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Trolleybuses in Tychy serves the city of

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...

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. It is one of only three

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systems still in operation in Poland and was opened on October 1, 1982. Currently the fleet operates exclusively 21

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trolleybuses Solaris Trollino 12. In the past also

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, Jelcz PR110E and Jelcz 120MT were used. Traction is powered by two

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s (2×800 kW and 3×800 kW). Overhead wiring has a cross section of 12 mm² and it hangs 5.8 to 6.2 m above street.

Lines

The six lines of the present Tychy trolleybus system are as follows:

References

External links

Tychy trolleybus system map
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Official Website of the Operator TLT (Polish)

Gallery on transport.asi.pwr.wroc.pl (Polish)
{{Trolleybus systems in Poland Tychy

1982 establishments in Poland