List of trolleybus manufacturers
Since the invention of the trolleybus, well over 200 different builders of trolleybuses have existed.[1] This is a list of trolleybus manufacturers, both current and former.
Current

Trolleybus garage (depot) in San Francisco, USA, with a range of Muni's trolleybuses dating from 1976 to 2003. On the left is an ETI (Skoda/AAI) 14TrSF trolleybus, which type replaced the non-accessible Flyer trolleybuses in the center. On the right is an articulated New Flyer trolleybus, one of 60 articulated ETBs built by New Flyer for Muni in 1993-94

ZiU-9/682 is the most numerous trolleybus model in the world (over 42,000 trolleybuses were produced since 1972)
Company | Country | Notes |
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Astra Bus | Romania | |
Belkommunmash | Belarus | |
Bogdan | Ukraine | |
Bozankaya | Turkey | |
CAIO InduscarPT | Brazil | |
Chongjin Bus Factory | North Korea[2] | |
DINA | Mexico[3] | |
Dongfeng Yangtse | China | |
Ekova Electric | Czech Republic | |
Electron Corporation | Ukraine | |
Eletra IndustrialPT | Brazil | |
Etalon | Ukraine | |
Foton Motor | China | |
Iveco | Italy | Fiat Group |
Irisbus | Italy | Fiat Group, with electrical equipment by Škoda |
Gillig | United States | electrical equipment by Kiepe Electric |
Hamhung bus repair plant | North Korea | |
Hess | Switzerland | |
Kiepe Electric | Germany | electrical equipment only – usually as a subcontractor to various bus builders as subcontractor for bodies and chassis; however, for Dayton, Kiepe was the lead contractor, and installed its electrical equipment in otherwise complete vehicles built by Gillig as a subcontractor to Kiepe[4] |
MAZ | Belarus | |
New Flyer Industries | Canada | |
PC Transport Systems | Russia | |
Pyongsong bus repair plant | North Korea | |
Pyongyang Trolleybus Factory | North Korea | |
Škoda Electric | Czech Republic | Complete buses with Temsa bodies or electric drive equipment only with various bus builders as subcontractor for bodies and chassis |
Solaris Bus & Coach | Poland | electrical equipment by Škoda, DP Ostrava, Cegelec, Vossloh-Kiepe and Medcom |
SOR Libchavy[5] | Czech Republic | electrical equipment by Škoda |
Sunwin | China | |
Trans-Alfa (VMZ) | Russia | |
Ursus | Poland | |
Ufa Tram and Trolleybus Plant (UTTZ) | Russia | formerly Bashkir Trolleybus Plant (BTZ) |
Van Hool | Belgium | |
Youngman | China | |
Yuzhmash | Ukraine | |
Yutong | China | |
Zhongtong Bus | China |
Former

Preserved vintage trolleybus made by FIAT for the Piraeus-Kastella line in Greece (1939)

ZiU-5 during the parade of vintage automobiles, Saint Petersburg

Rocar 117E and 217E in Brasov, Romania, 1994. It was one of the most used trolleybus types in Romania in the 1980s until the 2000s
Company | Country | Notes |
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4 June Rolling Stock Works | North Korea | |
Alfa Romeo | Italy | |
Almatyelectrotrans-Service | Kazakhstan | formerly Electromash |
Amber | Lithuania[6] | |
AM General | United States | |
AnsaldoBreda | Italy | formerly Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie |
Aviant Aircraft Factory | Ukraine | |
Associated Equipment Company | United Kingdom | |
Berkhof | Netherlands | known as VDL Berkhof in its final years |
Berna | Switzerland | |
BredaMenarinibus | Italy | formerly Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie |
British United Traction | United Kingdom | |
Brown Boveri & Company | Canada | using GM New Look bus bodies |
Busscar | Brazil | |
Canadian Car and Foundry | Canada | |
Chavdar | Bulgaria | |
Crossley Motors | United Kingdom | |
Daimler Motor Company | United Kingdom | |
Dennis Specialist Vehicles | United Kingdom | |
DesignLine | New Zealand | |
ELBO | Greece | |
Electric Transit, Inc. | United States | joint venture between Škoda and AAI Corporation |
Fiat | Italy | |
Flyer Industries | Canada | became New Flyer Industries |
FBW | Switzerland | |
Gräf & Stift | Austria | |
Guy Motors | United Kingdom | |
Henschel | Germany | |
Hispano-Suiza | Spain | |
Ikarus | Hungary | |
J. G. Brill | United States | |
Jelcz | Poland | |
Kawasaki | Japan | |
Lancia | Italy | |
Leyland Motors | United Kingdom | |
LiAZ | Russia | |
LuAZ | Ukraine | |
LAZ | Ukraine | |
MAN | Germany | |
Mafersa | Brazil | |
Marmon-Herrington | United States | |
Materfer | Argentina | |
Menarini | Italy | acquired by Breda in 1989, forming BredaMenarinibus |
Mercedes-Benz | Germany | |
MASA (Mexicana de Autobuses SA) | Mexico | now part of Volvo |
Moscow Trolleybus Plant (MTRZ) | Russia | |
NAW | Switzerland | |
Neoplan | Germany | |
Neoplan USA | United States | |
Pegaso | Spain | |
PTMZ | Russia | |
Praga | Czech Republic | |
Pullman-Standard | United States | |
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies | United Kingdom | |
Richard Garrett & Sons | United Kingdom | |
Rocar | Romania | |
Saurer | Switzerland | |
Salvador Caetano | Portugal | |
St. Louis Car Company | United States | |
Scania AB | Sweden | |
Socimi | Italy | |
Sunbeam | United Kingdom | |
Tatra | Czech Republic | |
Trolza | Russia | previously ZiU |
Tushino Mechanical Plant | Russia | |
Twin Coach | United States | |
Valmet | Finland | |
Vétra | France | |
Viseon Bus | Germany | formerly Neoplan's trolleybus production |
Volgograd transport and machinery plant | Russia | |
Volvo Buses | Sweden | |
Yaroslavl motor plant | Russia |
References
- Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. pp. 94–125. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
- "북한지역정보넷". www.cybernk.net. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- Trolleybus Magazine No. 311 (September–October 2013), p. 134. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
- Trolleybus Magazine No. 339 (May–June 2018), p. 117. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
- Trolleybus Magazine No. 281 (September–October 2008) || p. 109.
- "Vilnius public transport innovates". baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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