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Trolleybuses in Tychy serves the city of

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bie ...

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. It is one of only three

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systems still in operation in Poland and was opened on October 1, 1982. Currently the fleet exclusively operates 21 low-floor trolleybuses

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Trollino 12. In the past

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, Jelcz PR110E and Jelcz 120MT were also used. Traction is powered by two

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s (2×800 kW and 3×800 kW).

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has a cross section of 12 mm² and it hangs 5.8 to 6.2 m above street.

Lines

The six lines of the present Tychy trolleybus system are as follows:

References

External links

Tychy trolleybus system map
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Official Website of the Operator TLT (Polish)

Gallery on transport.asi.pwr.wroc.pl (Polish)
{{Trolleybus systems in Poland Tychy

1982 establishments in Poland