Trolleybuses in Fribourg
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system (french: Réseau trolleybus de Fribourg) forms part of the
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network in
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, capital of the canton of
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, Switzerland. The system also serves the neighbouring municipalities of
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and
Givisiez Givisiez (; frp, Gevesiér ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formerly known in German as ''Siebenzach'', but this usage is no longer common. History Givisiez is first mentioned in ...
, using one line in each case.


History

The current system is the second of two trolleybus systems to operate in Fribourg. The first opened on 4 January 1912 and connected the town with
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. The solitary route, long, was largely rural, and the fleet comprised just three vehicles. It closed on 21 May 1932. It was the first trolleybus system in Switzerland and was the country's only such service for its entire 20-year existence. The Lausanne trolleybus system opened a few months after closure of the Fribourg–Farvagny line. The second Fribourg trolleybus system opened on 31 January 1949 and gradually replaced the Fribourg tramway network, the last line of which closed on 31 March 1965. The individual line sections of the Fribourg trolleybus system went into operation as follows:


Lines

The present system is made up of the following
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s, including dual-mode line 1:


Fleet


Retired fleet

In the past, at one time or another the trolleybus fleet has included two-axle vehicles made by several different manufacturers, including
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.Murray, A.G. (March–April 1986). "Trolley Bookshelf" (long, detailed book review of ''Fribourg en Tram'', by S. Jacobi
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All of these were purchased new except for the four Henschels (nos. 43–46), which came secondhand from the
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, Germany, trolleybus system (in whose fleet they had been nos. 19–22). The first
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vehicles were purchased in 1988–89. Numbered 101–112, they were
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electrical equipment, and they were also dual-mode. They used their diesel engines to operate unwired extensions – sections not equipped with
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– of trolleybus route 2, beyond Moncor to Les Biches and Les Dailles. In 2005, the route section to Les Dailles was fitted with trolleybus wiring, allowing trolleybuses to serve route 2 entirely in electric mode, except for certain weekday trips to Les Biches, which section remained unwired.''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 263 (Sep.-Oct. 2005), p. 121.


Current fleet

A total of 21 vehicles is available to operate trolleybus services in Fribourg, all of them
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articulated buses:


See also

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List of trolleybus systems in Switzerland This is a list of trolleybus systems in Switzerland. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present. Alphabetical list by principal city Trolley freight In addition to trolleybus systems, one trolley-freight (or trolleytruck) system exist ...


References


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