
  Khmelnitskiy Ukraine 25.12.1970 16
  Kiew/Kyiv Ukraine 05.11.1935 43
  Kimchaek North Korea 17.05.1985 1?
  Kirov Russia 08.11.1943 9
  Kirovograd Ukraine 04.11.1967 7
  Kosice Slovakia 27.09.1993 3
  Kostroma Russia 10.01.1974 7
  Kowon North Korea ___07.1979 1
  Kowrow Russia 10.03.1975 5
  Kramatorsk Ukraine 10.11.1971 4
  Krasnodar Russia 28.07.1950 11
  Krasnodon Ukraine 01.01.1988 3
  Krasnoyarsk Russia 05.11.1959 18
  Kremenchug Ukraine 06.11.1966 5
  Krywyy Rih Ukraine 21.12.1957 25
  Kurgan Russia 24.11.1965 8
  Kurobe-Dam Japan 01.08.1964 1
  Kursk Russia 18.08.1972 8
  Kutaisi Georgia 11.09.1949 4
  La Spezia Italy 26.11.1988 2
  La-Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 23.12.1949 3
  Landskrona Sweden 27.09.2003 1
  Lanzhou China 01.01.1960 4
  Lausanne Switzerland 02.10.1932 10
  Leninsk-Kuznetzkij Russia 11.01.1984 3
  Limoges France 14.07.1943 5
  Linz Austria 15.05.1944 4
  Lipetsk Russia 01.02.1972 7
  Lisichansk Ukraine 07.03.1972 3
  Lublin Poland 21.07.1953 8
  Lugansk Ukraine 25.01.1962 5
  Luoyang China 01.10.1984 3
  Luzern Switzerland 07.12.1941 6
  Luzk Ukraine 08.04.1972 11
  Lviv Ukraine 27.11.1952 13
  Lyon France 04.09.1935 7
  Maikop Russia 29.11.1974 8
  Makhachkala Russia 14.02.1973 11
  Makiyivka Ukraine 13.11.1969 2
  Marianske Lazne Czech Republic 27.04.1952 3
  Mariupol Ukraine 21.04.1970
  Markyn-Kimkol North Korea 10.04.1986 1
  Medias Romania 22.08.1989 3
  Mendoza Argentina 14.02.1958 6
  Mexico City Mexico 06.04.1952 15
  Miass Russia 01.02.1985 3
  Mikolayiv/Nikolayev Ukraine 29.11.1967 4
  Milano Italy 28.10.1933 4
  Mingetchaur Azerbaijan 15.04.1989 1
  Minsk Belarus 19.09.1952
  Modena Italy 21.01.1950 3
  Mogilew Belarus 19.01.1970
  Montreux-Vevey Switzerland 18.04.1957 1
  Moscow Russia 15.11.1933 97
  Murmansk Russia 11.02.1962 4
  Murodo-Daikanbo Japan 23.04.1996 1
  Mytishchi Russia 12.09.2002
  Nalchik/Naltschik Russia 22.11.1980 6
  Namangan Uzbekistan 04.04.1973 1
  Nampho North Korea ___ca.1982 2
  Nanchang China 01.07.1971 2
  Nancy France 27.09.1982 1
  Napoli Italy 08.05.1940 4
  Napoli-Aversa Italy 26.01.1964 2
  Naryn Kyrgyzstan 13.12.1994 1
  Neuchatel Switzerland 16.02.1940 4
  Nizhni Novgirod Russia 27.06.1947 20
  Novocheboksarsk Russia 03.11.1979 5
  Novokuybyshevsk Russia 04.01.1986 8
  Novokuznetsk Russia 06.01.1978 4
  Novorossiysk Russia 01.04.1969 10
  Novosibirsk Russia 07.11.1957 28
  Nukus Uzbekistan 14.12.1991 2
  Odesa/Odessa Ukraine 07.11.1941 16
  Omsk Russia 05.11.1955 14
  Onsong-Wangjaesan North Korea 1
  Opava Czech Republic 24.08.1952 9
  Orel/Oryol Russia 29.10.1968 7
  Orenburg Russia 28.04.1953 12
