trolleybus

UK/tɹɒlɪbʌs/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Other forms: trolleybuses

A trolleybus is a bus drawing power from overhead wires. Ride the trolleybus.

It is quieter than a diesel and needs no rails, which is the point of it. A trolleybus that comes off its wires has to be hooked back on with a pole.

Definitions of trolleybus

1nountrolleybusA bus drawing power from overhead wires.C1
“The trolleybus route survived long after the trams went.”

trolleybus is a vehicle.

Where it comes from

From trolley + bus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Vehicles & Machines

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trolleybus in the wild

Currently, around 260 trolleybus systems are in operation, in cities and towns in more than 40 countries.
Trolleybus
Altogether, more than 800 trolleybus systems have existed, but not more than about 400 concurrently.
Trolleybus
Bold typeface for a location city indicates an existing trolleybus system, currently in operation (temporary suspensions not counted), or a new system currently under construction.
List of trolleybus systems
The Boston-area trolleybus (or, as known locally, trackless trolley) system formed part of the public transportation network serving Greater Boston in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Trolleybuses in Greater Boston
The Leeds trolleybus system served the West Riding of Yorkshire city of Leeds in England between 1911 and 1928.
Trolleybuses in Leeds

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