# List of current operating trolleybus systems

Almost 300 cities around the world have a trolleybus system currently operating. More than one third of those cities are in Russia and Ukraine, and more than half of the revenue lines are in those countries. The trolleybus technology is still widely used in former Soviet Union and, to a lesser extent, in Eastern Europe; while in the Western world this technology has mainly been replaced by buses and did not experience a resurgence, unlike tram technology, in the last years of the 20th century. (For comparison, since 2000 fewer than 20 brand new trolleybus systems have opened, compared to more than 150 new tram systems.) Some exceptions in the western world are Italy and Switzerland.
| Country | Location | Started operation | No. of routes | Notes |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 15 August 1949 | 5 | |
| Austria | Linz | 15 May 1944 | 4 | |
| Austria | Salzburg | 1 October 1940 | 12 | |
| Argentina | Córdoba | 7 May 1989 | 3 | |
| Argentina | Rosario | 24 May 1959 | 2 | |
| Belarus | Babruysk | 30 August 1978 | 4 | |
| Belarus | Brest | 20 April 1981 | 8 | |
| Belarus | Gomel | 20 May 1962 | 31 | |
| Belarus | Grodno | 5 November 1974 | 20 | |
| Belarus | Mogilev | 19 January 1970 | 8 | |
| Belarus | Minsk | 19 September 1952 | 62 | |
| Belarus | Vitebsk | 1 September 1978 | 12 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 23 November 1984 | 5 | |
| Bulgaria | Burgas | 25 September 1989 | 2 | |
| Bulgaria | Haskovo | 1990 | | |
| Bulgaria | Pazardzhik | 1 June 1993 | | |
| Bulgaria | Pleven | 7 October 1985 | | |
| Bulgaria | Ruse | 9 September 1988 | 7 | |
| Bulgaria | Sliven | 24 May 1986 | | |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 1 May 1948 | 10 | |
| Bulgaria | Stara Zagora | November 1987 | 4 | |
| Bulgaria | Varna | 1 January 1986 | 3 | |
| Bulgaria | Vratsa | 1988 | | |
| Brazil | Santos | 12 August 1963 | 1 | |
| Brazil | São Paulo | 22 April 1949 | 21 | Two sub-systems: SPTrans (11 lines) and EMTU (10 lines) |
| Canada | Vancouver | 16 August 1948 | 13 | |
| Chile | Valparaíso | 31 December 1952 | 2 | |
| China | Beijing | 26 February 1957 | 31 | See also: eBRT – Beijing BRT. |
| China | Baoding | 29 December 2018 | | As of 2021, trolleybuses temporarily replaced by battery-electric buses due to construction |
| China | Dalian | 1 October 1960 | | |
| China | Guangzhou | 30 September 1960 | | |
| China | Hangzhou | 26 April 1961 | | |
| China | Jinan | 1 January 1977 | 15 | |
| China | Luoyang | 1 October 1984 | | |
| China | Qingdao | 21 October 1960 | | |
| China | Shanghai | 15 November 1914 | 7 | |
| China | Taiyuan | 1 May 1960 | | |
| China | Wuhan | 20 September 1958 | 1 | |
| China | Xi'an | 9 February 1983 | | Commuting trolleybus line for an artillery factory in Tianwang. |
| China | Zhengzhou | 1 January 2021 | 1 | Only BRT Route B2 |
| Czech Republic | Brno | 30 July 1949 | | |
| Czech Republic | České Budějovice | 2 May 1991 | | |
| Czech Republic | Chomutov–Jirkov | 1 September 1995 | | |
| Czech Republic | Hradec Králové | 2 May 1949 | | |
| Czech Republic | Jihlava | 19 December 1948 | | |
| Czech Republic | Mariánské Lázně | 27 April 1952 | 4 | |
| Czech Republic | Opava | 24 August 1952 | | |
| Czech Republic | Ostrava | 9 May 1952 | | |
| Czech Republic | Pardubice | 20 January 1952 | | |
| Czech Republic | Plzeň | 9 April 1941 | | |
| Czech Republic | Prague | 15 October 2017 | 2 | |
| Czech Republic | Teplice | 1 May 1952 | | |
| Czech Republic | Ústí nad Labem | 1 July 1988 | | |
| Czech Republic | Zlín–Otrokovice | 27 January 1944 | | |