  Osh Kyrgyzstan 01.11.1977
  Ostrava Czech Republic 09.09.1952 10
  Ozurgeti/Osurgeti Georgia 27.11.1980 1
  Pardubice Czech Republic 21.01.1952 8
  Parma Italy 25.10.1953 4
  Pazardzik Bulgaria 01.06.1993 3
  Penza Russia 04.11.1948 11
  Perm Russia 06.11.1960 10
  Pernik Bulgaria 1987 3
  Petropavlovsk/Petropawl Kasachstan 20.12.1971
  Petrozavodsk Russia 05.09.1961 6
  Philadelphia USA 14.10.1923 0
  Phyongsong North Korea 04.08.1983 2
  Piatra-Neamt Romania 22.12.1995 6
  Pilzen Czech Republic 09.04.1941 6
  Pleven Bulgaria ___7.1985 15
  Ploesti Romania 01.09.1997 2
  Plovdiv Bulgaria __12.1955 6
  Podolsk Russia 29.04.2001 3
  Poltava Ukraine 14.09.1962 14
  Poti Georgia 09.05.1981 1
  Presov Slovakia 13.05.1962 7
  Pyongyang North Korea 30.04.1962 10
  Qaraghandy Kasachstan 30.05.1967 2
  Qingdao China 25.10.1960 3
  Qiqihar China ____1.1959 1
  Qostanay/Kustanai Kasachstan 02.01.1990 1
  Quito Ecuador 17.12.1995 6 + 2
  Riga Latvia 06.11.1947 20
  Rimini Italy 1939 1
  Rivne/Rowno Ukraine 27.12.1974 6
  Roma Italy 23.03.2005 1
  Rosario Argentina 24.05.1959 1
  Rostow-na-Donu Russia 18.03.1936 21
  Rubzovsk Russia 28.12.1973 2
  Ruse Bulgaria 09.09.1988 10
  Rustavi/Rustawi Georgia 16.02.1971 2
  Ryazan Russia 13.11.1949 16
  Rybinsk Russia 14.12.1976 8
  Ryongdae North Korea 10.06.1993 1
  Ryongdung North Korea 04.11.1983 1
  Salzburg Austria 01.10.1940 8
  Samara Russia 07.11.1942 17
  San Francisco USA 06.10.1935 16
  San Remo Italy 21.04.1942 3
  Sangwon North Korea 29.3.1995? 1
  Sankt Peterburg Russia 21.10.1936 51
  Santos Brasilien 12.08.1963 1
  Sao Paulo Brasilien 22.04.1949 20
  Sarajevo Bosnien 23.11.1984 4
  Saransk Russia 29.01.1966 18
  Saratov Russia 06.11.1952 12
  Satu Mare Romania 15.11.1994 2
  Schaffhausen Switzerland 24.09.1966 1
  Seattle USA 28.04.1940 14
  Sevastopol Ukraine 07.11.1950 17
  Severodonetsk Ukraine 01.01.1979 6
  Shakhty/Schachty Russia 30.09.1975 2
  Shanghai China 15.11.1914 >20
  Sibiu Romania 17.08.1983 6
  Simferopol Ukraine 07.10.1959 23
  Sinuiju North Korea ____~1978 ~3
  Slatina Romania 30.05.1996 2
  Slavyansk Ukraine 19.03.1977 5
  Sliven Bulgaria 24.05.1986 5
  Smolensk Russia 08.04.1991 2
  Sofia Bulgaria 14.02.1941 9
  Solingen Germany 19.06.1952 6
  St. Etienne France 01.01.1942 2
  St. Gallen Switzerland 18.07.1950 3
  Stakhanov Ukraine 01.03.1970 3
  Stara Zagara Bulgaria ___9.1988 2
  Stavropol Russia 29.07.1964 11
  Sterlitamak Russia 24.02.1961 16
  Suceava Romania 15.08.1987 4
  Sukhum/Suchumi Georgia 03.01.1968 2
  Sumgayyt/Sumqayıt Azerbaijan 28.04.1961 1
  Sumy Ukraine 25.08.1967 12
  Sunchon North Korea _____1989?
