Vilnius trolleybus
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The Vilnius trolleybus system is the one of existing systems in Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. It operates in the capital city of Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

, the operator company is Vilniaus troleibusai Ltd. The fleet consists of 321 trolleybuses, 259 of which are working on working-days, 130 - on saturdays, 126 - on sundays.

History

The first trolleybus network in Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, the Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

 trolleybus network, opened on 3 November 1956. On October 1956, the Vilnius trolleybus office was created, the contact network of length of 7.8 kilometers and trolleybus depot were built. First seven trolleybuses MTB-82D entered the streets on November 3. The first route was Antakalnis
Antakalnis
Antakalnis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the right bank of the Neris River...

 - Vilnius railway station.

New Škoda
Škoda Works
Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...

 trolleybuses T14Tr were bought on years 1996 and 1997. Newer version of these trolleybuses 14TrM were bought on 1999.
In 2004 and 2006, new Solaris
Solaris Bus & Coach
Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. is a bus, coach and trolleybus manufacturer based in Bolechowo-Osiedle and Środa Wielkopolska, near Poznań, Poland.It is a family-owned business, with Krzysztof Olszewski as president and his wife Solange as chairman...

 Trollino 15AC low-floor trolleybuses were bought.

Trolleybuses

  • Škoda
    Škoda Works
    Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...

     9 Tr - out of service
  • Škoda
    Škoda Works
    Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...

     14Tr
  • Škoda
    Škoda Works
    Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...

     14TrM
  • Škoda
    Škoda Works
    Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...

     15Tr
  • Solaris
    Solaris Bus & Coach
    Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. is a bus, coach and trolleybus manufacturer based in Bolechowo-Osiedle and Środa Wielkopolska, near Poznań, Poland.It is a family-owned business, with Krzysztof Olszewski as president and his wife Solange as chairman...

     Trollino 15AC - low-floor trolleybus

Routes

No. Route
1 Karoliniškės
Karoliniškes
Karoliniškės is a microdistrict and eldership of Vilnius, Lithuania. The district was started to be built in 1971.Karoliniškės covers about 3.7 km² area...

Žvėrynas
Žverynas
Žvėrynas is one of the older neighborhoods and smallest elderships in Vilnius, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, about 12,000 people live within a 2.6 km² area. It lies on the banks of the Neris River, and is situated to the west of the Lithuanian Parliament building. The river surrounds it...

–Vilnius railway station
2 Saulėtekis–Žygimantų g.–Vilnius railway station
3 Antakalnis
Antakalnis
Antakalnis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the right bank of the Neris River...

–Žygimantų g.–Žvėrynas
Žverynas
Žvėrynas is one of the older neighborhoods and smallest elderships in Vilnius, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, about 12,000 people live within a 2.6 km² area. It lies on the banks of the Neris River, and is situated to the west of the Lithuanian Parliament building. The river surrounds it...

Karoliniškės
Karoliniškes
Karoliniškės is a microdistrict and eldership of Vilnius, Lithuania. The district was started to be built in 1971.Karoliniškės covers about 3.7 km² area...

4 Žemieji Paneriai–Antakalnis
Antakalnis
Antakalnis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the right bank of the Neris River...

5 Žirmūnai
Žirmunai
Žirmūnai , is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s....

–Vilnius railway station
6 Žirmūnai
Žirmunai
Žirmūnai , is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s....

–Kalvarijų g.–Jono Basanavičiaus g.–Žemieji Paneriai
7 Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 7,9  km². According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 25,674....

Justiniškės
Justiniškes
Justiniškės, located in western edge of Vilnius, is one of the newest districts in the capital of Lithuania. It is also one of the 21 elderships of Vilnius city municipality. It was built mainly in the 1980s as a microdistrict. Almost all buildings are large Soviet-built residential apartment...

Žvėrynas
Žverynas
Žvėrynas is one of the older neighborhoods and smallest elderships in Vilnius, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, about 12,000 people live within a 2.6 km² area. It lies on the banks of the Neris River, and is situated to the west of the Lithuanian Parliament building. The river surrounds it...

