Trolleybuses In Córdoba
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. Opened in 1989, the system presently comprises three lines, with a total length of approximately .


History

As part of an ambitious municipal public transport improvement program, the city of Córdoba decided in the late 1980s to incorporate trolleybuses into Córdoba's urban transport system. The Soviet firm "VVO Technoexport" was responsible for the turnkey installation of the trolleybus system, which initially used
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trolleybuses, model 682b, manufactured in Russia by ZiU (Zavod imeni Uritskogo, now
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). The system opened on 7 May 1989. The first operator was a private company named Expreso Emir S.A., while the municipal government (Municipalid de Córdoba) owned the fixed infrastructure (wiring, support poles, substations). In 1990, Russian-made
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articulated trolleybuses of model 683c were added to the fleet. They incorporated thyristor technology, which ensured more effective control. By 1992, Córdoba had 32 conventional and 12 articulated ZiU-brand trolleybuses. The latter vehicles had a capacity of 46 seats and 166 passengers with a total length of 17.5 m. In 2000, 16 Chinese-built Norinco Shenfeng trolleybuses entered service on the system. These did not last long and were all withdrawn by 2013. In 2010 a prototype articulated trolleybus by
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entered service. The latest fleet renewal occurred in 2015 when 7
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trolleybuses were delivered. These include 5 low-entry vehicles of the type Optima and 2 low-floor vehicles of the type Megapolis. Although the system's infrastructure has always been owned by the municipality of Córdoba, for many years it was operated and maintained by private companies – from its opening in 1989 until July 2004, with the exception of two briefs periods in 1993 and 1996. In July 2004, the municipal government took over from then-operator Trolecor out of dissatisfaction with what it deemed to be poor maintenance of the infrastructure and vehicles, under the name Transporte Automotor Municipal Sociedad del Estado (TAMSE), and has continued to operate the system ever since. Over the years, operation of the system has changed hands several times, as the city awarded the operating concession to a succession of private companies, and sometimes temporarily took over the operation itself, before permanently taking it over in 2004. Operators of the Córdoba trolleybus system have been successively: * Private company, Expreso Emir S.A.: from 1989 to 1993 * Municipalidad de Córdoba: For "a few months only" circa 1993 * Private company, Transportes Eléctricos Cañadense S.A. (TECSA): from 1993/94 to circa December 1995 * Private company, Dr. M. Belgrano S.A.: Two months only, December 1995–February 1996 (temporary, at the city's request) * Municipalidad de Córdoba: from February 1996 to late 1997 or 1998 * Private company, Trolecor S.A.: from late 1997 or early 1998 to July 2004 * Municipalidad de Córdoba, under the name Transporte Automotor Municipal Sociedad del Estado (TAMSE): since July 2004


Lines

These are Córdoba's present trolleybus lines:


Line A

* From Barrio Mariano Fragueiro * To Plaza las Américas


Line B

* From Barrio Alto Alberdi * To Barrio Pueyrredón


Line C

* From Barrio Ameghino * To Barrio San Vicente


Gallery

File:J31_229_Calle_Sarmiento,_Obusfahrleitung.jpg, Trolleybus wires along Sarmiento Street File:J31_239_Obuskreuzung.jpg, Trolleybus wire intersection File:J31_240_Obusweiche_mit_Antrieb.jpg, Trolleybus wire switch File:Depósito_trolebuses_Córdoba.JPG, Trolleybus depot File:Trolebus_-_Cordoba.jpg, ZiU-9 trolleybus in 2007 File:Córdoba ZIU-10 trolleybus 38 on Avenida Colón in 2022.jpg, ZIU-10 trolleybus in 2022, wearing the current livery


See also

* Córdoba Metro *
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References


External links

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