The Vilnius trolleybus system is the one of two existing trolleybus systems in

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. It operates in the capital city of

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, the municipal operator company is ''Vilniaus viešasis transportas Ltd''. 188 trolleybuses are working on working-days, 106 - on weekends.

History

In October 1956 , Vilnius Trolleybus Board was established and a 7.8 km long contact network was built, together with a trolleybus park for 25 trolleybuses. In November 1956, first model "MTB-82D" trolleybuses started to work and drove on route "

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". In 1981, the trolleybus count doubled the maximum service power of the old trolleybus park, thus, encouraging a construction of the second park. The second trolleybus park was opened on 28 December 1985, in the neighborhood of

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and it could maintain 150 trolleybuses. In April 1993, the board was reorganized to UAB "Vilniaus Autobusai" and the owner of the new company was the Vilnius city municipality. From the treasury of the municipality, new "

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" trolleybuses were bought in 1996–1999. From 2004 to 2006, 45 new Polish trolleybuses "

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Trollino 15AC" were bought. On 4 November 2011, the company was again reorganized and incorporated into UAB "Vilniaus Viešasis Transportas". In 2012, new Lithuanian "MAZ-ETON Amber 203T Vilnis 12AC" trolleybuses were made and bought by the company. In 2018 and 2019, 41 "Solaris Trollino 12" trolleybuses were bought.

Trolleybuses

Currently used

Škoda 14Tr The Škoda 14Tr is a Czech trolleybus that was produced from 1981 to 1998. Prototypes were built in 1972 and 1974. After the unsuccessful attempt to merge the Karosa ŠM 11 bus and the Škoda T 11 trolleybus and the cancelled Škoda 13Tr projec ...

- 149 units, since 1986 *

14TrM - 23 units, since 1999 *

Škoda 15Tr Škoda 15Tr is an articulated trolleybus produced by Škoda Transportation from 1988 to 2004, since 1995 in modernized version 15TrM. It is longer version of Škoda 14Tr The Škoda 14Tr is a Czech trolleybus that was produced from 1981 to 199 ...

– 3 units, since 1991 *

Trollino II 15AC – 45 units, since 2004 * Amber 203T Vilnis 12AC – 2 units, since 2012 *Solaris Trollino IV 12 Škoda – 41 units, since 2018

Formerly used

* MTB-82D – 63 units, 1956-? *

8Tr – 15 units, 1960-? *

9Tr - many units, 1967-2006 * Gräf & Stift GE110 – 2 units, 1992-1999 * Jelcz PNTKM – 1 unit, 1998-2011 *

11Tr – 1 unit, 2000 * Belkamunmash AKSM-420 Vitovt – 1 unit, 2010

Routes

References

External links

Official website
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