Trolleybuses in Gdynia
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The Gdynia trolleybus system serves the city of Gdynia, Poland. It is one of three remaining trolleybus systems in Poland (the others being those in Lublin and Tychy).
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Gdynia trolleybus system | |||
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Operation | |||
Locale | Gdynia, Poland | ||
Open | 18 September 1943 (1943-09-18) | ||
Routes | 18 | ||
Operator(s) | PKT w Gdyni | ||
Infrastructure | |||
Electrification | 600 V DC parallel overhead lines | ||
Statistics | |||
Route length | 96 km (60 mi) | ||
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Website | http://zkmgdynia.pl/ ZKM (in Polish) |
The system was opened on 18 September 1943. It consists of 18 lines (numbered from 21 to 34, and 181, 326, 710 and 723). One stretch with three lines (21, 31 and 181) extend to the neighbouring city of Sopot. As of 2007, its fleet consists of 86 12-metre-long trolleybuses.
The system is operated by the Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Trolejbusowej (Trolleybus Transport Company, PKT) working under the commission of Zarząd Komunikacji Miejskiej (Public Transport Bureau, ZKM).[1]
Every year, the trolleybuses travel over four million kilometres and transport c. 350 million passengers.[2]