Trolleybuses in Pyongyang

Pyongyang trolleybus system

PTWC trolleybus.
Operation
Locale Pyongyang, North Korea
Open 1962 (1962)
Status Open
Routes 10
Infrastructure
Depot(s) 3
Stock More than 300 trolleybuses.

The Pyongyang trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network of Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea, and extends to some of its suburbs.

In operation since 30 April 1962, the system was about 57 km (35 mi) long in 2009 and comprised 10 routes.[1]


Fleet

Most of the vehicles used on the system are North Korean made; some of them based on the Czech Karosa buses. The fleet also includes Hungarian Ikarus trolleybuses, imported as diesel buses and later reconstructed into trolleybuses.


See also

References

  1. "Trolleybus city : Pyongyang". Trolleymotion. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2011. External link in |work= (help)

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