page_title: Trolleybuses in Zürich
section_title: Current fleet
hierarchical_section_title: Trolleybuses in Zürich / Fleet / Current fleet
caption_attribution_description: Zürich-Tiefenbrunnen train station
context_page_description: The Zürich trolleybus system is part of the public transport network of Zürich, Switzerland. Opened in 1939, it combines with the Zürich S-Bahn, the Zürich tramway network and Zürich's urban motorbus network to form an integrated all-four style scheme.
  As of 2012, the system consists of six lines and a total route length of 54.0 km. It is operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich, which also operates the tramway and motorbus networks. Like the other modes of public transport in the region, it is covered by the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund.
context_section_description: As of 2012, the Zurich trolleybus fleet stood at 114 vehicles, of which 83 were articulated and 31 bi-articulated:
  The bi-articulated vehicles cover all of the vehicle runs (or duties) on line 31, as well as individual runs on line 32. If, due to construction activities, these trolleybuses vehicles cannot be used on line 31, they can operate additional runs on line 32.
  In preparation for the introduction of the bi-articulated vehicles, some of the bus stops on these two lines had to be converted, as the bi-articulated vehicles are about 7 m (23 ft) longer than a conventional articulated bus. Earlier, at the start of 2006, there had been extensive test runs using a bi-articulated vehicles from the Geneva trolleybus system.
  The first conventional Swisstrolley, no. 144, was delivered on 20 July 2006 as a pre-series production vehicle, and presented to the public.  Since September 2006, it has been in regular service.
  For 2012, the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich plans to replace all remaining high-floor vehicles with an additional 21 articulated Swisstrolley 3 and 17 bi-articulated Hess lighTrams. With the introduction of the latter group of vehicles, line 32 will be fully converted to bi-articulated vehicle operation. The associated increase in the system's capacity, combined with a thinning of service frequencies, should enable the reduction of the fleet by five units.
  The last four O405 GTZ trolleybuses, which were the last high-floor trolleybuses in the fleet, were retired in December 2015.
caption: A Swisstrolley 3 at Tiefenbrunnen.
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