Tehran trolleybus system | |
Trolleybuses in Imam Hossein Square: northeast depot vehicle in front, south depot vehicle behind. | |
Operation | |
Locale | Tehran, Iran |
Open | 14 September 1992 |
Status | Open |
Routes | 5 |
Infrastructure | |
Stock | 65 Škoda 15Tr 1 Volvo B10M |
Statistics | |
Route length | 13.9 km (8.6 mi) |
Overview | |
Website | United Bus Company of Tehran (Persian) |
The Tehran trolleybus system serves Tehran, the capital city of Iran. It is the only trolleybus system ever to have existed in Iran.[1]
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The system commenced operations on 14 September 1992[2]
.As of 2005[update], trolleybuses were operating on five routes, all starting at Meydan-e-Emam-Hoseyn (Imam Hossein Square),[3] near Imam Hossein station of the Tehran Metro Line 2.
The two routes running northeastwards, lines 1 and 2, operate almost entirely in a segregated busway located in the middle of the wide carriageway (along Damavand Khiyaban), stopping only at purpose-built stops located about every 500 metres, effectively making these routes trolleybus-BRT (but they are not called such).[3]
Line 1 is the primary northeastern route, and is 6.9 km (4.3 mi) long. Line 2 is an express line following the same route, but serving fewer stops.[3] Both lines terminate at Terminal-e-Sharq.
The other three trolleybus routes, lines 3, 4 and 5, run south from Meydan-e-Emam-Hoseyn along Hefdah-e-Shahrivar (Shahrivar Street) and operate in mixed-traffic. Both route sections are served both by limited-stop services and local (making all stops) services.[3]
Line 3 terminates at Meydan-e-Chorasan, and line 4 continues further south, to Bozorgrah-e-Be'sat. Line 5 branches off Hefdah-e-Shahrivar along Khiaban-e Shush (Shush Street), and terminated initially at Meydan-e-Shush (Shush Square),[3] which is the location of Shush Metro Station on metro line 1.
A 3.2 km (2.0 mi) extension of line 5 from Meydan-e-Shush to Meydan-e-Rah Ahan (Rah Ahan Square) and the railway station there opened in March 2010.[4]
The backbone of the Tehran trolleybus fleet is 65 Škoda 15Tr articulated buses.[1]
The Škodas were built in the then Czechoslovakia in 1991 (fleet numbers 794-828) and 1992 (fleet numbers 921 to 950).
Around 2006, a two axle prototype vehicle was built; it was based on a Volvo B10M.[2]
Tehran's trolleybuses are allocated to one of two different depots; the two groups of vehicles can be distinguished by their liveries.
The trolleybuses used on lines 1 and 2 have a green-yellow-white livery and are based at the northeastern depot, at Terminal-e-Sharq.
Those operating lines 3, 4 and 5 are liveried blue and white (in some cases with yellow highlights) and are allocated to the southern depot, near Bozorgrah-e-Be'sat.
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