RUSSIA: Kaluga trolleybus operator UKT inaugurated a 3·3 km extension of Line 18 on April 29.
The extension runs northwest from Ulitsa Generala Popova to Mikrorayon Koshelev. Line 18 is now 28 km long with 26 stops, offering an end-to-end journey time of 80 min between Dubrava and Mikrorayon Koshelev in the south of the city.
UKRAINE: Bogdan Motors unveiled five articulated trolleybuses for Kremenchuk at its Lutsk factory on March 26. The manufacturer is supplying five articulated 100% low-floor trolleybuses of its T901.17 model, as well as 35 T701.17 vehicles, which are 12 m long. Both models have asynchronous traction drives. The order ...
KYRGYZSTAN: Trolza delivered the first five of 37 trolleybuses that it is supplying to Bishkek on March 23. The 12 m long 5275.03 Optima vehicles have three sets of 1 230 mm wide double doors and capacity for 100 passengers, including 27 seated. In November Bishkek Trolleybus Co ...
RUSSIA: St Petersburg’s first trolleybus route to have wire-free sections operated using battery power was inaugurated on December 12. Route 23 has been extended eastwards from its previous southern terminus to serve Bogatyrsky Prospect and adjacent streets, which currently have no wires. More than half of the 14 km route ...
