Since the invention of the trolleybus, well over 200 different builders of trolleybuses have existed.[1] This is a list of trolleybus manufacturers, both current and former.

Current

Trolleybus garage (depot) in San Francisco, USA, with a range of Muni's trolleybuses dating from 1976 to 2003. On the left is an ETI (Skoda/AAI) 14TrSF trolleybus, which type replaced the non-accessible Flyer trolleybuses in the center. On the right is an articulated New Flyer trolleybus, one of 60 articulated ETBs built by New Flyer for Muni in 1993-94
ZiU-9/682 is the most numerous trolleybus model in the world (over 42,000 trolleybuses were produced since 1972)
Bogdan/Ursus Т701.16 in Lublin
Foton BJD-WG120FN bimodal trolleybus in Beijing
CompanyCountryNotes
Astra BusRomania
BelkommunmashBelarus
BogdanUkraine
BozankayaTurkey
CAIO InduscarPTBrazil
Chongjin Bus FactoryNorth Korea[2]
DINAMexico[3]
Dongfeng YangtseChina
Ekova ElectricCzech Republic
Electron CorporationUkraine
Eletra IndustrialPTBrazil
EtalonUkraine
Foton MotorChina
IvecoItalyFiat Group
IrisbusItalyFiat Group, with electrical equipment by Škoda
GilligUnited Stateselectrical equipment by Kiepe Electric
Hamhung bus repair plantNorth Korea
HessSwitzerland
Kiepe ElectricGermanyelectrical equipment only – usually as a subcontractor to various bus builders as subcontractor for bodies and chassis; however, for Dayton, Kiepe was the lead contractor, and installed its electrical equipment in otherwise complete vehicles built by Gillig as a subcontractor to Kiepe[4]
MAZBelarus
New Flyer IndustriesCanada
PC Transport SystemsRussia
Pyongsong bus repair plantNorth Korea
Pyongyang Trolleybus FactoryNorth Korea
Škoda ElectricCzech RepublicComplete buses with Temsa bodies or electric drive equipment only with various bus builders as subcontractor for bodies and chassis
Solaris Bus & CoachPolandelectrical equipment by Škoda, DP Ostrava, Cegelec, Vossloh-Kiepe and Medcom
SOR Libchavy[5]Czech Republicelectrical equipment by Škoda
SunwinChina
Trans-Alfa (VMZ)Russia
UrsusPoland
Ufa Tram and Trolleybus Plant (UTTZ)Russiaformerly Bashkir Trolleybus Plant (BTZ)
Van HoolBelgium
YoungmanChina
YuzhmashUkraine
YutongChina
Zhongtong BusChina

Former

Preserved vintage trolleybus made by FIAT for the Piraeus-Kastella line in Greece (1939)
1954 CCF–Brill trolleybus in Edmonton
ZiU-5 during the parade of vintage automobiles, Saint Petersburg
Rocar 117E and 217E in Brasov, Romania, 1994. It was one of the most used trolleybus types in Romania in the 1980s until the 2000s
CompanyCountryNotes
4 June Rolling Stock WorksNorth Korea
Alfa RomeoItaly
Almatyelectrotrans-ServiceKazakhstanformerly Electromash
AmberLithuania[6]
AM GeneralUnited States
AnsaldoBredaItalyformerly Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie
Aviant Aircraft FactoryUkraine
Associated Equipment CompanyUnited Kingdom
BerkhofNetherlandsknown as VDL Berkhof in its final years
BernaSwitzerland
BredaMenarinibusItalyformerly Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie
British United TractionUnited Kingdom
Brown Boveri & CompanyCanadausing GM New Look bus bodies
BusscarBrazil
Canadian Car and FoundryCanada
ChavdarBulgaria
Crossley MotorsUnited Kingdom
Daimler Motor CompanyUnited Kingdom
Dennis Specialist VehiclesUnited Kingdom
DesignLineNew Zealand
ELBOGreece
Electric Transit, Inc.United Statesjoint venture between Škoda and AAI Corporation
FiatItaly
Flyer IndustriesCanadabecame New Flyer Industries
FBWSwitzerland
Gräf & StiftAustria
Guy MotorsUnited Kingdom
HenschelGermany
Hispano-SuizaSpain
IkarusHungary
J. G. BrillUnited States
JelczPoland
KawasakiJapan
LanciaItaly
Leyland MotorsUnited Kingdom
LiAZRussia
LuAZUkraine
LAZUkraine
MANGermany
MafersaBrazil
Marmon-HerringtonUnited States
MaterferArgentina
MenariniItalyacquired by Breda in 1989, forming BredaMenarinibus
Mercedes-BenzGermany
MASA (Mexicana de Autobuses SA)Mexiconow part of Volvo
Moscow Trolleybus Plant (MTRZ)Russia
NAWSwitzerland
NeoplanGermany
Neoplan USAUnited States
PegasoSpain
PTMZRussia
PragaCzech Republic
Pullman-StandardUnited States
Ransomes, Sims & JefferiesUnited Kingdom
Richard Garrett & SonsUnited Kingdom
RocarRomania
SaurerSwitzerland
Salvador CaetanoPortugal
St. Louis Car CompanyUnited States
Scania ABSweden
SocimiItaly
SunbeamUnited Kingdom
TatraCzech Republic
TrolzaRussiapreviously ZiU
Tushino Mechanical PlantRussia
Twin CoachUnited States
ValmetFinland
VétraFrance
Viseon BusGermanyformerly Neoplan's trolleybus production
Volgograd transport and machinery plantRussia
Volvo BusesSweden
Yaroslavl motor plantRussia

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. pp. 94–125. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
  2. ↑ "북한지역정보넷". www.cybernk.net. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  3. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 311 (September–October 2013), p. 134. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  4. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 339 (May–June 2018), p. 117. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  5. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 281 (September–October 2008) || p. 109.
  6. ↑ "Vilnius public transport innovates". baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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