List of trolleybus systems in Brazil

This is a list of trolleybus systems in Brazil by Estado. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

 Bahia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Salvador 9 January 1959 June 1968  

 Ceará

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Fortaleza 25 January 1967 February 1972  

 Minas Gerais

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Belo Horizonte 30 May 1953 22 January 1969 Construction of a second system was started, in the late 1980s,[1] but never completed, and the plans were eventually cancelled.

 Pernambuco

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Recife 15 June 1960 24 September 2001 [2]  

 Rio de Janeiro

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Campos (dos Goytacazes) 29 June 1958 12 June 1967  
  Niterói 21 November 1953 10 November 1967  
  Rio de Janeiro:      
  ♦ Zona Norte April 1965 April 1971 (?)  
  ♦ Zona Sul 3 September 1962 July 1968 (?)  

 Rio Grande do Sul

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Porto Alegre 7 December 1963 19 May 1969  

 São Paulo

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Araraquara 27 December 1959 20 November 2000  
  Ribeirão Preto 24 July 1982 2 July 1999 [3]  
  Rio Claro 9 May 1986 July 1993  
  Santos 12 August 1963   See also Trolleybuses in Santos.
SPTrans (urban) São Paulo 22 April 1949   See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo.
Corredor Metropolitano São Mateus - Jabaquara - EMTU Greater São Paulo 3 December 1988   Serves neighboring towns including Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo and Santo André.
See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo.

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References

  1. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 164, March–April 1989, p. 40.
  2. ↑ TM No. 257, Sep.-Oct. 2004, p. 111.
  3. ↑ TM No. 227, Sep.-Oct. 1999, p. 112.
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