Solaris Trollino


Solaris Trollino is a series of low-floor trolleybuses designed for public transport, produced since 1999 by the Polish company Solaris Bus & Coach. The power regulation electronics and traction motors are delivered by other companies, such as Škoda Electric, Kiepe Electric, or Cegelec.
Solaris Trollino trolleybuses are structurally based on city buses from the Solaris Urbino family, while the production of the electric drive is handled by external manufacturers. Solaris cooperates with the companies Medcom, Vossloh Kiepe and Škoda Electric, and formerly also with the companies Cegelec, Ganz and Trobus. In addition, the Czech company Škoda Electric produces vehicles with its own drive, Škoda 26Tr Solaris and Škoda 27Tr Solaris, and formerly also Škoda 28Tr Solaris, based on Solaris trolleybuses. The vehicles can be equipped with an additional drive system, thanks to which they can cover the route without electric traction. These are an additional generator, traction batteries or a hydrogen fuel cell.
More than 1,800 units  of Solaris Trollino trolleybuses were produced, which were delivered to more than 40 recipients in 17 European countries. In Poland, these are Gdynia, Lublin and Tychy. The list of cities in which Trollino trolleybuses operate includes Rome, Budapest, Sofia, Ostrava, Bucharest and Salzburg.

Description and models

There are four different length variants :
TypeNumber manufacturedPowertrain options
Solaris Trollino 12 / Škoda 26Tr Solaris182 / 302Škoda 160 kW, Kiepe 160 kW, MEDCOM 175 kW
Solaris Trollino 15 / Škoda 28Tr Solaris49 / 35Škoda 250 kW
Solaris Trollino 18 / Škoda 27Tr Solaris114 / 260Škoda 250 kW, Kiepe 2x160 kW, MEDCOM 250 kW
Solaris Trollino 24 / Škoda-Solaris 24M1 / 36Kiepe 2x160 kW

The trolleybuses can be fully dependent on wires, or they can be equipped with supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells or diesel generators.