Solaris Trollino is a series of low-floor

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designed for public transport, produced since 1999 by the Polish company

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. The power regulation electronics and traction motors are delivered by other companies, such as Škoda Electric,

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, or Cegelec. Solaris Trollino trolleybuses are structurally based on city buses from the Solaris Urbino family , while the production of the electric drive is handled by external manufacturers. Solaris cooperates with the companie
Medcom
, Vossloh Kiepe and Škoda Electric , and formerly also with the companies Cegelec, Ganz and Trobus. In addition, the Czech company Škoda Electric produces vehicles with its own drive, Škoda 26Tr Solaris and Škoda 27Tr Solaris, and formerly also Škoda 28Tr Solaris, based on Solaris trolleybuses. The vehicles can be equipped with an additional drive system, thanks to which they can cover the route without electric traction. These are an additional generator , traction batteries or a

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. More than 1,800 units of Solaris Trollino trolleybuses were produced, which were delivered to more than 40 recipients in 17 European countries. In Poland, these are

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and

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; ) 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 borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bie ...

. The list of cities in which Trollino trolleybuses operate includes

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Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

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and

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Description and models

There are four different length variants (the number indicates length in meters): * Solaris Trollino 12 (also sold as Škoda 26Tr Solaris) * Solaris Trollino 15 (also sold as Škoda 28Tr Solaris) - no longer in production * Solaris Trollino 18 (articulated, also sold as

Škoda 27Tr Solaris Škoda 27Tr Solaris is a Low-floor bus, low-entry trolleybus model produced from 2010 by Czech Republic, Czech trolleybus manufacturer ''Škoda Electric'' (subsidiary of Škoda Transportation), supplying electrical equipment, in cooperation with ...

) * Solaris Trollino 24 (bi-articulated, also sold as Škoda-Solaris 24M) The trolleybuses can be fully dependent on wires, or they can be equipped with

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, batteries, fuel cells or diesel generators. File:Trolejbusy na zajezdni.jpg, Solaris Trollino 12 3rd generation in Tychy File:Solaris Trollino 15AC in Vilnius 15.08.2006.jpg, Solaris Trollino 15 1st generation in Vilnius File:16-08-30-Solaris Trollino 18 Riga-RR2 4510.jpg, Solaris Trollino 18 3rd generation in Riga File:Solaris Trollino 24 MetroStyle (2).jpg, Solaris Trollino 24 prototype

References

{{Reflist Trollino Low-floor buses Hybrid electric buses Buses of Poland Trolleybuses Vehicles introduced in 2002