| Ecuador | Quito | 18 December 1995 | 1 | |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 6 July 1965 | 4 | |
| France | Limoges | 14 Jul 1943 | 5 | |
| France | Lyon | 4 Sep 1935 | 9 | |
| France | Nancy | 27 Sep 1982 | | 2000–2023 with partially guided Bombardier Guided Light Transit system |
| France | Saint-Étienne | 1 Jan 1942 | 2 | |
| Georgia | Sukhumi | 3 January 1968 | | |
| Germany | Eberswalde | 3 November 1940 | 2 | |
| Germany | Esslingen am Neckar | 1 April 1944 | 2 | |
| Germany | Solingen | 19 June 1952 | 6 | |
| Greece | Athens | 27 December 1953 | | Piraeus system, which now operates as part of Athens system, was built in 1948 and connected with Athens network in 1988. |
| Hungary | Budapest | 21 December 1949 | 15 | |
| Hungary | Debrecen | 2 July 1985 | | |
| Hungary | Szeged | 1 May 1979 | | |
| Iran | Tehran | 14 September 1992 | 1 | |
| Italy | Ancona | 15 Mar 1949 | 1 | |
| Italy | Avellino | 3 Apr 2023 | 2 | |
| Italy | Bologna | 4 Jan 1991 | 6 | |
| Italy | Cagliari | 22 Feb 1952 | 4 | |
| Italy | Chieti | 1 Aug 1950 | 1 | |
| Italy | Genoa | 1 Jul 1997 | 1 | |
| Italy | La Spezia | 27 Jan 1951 | 3 | |
| Italy | Lecce | 12 Jan 2012 | 3 | |
| Italy | Milan | 28 October 1933 | 4 | |
| Italy | Modena | 21 Jan 1950 | 3 | |
| Italy | Parma | 25 Oct 1953 | 4 | |
| Italy | Pescara | 2025 | | |
| Italy | Naples | 8 May 1940 | 4 | |
| Italy | Rimini | 1 Jan 1939 | 2 | Includes the Metromare, a trolleybus rapid transit line opened (for trolleybuses) in October 2021. |
| Italy | Rome | 23 Mar 2005 | 3 | First era: 1937–1972 |
| Latvia | Riga | 6 November 1947 | 21 | |
| Lithuania | Kaunas | 31 December 1965 | | |
| | Vilnius | 27 November 1956 | | |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 20 April 1944 | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Naryn | 30 October 1994 | | Service suspends every summer, June till September. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Osh | 1 November 1977 | | |
| Latvia | Riga | 6 November 1947 | 21 | |
| Lithuania | Kaunas | 31 December 1965 | | |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 27 November 1956 | 17 | |
| Mexico | Guadalajara | 15 December 1976 | 1 | |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 9 March 1951 | 11 | |
| Moldova | Bălți | 12 June 1972 | 4 | |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 12 October 1949 | 24 | |
| Moldova | Tighina | 1996 | | |
| Moldova | Tiraspol | 1 November 1967 | | |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 29 October 1987 | | |
| Morocco | Marrakesh | 29 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | Arnhem | 5 September 1949 | 7 | |
| North Korea | Chongjin | 20 October 1970 | 3 | |
| North Korea | Hamhung | 1973 | | |
| North Korea | Jonchon | possible late 2000s | | |
| North Korea | Kanggye | 17 April 1992 | 1 | |
| North Korea | Kimchaek | 17 May 1985 | | |
| North Korea | Manpo | December 2019 | | |
| North Korea | Nampo | | | |
| North Korea | Pyongsong | 4(?) Aug 1983 | 1 | |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 30 April 1962 | 12 | |
| North Korea | Sangwon | 29 March 1995 | | |
| North Korea | Sariwon | 19 June 1999 | | |
| North Korea | Sudong | 1979 | | |
| North Korea | Unhung | 1980s | | Commuter trolleybus connecting miners' town to Unhung Mine |
| North Korea | Unsan | 1980s | | Commuter trolleybus in Kubong-rodongjagu connecting to Ryongdae Mine |
| North Korea | Wonsan | 8 September 1988 | 1 | |
| Norway | Bergen | 24 February 1950 | 1 | |
| Poland | Gdynia | 18 October 1943 | 18 | |
| Poland | Lublin | 21 July 1953 | 13 | |
| Poland | Tychy | 1 October 1982 | 6 | |
| Romania | Baia Mare | 16 February 1996 | | |
| Romania | Brașov | 1 May 1959 | 9 | |