  Syzran Russia 26.12.2002 1
  Szeged Hungary 01.05.1979 4
  Taganrog Russia 25.12.1977 5
  Taiyuan China 01.05.1960 5
  Tallinn Estonia 06.07.1965 8
  Tambow Russia 06.11.1955 12
  Taraz  Kasachstan 10.04.1980 8
  Târgoviste Romania 04.01.1995 2
  Târgu Jiu Romania 20.06.1995 2
  Tbilissi Georgia 21.04.1937 15
  Teheran Iran 14.09.1992 5
  Teplice Czech Republic 01.05.1952 11
  Ternopil Ukraine 24.12.1975 11
  Timisoara Romania 15.11.1942 9
  Tiraspol Moldavia 01.11.1967 7
  Tokchon North Korea 27.4.1990? 1?
  Tolyatti/Togliatti Russia 21.01.1966 23
  Tomsk Russia 05.11.1967 7
  Toshkent Uzbekistan 07.11.1947 10
  Tula Russia 03.11.1962 8
  Tver Russia 05.05.1967 9
  Tychy Poland 01.10.1982 5
  Tyumen Russia 12.06.1970 5
  Ufa Russia 27.01.1962 20
  Uglegorsk Ukraine 08.07.1982 2
  Ulan Bator (Ulaanbaatar) Mongolei 29.10.1987 4
  Uljanowsk Russia 31.12.1973 10
  Unhung North Korea ___08.1988 1
  Urgentsch Uzbekistan 20.10.1997 3
  Usti nad Labem Czech Republic 01.07.1988 10
  Valparaiso Chile 26.04.1982 1
  Vancouver Canada 16.08.1948 13
  Varna Bulgaria 01.01.1986 3
  Vaslui Romania 01.05.1994 1
  Velikiy Novgorod Russia 03.12.1995 5
  Veliko Tornova Bulgaria ___9.1988 3
  Vidnoye Russia 01.05.2001 2
  Vilnius Lithuania 27.11.1956 19
  Vinnytsya/Winniza Ukraine 17.02.1964 12
  Vitebsk/Wizebsk Belarus 01.09.1978 6
  Vladikavkas(Ordshonikidse) Russia 01.02.1977 5
  Vladimir Russia 06.11.1952 14
  Vladivostok Russia 28.01.1965 5
  Volgograd Russia 31.12.1960 13
  Vologda Russia 30.12.1976 9
  Voronezh Russia 05.11.1960 22
  Vratza Bulgaria ___9.1988 4
  Wellington New Zealand 20.06.1949 16
  Winterthur Switzerland 28.12.1938 4
  Wolgodonsk Russia 04.10.1977 9
  Wonsan North Korea 08.09.1988 1
  Wuhan China 20.09.1958 6
  Xiinmi Chaohua China ? 1
  Xingtai China ? 1
  Xi´an China 01.10.1959 3
  Yalta/Jalta Ukraine 30.04.1961 3
  Yaroslavl/Jaroslawl Russia 07.11.1949 8
  Yekaterinburg/Jekaterinburg Russia 17.10.1943 18
  Yerevan/Jerewan (Eriwan) Armenia 16.08.1949 6
  Yoshkar-Ola/Joschkar-Ola Russia 25.12.1970 14
  Zaporizhzhya Ukraine 22.12.1949 10
  Zhengzhou China 01.05.1979 3
  Zhitomir/Shitomir Ukraine 01.05.1962 14
  Zilina Slovakia 17.11.1994 10
  Zlin Czech Republic 27.01.1944 10
  Zugdidi/Sugdidi Georgia 25.02.1986 1
  Zürich Switzerland 27.05.1939 6