List of trolleybus systems in Brazil


This is a list of trolleybus systems in Brazil by Estado. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

Bahia

Name of systemLocationDate Date Notes
Salvador9 January 1959June 1968

Ceará

Name of systemLocationDate Date Notes
Fortaleza25 January 1967February 1972

Minas Gerais

Name of systemLocationDate Date Notes
Belo Horizonte30 May 195322 January 1969Construction of a second system was started, in the late 1980s, but never completed, and the plans were eventually cancelled.

Pernambuco

Name of systemLocationDate Date Notes
Recife15 June 196024 September 2001

Rio de Janeiro

Name of systemLocationDate Date Notes
Campos (dos Goytacazes)29 June 195812 June 1967
Niterói21 November 195310 November 1967
Rio de Janeiro:
♦ Zona NorteApril 1965April 1971
♦ Zona Sul3 September 1962July 1968

Rio Grande do Sul

Name of systemLocationDate Date Notes
Porto Alegre7 December 196319 May 1969

São Paulo

Name of systemLocationDate Date Notes
Araraquara27 December 195920 November 2000
Ribeirão Preto24 July 19822 July 1999
Rio Claro9 May 1986July 1993
Santos12 August 1963 See also Trolleybuses in Santos.
SPTrans São Paulo22 April 1949 See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo.
Metropolitano São Mateus - Jabaquara - EMTU,, Greater São Paulo3 December 1988 Serves neighboring towns including Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo and Santo André.
See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo and São Mateus–Jabaquara Metropolitan Corridor.

Books and periodicals

  • Murray, Alan. 2000. World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
  • Peschkes, Robert. 1980. World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems - Part One, Latin America. Exeter, UK: Quail Map Company.Trolleybus Magazine. National Trolleybus Association. Bimonthly.

Website

  • Morrison, Allen . Retrieved on 2010-04-05.