This is a list of trolleybus systems in Brazil by Estado . It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.
Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo , Brazil
Bahia Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Salvador 9 January 1959 June 1968
Ceará Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Fortaleza 25 January 1967 February 1972
Minas Gerais Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Belo Horizonte 30 May 1953 22 January 1969 Construction of a second system was started, in the late 1980s,[ 1] but never completed, and the plans were eventually cancelled.
Pernambuco Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Recife 15 June 1960 24 September 2001 [ 2]
Rio de Janeiro Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Campos (dos Goytacazes) 29 June 1958 12 June 1967 Niterói 21 November 1953 10 November 1967 Rio de Janeiro: ♦ Zona Norte April 1965 April 1971 (?) ♦ Zona Sul 3 September 1962 July 1968 (?)
Rio Grande do Sul Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Porto Alegre 7 December 1963 19 May 1969
São Paulo
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Sources
Books and periodicals Murray, Alan. 2000. World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia (ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks. Peschkes, Robert. 1980. World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems - Part One, Latin America (ISBN 1-898319-02-2). Exeter, UK: Quail Map Company. Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
Website Morrison, Allen (November 2007). Latin American Trolleybus Installations Retrieved on 2010-04-05.
References ^ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 164, March–April 1989, p. 40. ^ TM No. 257, Sep.-Oct. 2004, p. 111. ^ TM No. 227, Sep.-Oct. 1999, p. 112.
External links Media related to Trolleybuses in Brazil at Wikimedia Commons