List of trolleybus manufacturers
Since the invention of the trolleybus, well over 200 different makers of trolleybuses have existed.[1] This is a list of trolleybus manufacturers, both current and former.
Current[]
Trolleybus garage (depot) in San Francisco, USA, with a range of Muni's trolleybuses dating from 1976 to 2003. On the left is an ETI (Skoda/AAI) 14TrSF trolleybus, which type replaced the non-accessible Flyer trolleybuses in the center. On the right is an articulated New Flyer trolleybus, one of 60 articulated ETBs built by New Flyer for Muni in 1993-94
ZiU-9/682 is the most numerous trolleybus model in the world (over 42,000 trolleybuses were produced since 1972)
- Astra Bus, Romania
- Belkommunmash, Belarus
- Bogdan, Ukraine
- Bozankaya, Turkey
- PT, Brazil
- Chongjin Bus Factory, North Korea[2]
- DINA, Mexico[3]
- Dongfeng Yangtse, China
- Ekova Electric, Czech Republic
- Electron Corporation, Ukraine
- PT, Brazil
- Etalon, Ukraine
- Foton Motor, China
- Fiat Group, Italy
- Gillig, United States
- Hamhung bus repair plant, North Korea
- Hess, Switzerland
- Kiepe Electric, Germany – electrical equipment only with Gillig, United States, as subcontractor for bodies and chassis
- MAZ, Belarus
- New Flyer Industries or Flyer Industries, Canada/USA
- PC Transport Systems, Russia
- Pyongsong bus repair plant, North Korea
- , North Korea
- Škoda Electric, Czech Republic - electrical equipment only with various bus builders as subcontractor for bodies and chassis
- Solaris Bus & Coach (with electrical equipment by Škoda, DP Ostrava, Cegelec, Vossloh-Kiepe and Medcom), Poland
- SOR Libchavy[4] (with electrical equipment by Škoda), Czech Republic
- , China
- Trans-Alfa (VMZ), Russia
- Ursus, Poland
- Ufa Tram and Trolleybus Plant (UTTZ), formerly Bashkir Trolleybus Plant (BTZ), Russia
- Van Hool, Belgium
- Youngman, China
- YuMZ - Dnipro, Ukraine
- Yutong, China
- Zhongtong Bus, China
Former[]
Preserved vintage trolleybus made by FIAT for the Piraeus-Kastella line in Greece (1939)
Rocar 117E and 217E in Brasov, Romania, 1994. It was one of the most used trolleybus types in Romania in the 1980s until the 2000s
- 4 June Rolling Stock Works, North Korea (no longer builds trolleybuses)
- Alfa Romeo, Italy
- Almatyelectrotrans-Service, formerly Electromash (Kazakhstan)
- Amber, Lithuania[5]
- AM General, USA
- AnsaldoBreda and predecessors Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie, Italy
- Aviant Aircraft Factory, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Associated Equipment Company, UK
- Berkhof (known as VDL Berkhof in its last years), Netherlands
- Berna, Switzerland
- IT, Italy
- British United Traction, UK
- Brown Boveri & Company (using GM New Look bus body) for Edmonton, Canada
- Busscar, Brazil
- Canadian Car and Foundry, Canada
- Chavdar, Bulgaria
- Crossley Motors, UK
- Daimler Motor Company, UK
- Dennis Specialist Vehicles, UK
- DesignLine, New Zealand
- ELBO, Greece
- Electric Transit, Inc., USA-based joint venture
- Fiat (subsidiary Irisbus is still manufacturing trolleybuses), Italy
- FBW, Switzerland
- Gräf & Stift, Austria
- Guy Motors, UK
- Henschel, Germany
- Hispano-Suiza, Spain
- Ikarus, Hungary
- J.G. Brill, USA
- Jelcz, Poland
- Kawasaki (Japan)
- Lancia, Italy
- Leyland Motors, UK
- LiAZ, Russia
- LuAZ, Ukraine
- LAZ, Ukraine
- MAN, Germany
- Mafersa, Brazil
- Marmon-Herrington, USA
- Materfer, Argentina
- Menarini, Italy – acquired by Breda in 1989, forming BredaMenarinibus
- Mercedes-Benz, Germany
- MASA (Mexicana de Autobuses SA) – now part of Volvo, Mexico
- Moscow Trolleybus Plant (MTRZ), Russia
- NAW, Switzerland
- Neoplan, Germany
- Neoplan USA
- Pegaso, Spain
- PTMZ, Russia
- Praga, Czech Republic
- Pullman-Standard, USA
- Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, UK
- Richard Garrett & Sons, UK
- Rocar, Romania
- Saurer, Switzerland
- Salvador Caetano, Portugal
- St. Louis Car Company, USA
- Scania AB, Sweden
- Socimi, Italy
- Sunbeam, UK
- Tatra, Czech Republic
- Trolza (previously ), Russia
- , Russia
- Twin Coach, USA
- Valmet, Finland
- Vétra, France
- Viseon Bus, Germany (formerly Neoplan's trolleybus production)
- , Russia
- Volvo Buses, Sweden
- , Russia
References[]
- ^ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. pp. 94–125. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
- ^ "북한지역정보넷". www.cybernk.net. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 311 (September–October 2013), p. 134.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 281 (September–October 2008), p. 109.
- ^ "Vilnius public transport innovates". www.baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
| Configuration |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Special uses |
| |
| Technologies | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
| ||
Categories:
- Trolleybus manufacturers
- Bus-related lists
- Lists of manufacturers