–Vilnius railway station
8 Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 7,9  km². According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 25,674....

Justiniškės
Justiniškes
Justiniškės, located in western edge of Vilnius, is one of the newest districts in the capital of Lithuania. It is also one of the 21 elderships of Vilnius city municipality. It was built mainly in the 1980s as a microdistrict. Almost all buildings are large Soviet-built residential apartment...

–Konstitucijos prospektas–Šiaurės miestelis
9 Karoliniškės
Karoliniškes
Karoliniškės is a microdistrict and eldership of Vilnius, Lithuania. The district was started to be built in 1971.Karoliniškės covers about 3.7 km² area...

–Šeimyniškių g.–Žirmūnai
Žirmunai
Žirmūnai , is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s....

10 Antakalnis
Antakalnis
Antakalnis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the right bank of the Neris River...

–Kalvarijų g.–Naujininkai
Naujininkai
Naujininkai is one of the neighborhoods of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is situated in the south-west of the city and lies between the Vilnius International Airport and the railway station. It has an eldership status. It has an Old Believers' cemetery and a church....

11 Antakalnis
Antakalnis
Antakalnis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the right bank of the Neris River...

–Kalvarijų g.–Karoliniškės
Karoliniškes
Karoliniškės is a microdistrict and eldership of Vilnius, Lithuania. The district was started to be built in 1971.Karoliniškės covers about 3.7 km² area...

Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 7,9  km². According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 25,674....

12 Žirmūnai
Žirmunai
Žirmūnai , is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s....

–Šeimyniškių g.–Jono Basanavičiaus g.–Žemieji Paneriai
13 Žirmūnai
Žirmunai
Žirmūnai , is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s....

–Šeimyniškių g.–Naugarduko g.
14 Saulėtekis–Žygimantų g.–Jono Basanavičiaus g.–Gerosios Vilties st.
16 Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 7,9  km². According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 25,674....

Lazdynai
Lazdynai
Lazdynai is an eldershio in Vilnius, Lithuania, situated on the right bank of the Neris River. It covers area of and has population of approximately 32,000 .-History:...

–Vilnius railway station
17 Žirmūnai
Žirmunai
Žirmūnai , is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s....

Naujininkai
Naujininkai
Naujininkai is one of the neighborhoods of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is situated in the south-west of the city and lies between the Vilnius International Airport and the railway station. It has an eldership status. It has an Old Believers' cemetery and a church....

18 Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 7,9  km². According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 25,674....

Justiniškės
Justiniškes
Justiniškės, located in western edge of Vilnius, is one of the newest districts in the capital of Lithuania. It is also one of the 21 elderships of Vilnius city municipality. It was built mainly in the 1980s as a microdistrict. Almost all buildings are large Soviet-built residential apartment...

–Žemieji Paneriai–Titnago g.
19 Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai
Pašilaičiai is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 7,9  km². According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 25,674....

–Konstitucijos prospektas–Antakalnis
Antakalnis
Antakalnis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the right bank of the Neris River...

–Saulėtekis
20 Žirmūnai
Žirmunai
Žirmūnai , is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s....

–Žygimantų g.–Pylimo g.–Vilnius railway station

Ticket price

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in kiosk in trolleybus
Children (1) and Junior 1,00 Litas 1,25 Litas
Adults 2,00 Litas 2,50 Litas
Seniors 1,00 Litas 1,25 Litas
24 hour ticket 13,00 Litas
72 hour ticket 23,00 Litas
10 days ticket 46,00 Litas
e-Bilietas (for month) Children (1) and Junior 17,00 Litas
e-Bilietas (for month) Adults on working-days 75,00 Litas
e-Bilietas (for month) Adults on working-days and weekends 85,00 Litas
e-Bilietas (for month) Seniors 42,00 Litas


(1) Children and students.
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