Trolleybuses in Ruse
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| Ruse trolleybus system | |
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| Two ZiU-9 trolleybuses in Ruse, with Lada taxi at left and the Pantheon behind, 1993. | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Ruse, Bulgaria |
| Open | 9 September 1988 |
| Status | Open |
| Routes | 8 |
| Operator(s) | ЕГГЕД Русе АД (Egged Ruse JS Co) |
| Infrastructure | |
| Stock | 45 trolleybuses |
| Overview | |
| Website | Egged Ruse (English) |
The Ruse trolleybus system (Bulgarian: Русе Тролейбусен транспорт) forms part of the public transport network of the city and municipality of Ruse, the fifth most populous city in Bulgaria. Opened in 1988, the system currently has eight lines.
Services
The Ruse trolleybus lines as of 2012 were:[1]
- 2: "Treti Mart" Blvrd. – "Sent Uan" Str. – "Nikolaevska" Str. – "Skobelev" Blvrd. – "Lipnik" Blvrd.
- 9: Charodeika South Residential District – "Hristo Botev" Blvrd – "Sefan Stambolov" Str. – "Treti Mart" Blvrd.
- 13: Drujba 3 Residential District – "Dame Gruev" Str. – "Tsar Osvoboditel" Blvrd. - "Lipnik" Blvrd. – Shunting yard.
- 21: Charodeika South Residential District – "Tsar Osvoboditel" Blvrd. – "Lipnik" Blvrd. – "Ivan Vedar" Str – Shunting yard.
- 24: Drujba 3 Shunting – "Tsar Osvoboditel" Blvrd – "Skobelev" Blvrd. – "Treti Mart" Blvrd.
- 25:"Riga" Hotel - Ferdinand Blvrd. – "Skobelev" Blvrd. – "Borisova" Str – "Bulgaria" Blvrd. – "Dame Gruev" Str. – Drujba 3 Residential District.
- 27: Drujba 3 – "Hristo Botev" Blvrd. – "Syedinenie" Blvrd. – "Tutrakan" Blvrd.
- 29: Charodeika South Residential District – "Hristo Botev" Blvrd. – "Syedinenie" Blvrd. – "Pliska" Str. – "Tutrakan" Blvrd.
Fleet
As of 2012, the Ruse trolleybus fleet had 45 trolleybuses:
- ZiU-9 - 2 units;
- Škoda 14Tr - 2 units;
- Iveco 2470 Socimi - 23 units;
- FBW 91T - 8 units;
- Neoplan N6020 - 7 units;
- Mercedes-Benz O 405 GTD - 2 units;
- FBW / SWS / R & J / Gangloff / MFO - 1 unit.
See also
References
- ↑ "Schedules". Egged Ruse website. Egged Ruse JS Co. Retrieved 28 January 2012. (English)
External links
Media related to Trolleybuses in Ruse at Wikimedia Commons
- Trolleybus city: Ruse (Bulgarien) at Trolleymotion (English)
- Ruse database / photo gallery and Ruse trolleybus list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
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Coordinates: 43°51′N 25°58′E / 43.850°N 25.967°E
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