| Romania | Bucharest | 10 November 1949 | 15 | |
| Romania | Cluj-Napoca | 7 November 1959 | | |
| Romania | Galați | 23 August 1989 | | |
| Romania | Mediaș | 22 December 1989 | | |
| Romania | Ploiești | 1 September 1997 | | |
| Romania | Târgu Jiu | 20 June 1995 | | System includes interurban line to Bârsești. |
| Romania | Timișoara | 15 November 1942 | 8 | System includes interurban lines to Dumbrăvița and Ghiroda |
| Romania | Vaslui | 4 August 2023 | | |
| Russia | Bryansk | 3 Dec 1960 | 11 | |
| Russia | Vladimir | 5 Nov 1952 | 9 | 'Officially' opened on 7 November 1952 |
| Russia | Kovrov | 6 Mar 1975 | 6 | |
| Russia | Voronezh | 6 Nov 1960 | 4 | |
| Russia | Ivanovo | 5 Nov 1962 | 11 | |
| Russia | Kaluga | 30 Mar 1956 | 14 | |
| Russia | Kursk | 21 Aug 1972 | 8 | |
| Russia | Khimki | 24 Jul 1997 | 3 | 2 routes (out of 3) run between Khimki and Moscow city |
| Russia | Podolsk | 1 May 2001 | 5 | |
| Russia | Vidnoye | 9 Sep 2000 | 3 | |
| Russia | Oryol | 29 Oct 1968 | 4 | |
| Russia | Ryazan | 13 Nov 1949 | 15 | |
| Russia | Smolensk | 8 Apr 1991 | 4 | |
| Russia | Tambov | 5 Nov 1955 | 3 | |
| Russia | Tula | 5 Nov 1962 | 7 | |
| Russia | Rybinsk | 14 Dec 1976 | 4 | |
| Russia | Yaroslavl | 7 Nov 1949 | 7 | |
| Russia | Khabarovsk | 17 Jan 1975 | 4 | |
| Russia | Vladivostok | 29 Jan 1965 | 4 | |
| Russia | Vologda | 22 Aug 1979 | 6 | |
| Russia | Kaliningrad | 5 Nov 1975 | 4 | |
| Russia | Petrozavodsk | 5 Sep 1961 | 8 | |
| Russia | Murmansk | 11 Feb 1962 | 5 | World's northernmost trolleybus system. |
| Russia | Veliky Novgorod | 3 Dec 1995 | 5 | |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | 21 Oct 1936 | 44 | Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 1945 because of war. |
| Russia | Barnaul | 19 Oct 1973 | 5 | |
| Russia | Rubtsovsk | 28 Dec 1973 | 2 | |
| Russia | Chita | 30 Dec 1970 | 5 | |
| Russia | Irkutsk | 6 Nov 1970 | 5 | |
| Russia | Bratsk | 1 Feb 1975 | 5 | |
| Russia | Kemerovo | 25 Sep 1970 | 10 | |
| Russia | Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 11 Jan 1984 | 3 | |
| Russia | Novokuznetsk | 1 Jan 1978 | 4 | |
| Russia | Krasnoyarsk | 5 Nov 1959 | 8 | |
| Russia | Novosibirsk | 11 Nov 1957 | 14 | |
| Russia | Omsk | 5 Nov 1955 | 10 | |
| Russia | Tomsk | 7 Nov 1967 | 8 | |
| Russia | Abakan | 31 Dec 1980 | 12 | |
| Russia | Maykop | 29 Nov 1974 | 12 | |
| Russia | Volgograd | 31 Dec 1960 | 15 | |
| Russia | Makhachkala | 3 Feb 1973 | 3 | |
| Russia | Nalchik | 22 Nov 1980 | 4 | |
| Russia | Cherkessk | 19 Dec 1988 | 9 | |
| Russia | Armavir | 16 Jun 1973 | 5 | |
| Russia | Krasnodar | 28 Jul 1950 | 17 | |
| Russia | Novorossiysk | 1 Apr 1969 | 14 | |
| Russia | Stavropol | 24 Jul 1964 | 9 | |
| Russia | Rostov-on-Don | 18 Mar 1936 | 8 | |
| Russia | Taganrog | 25 Dec 1977 | 7 | Trolleybus traffic suspended since May 2022 due to repairs to electricity substations. |
| Russia | Volgodonsk | 4 Oct 1977 | 6 | |
| Russia | Yekaterinburg | 17 Oct 1943 | 19 | |
| Russia | Chelyabinsk | 22 Nov 1942 | 22 | |
| Russia | Miass | 1 Feb 1975 | 5 | |
| Russia | Sterlitamak | 24 Feb 1961 | 23 | |
| Russia | Ufa | 27 Jan 1962 | 21 | |
| Russia | Kirov | 8 Nov 1943 | 8 | |
| Russia | Yoshkar-Ola | 1 Feb 1971 | 12 | |
| Russia | Saransk | 29 Jan 1966 | 17 | |
| Russia | Dzerzhinsk | 15 Apr 1976 | 5 | |
| Russia | Nizhny Novgorod | 27 Jun 1947 | 21 | |
| Russia | Orenburg | 1 May 1953 | 5 | |
| Russia | Penza | 4 Nov 1948 | 6 | |
| Russia | Berezniki | 14 Mar 1961 | 11 | |
| Russia | Novokuybyshevsk | 4 Jan 1986 | 16 | |
| Russia | Samara | 7 Nov 1942 | 16 | |
| Russia | Tolyatti | 21 Jan 1966 | 21 | |
| Russia | Balakovo | 18 Nov 1967 | 10 | |
