Trolleybuses in Kathmandu
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Locale | Kathmandu, Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open | 28 December 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Close | November 2008 November 2009 (official closure) | (suspended)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Routes | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator(s) | Nepal Trolley Bus Service (NTBS) (to 2001) Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) (from 2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stock | 32 (maximum)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route length | 13 km (8 mi)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Kathmandu trolleybus system once served Kathmandu, the capital city of the then Kingdom of Nepal. It was the only trolleybus system ever to be constructed in that country.[1]
Opened on 28 December 1975[1][2] the system was a gift to Nepal from the People's Republic of China. It endured a somewhat chequered history, particularly in the first decade of the 21st century. Operation was suspended completely for almost two years, from 19 December 2001 until 1 September 2003,[3] because of maintenance, financial and political issues. When service was reinstated in 2003, it did not cover the route's outer half, between Koteshwor and Surya Binak, serving only about 5 km between Tripureshwor and Koteshwor.[4]
,Operations on the system were suspended again, and for the final time, in late November 2008[2][3] and the system was formally closed (without ever resuming operation) in November 2009.[3]
,See also
References
- ^ a b c d Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 84. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
- ^ a b "Trolleybus city: Kathmandu Nepal". TrolleyMotion. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Box, Roland (July–August 2010). "More about the 2000s". Trolleybus Magazine No. 292, pp. 79 and 82. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 254 (March–April 2004), p. 46. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
External links
Media related to Trolleybuses in Kathmandu at Wikimedia Commons
- In memory of Kathmandu Trolleybus (in English and Russian)
- YouTube video, Kathmandu trolleybuses in 1979, 2:05 min