The Ganja trolleybus system was a system of
trolleybuses forming part of the
public transport arrangements in
Ganja
Ganja (, ; ) is one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for marijuana. Its usage in English dates to before 1689.
Etymology
''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi/Urdu ( hi, गांजा, links=no, ur, , links=no, IPA: aːɲd͡ ...
, the
second most populous city in
Azerbaijan, for most of the second half of the 20th century.
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History
The system was opened on 1 May 1955. At its height, it consisted of eight lines, and had a total length of . It was closed in 2004.[
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Services
During the final stages of the system's operation, only route 7 was still served by trolleybuses, during the rush hour peak period.
Fleet
The Ganja trolleybus fleet in the period leading up to the system's closure was made up of 9 vehicles of types Škoda 9Tr
Škoda means ''pity'' in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to:
Czech brands and enterprises
* Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav
** Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto respons ...
and ZiU-682
ZiU-9, or ZIU-9 (Cyrillic: ЗиУ-9) is a Soviet (and later Russian) trolleybus. Other names for the ZiU-9 are ZiU-682 and HTI-682 (Cyrillic: ЗиУ-682 and ХТИ-682). The ZiU acronym stands for ''Zavod imeni Uritskogo'', which is a plant nam ...
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* MTB-82
* Škoda 14Tr
* ZiU-5
* ZiU-9
]
See also
* History of Ganja, Azerbaijan
* List of trolleybus systems
*Trams in Ganja, Azerbaijan
The Ganja tramway network was a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Ganja, the second most populous city in Azerbaijan, for more than 40 years in the mid 20th century.
History
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