Škoda 27Tr Solaris is a low-entry

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model produced from 2010 by

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manufacturer ''Škoda Electric'' (subsidiary of

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), supplying electrical equipment, in cooperation with the Polish company

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, manufacturing the trolleybus body. Installation and assembly of the trolleybus is carried out at Škoda's plant in

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, Czech Republic. A similar type of trolleybus with the same chassis is the Solaris Trollino 18 model.

History

The prototype of the 27Tr trolleybus, which was manufactured in 2009, was delivered to

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in 2010 together with two twelve-meter Škoda 26Tr cars. Prototype 27Tr went on its first test runs in Plzeň around Christmas 2009, in Ostrava on February 4, 2010 and was first sent into test operation with passengers on February 11, 2010. As a type, the 27Tr car was approved by the Railway Authority in the first quarter of 2010. The trolleybus has been delivered to various European countries. In the Czech Republic, Plzeň,

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and

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; Sofia, Bulgaria, and Riga in Latvia received 125; and Žilina and Bratislava in Slovakia.

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