Trolleybus and tramway

Good news for the trolleybus world come from Landskrona, a town in southern Sweden of about 30,000 inhabitants and the only one with a trolleybus system in Sweden, active since 27 September 2003. It is a small network, just 3.4 km long, but important for the town’s mobility. The trolleybus lin...

Just days after finalizing an agreement with TL of Lausanne for the supply of 53 trolleybuses, Carrosserie Hess,, won a tender from Verkehrsbetriebe Biel, Switzerland for the supply of 18 new trolleybuses, including 14 18-meter articulated and four 12-meter single-case (Lightram 12 DC model) trolley...

BVG in Berlin confirms itself as an increasingly customer-oriented company, and thanks to the monitoring of passenger flows and the network has in its continuous improvement measures to ensure increasingly comfortable and reliable travel and to convince more and more Berlin citizens to switch from p...

Swiss Hess has increased its trolleybus order book considerably in less than a month. The Bellach-based manufacturer has signed orders with two Swiss transport companies for a major renewal of their trolleybus fleets in Lucerne and Lausanne, confirming the strong partnership with both networks. New ...

Trolleybus projects and investments are on a rise in several European countries. Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic are among the countries where trolleybus networks are more diffuse. Significant renewal plans are underway. Also Berlin is considering new investments on this ...

With the delivery of the first new-generation 4-axle trolleybus, Metra’s fleet renewal plan for the suburban trolleybus network of EMTU (Empresa Metropolitana de Trasportes Urbanos) of Sao Paulo began. The expansion plan presented in 2023 envisaged the purchase of 80 new trolleybuses equipped ...