| Russia | Engels | 29 Apr 1964 | 4 | |
| Russia | Saratov | 6 Nov 1952 | 11 | |
| Russia | Almetyevsk | 13 Jan 1976 | 4 | |
| Russia | Kazan | 27 Nov 1948 | 16 | |
| Russia | Izhevsk | 6 Nov 1968 | 11 | |
| Russia | Ulyanovsk | 31 Dec 1973 | 7 | |
| Russia | Cheboksary | 7 Nov 1964 | 19 | |
| Russia | Novocheboksarsk | 2 Nov 1979 | 4 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 23 April 2013 | | System in the campus of the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 22 June 1947 | 7 | |
| Slovakia | Banská Bystrica | 24 August 1989 | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 31 July 1941 | | |
| Slovakia | Prešov | 13 May 1962 | | |
| Slovakia | Žilina | 17 November 1994 | | |
| Spain | Castellón de la Plana | 25 Jun 2008 | 1 | |
| Sweden | Landskrona | 27 September 2003 | | |
| Switzerland | Bern | 29 October 1940 | 3 | |
| Switzerland | Biel/Bienne | 19 October 1940 | 2 | |
| Switzerland | Fribourg | 1 February 1949 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | Geneva | 11 September 1942 | 6 | |
| Switzerland | Lausanne | 2 October 1932 | 10 | |
| Switzerland | Lucerne | 7 December 1941 | 6 | |
| Switzerland | Montreux/Vevey | 18 April 1957 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | Neuchâtel | 16 February 1940 | 3 | |
| Switzerland | St. Gallen | 18 July 1950 | 4 | |
| Switzerland | Schaffhausen | 24 September 1966 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | Winterthur | 28 December 1938 | 3 | |
| Switzerland | Zürich | 27 May 1939 | 7 | |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 2 May 1955 | 4 | |
| Turkey | Malatya | 10 March 2015 | | |
| Turkey | Sanliurfa | 28 April 2023 | | |
| United States | Dayton | 23 April 1933 | 7 | |
| United States | San Francisco | 6 October 1935 | 15 | |
| United States | Seattle | 28 April 1940 | 15 | |
| United States | Philadelphia | 14 October 1923 | 3 | |
| Ukraine | Cherkasy | 9 November 1965 | 23 | |
| Ukraine | Chernihiv | 4 November 1964 | 7 | |
| Ukraine | Chernivtsi | 1 February 1939 | 9 | |
| Ukraine | Crimea | 1 May 1961 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | Kerch | 18 September 2004 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | Dnipro | 7 November 1947 | 21 | |
| Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih | 21 December 1957 | 23 | |
| Ukraine | Donetsk | 3 January 1940 | 10 | |
| Ukraine | Horlivka | 6 November 1974 | 3 | |
| Ukraine | Khartsyzk | 4 February 1982 | 3 | |
| Ukraine | Kramatorsk | 18 November 1971 | 11 | |
| Ukraine | Makiivka | 13 November 1969 | 3 | |
| Ukraine | Sloviansk | 19 March 1977 | 5 | |
| Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk | 31 December 1983 | 8 | |
| Ukraine | Kharkiv | 5 May 1939 | 24 | |
| Ukraine | Kherson | 16 June 1960 | 5 | |
| Ukraine | Khmelnytskyi | 25 December 1970 | 26 | |
| Ukraine | Kropyvnytskyi | 4 November 1967 | 7 | |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | 5 November 1935 | 45 | |
| Ukraine | Bila Tserkva | 23 June 1980 | 7 | |
| Ukraine | Lviv | 27 November 1952 | 10 | |
| Ukraine | Mykolaiv | 29 October 1967 | 8 | |
| Ukraine | Odesa | 5 November 1945 | 8 | |
| Ukraine | Kremenchuk | 6 November 1966 | 12 | |
| Ukraine | Poltava | 14 September 1962 | 9 | |
| Ukraine | Rivne | 27 December 1974 | 12 | |
| Ukraine | Sevastopol | 6 November 1950 | 16 | |
| Ukraine | Sumy | 25 August 1967 | 19 | |
| Ukraine | Ternopil | 24 December 1975 | 8 | |
| Ukraine | Vinnytsia | 20 February 1964 | 22 | |
| Ukraine | Lutsk | 8 April 1972 | 12 | |
| Ukraine | Zaporizhzhia | 22 December 1949 | 6 | |
| Ukraine | Zhytomyr | 1 May 1962 | 11 | |
| Uzbekistan | Urgench | 20 October 1997 | 1 | |