trolleybus
noun
trol·ley·bus
ˈträ-lē-ˌbəs 
: a bus that is powered electrically by two overhead wires
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Vilnius is overhauling its public transport with 297 new electric buses and trolleybuses to replace its aging fleet and reduce fossil fuel use.
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Only a few cities that were willing to provide significant operating subsidies, including San Francisco and Boston, were able to maintain better bus networks and some trolleybuses.
—Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
But repairs have been underway; for example, on February 16, electric trams and trolleybuses started running in Kyiv again.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
Modern trolleybuses plying the city’s streets all carry a notice saying they were purchased with funds donated by the European Union.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2019
Metro maintains 70 miles of dual-wire trolleybus corridor, the second-largest system of just six in North America.
—Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
New Flyer recently built a mixed-length fleet of 174 purple trolleybuses for Metro, ordered in 2015 in tandem with San Francisco Muni.
—Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
Standard trolleybuses sell for over $1 million each.
—Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
Height barely clears the overhead wires of train and trolleybus lines.
—Alexander Lew, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2007
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Only a few cities that were willing to provide significant operating subsidies, including San Francisco and Boston, were able to maintain better bus networks and some trolleybuses.
—Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
But repairs have been underway; for example, on February 16, electric trams and trolleybuses started running in Kyiv again.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
Modern trolleybuses plying the city’s streets all carry a notice saying they were purchased with funds donated by the European Union.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2019
Metro maintains 70 miles of dual-wire trolleybus corridor, the second-largest system of just six in North America.
—Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
New Flyer recently built a mixed-length fleet of 174 purple trolleybuses for Metro, ordered in 2015 in tandem with San Francisco Muni.
—Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
Standard trolleybuses sell for over $1 million each.
—Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
Height barely clears the overhead wires of train and trolleybus lines.
—Alexander Lew, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2007
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“Trolleybus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trolleybus. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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