Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus
The Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus (立山トンネルトロリーバス, Tateyama Tonneru Tororībasu?), officially the Trolleybus Line (無軌条電車線, Mukijō Densha-sen?), is Japanese trolleybus line in Tateyama, Toyama, operated by the Tateyama Kurobe Kankō Company. The line is entirely underground (in tunnel), including both termini. It is one of the only two trolleybus lines in Japan. The line is a part of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, together with another trolleybus line (the Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus line). The line originally opened as a normal (diesel) bus line in April 1971,[1] but was later re-equipped for trolleybuses. The trolleybus line opened on 23 April 1996.[2]
Basic data
- Distance: 3.7 km (2.3 mi) [3]
- Stations: 3
- Double-track line: None
- Electric supply: 600 V DC
- Railway signalling: Automatic signal system
- Buses start while the signal is clear, and the number of vehicles is counted.
- Fleet: 8 trolleybuses, built in 1995–96 by Osaka Sharyo Kogyo (on Mitsubishi Fuso chassis[2]), numbered 8001–8008.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Trolleybus Magazine No. 209 (September-October 1996), pp. 124–125. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
- ^ a b Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 202 (July–August 1995), p. 106. ISSN 0266-7452.
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