The Surprisingly Large Trolleybus System of Riga | Rīgas Trolejbuss 🇱🇻🚎

The Surprisingly Large Trolleybus System of Riga | Rīgas Trolejbuss 🇱🇻🚎 | Urban Transport #27

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@LatvianTanker 11 ай бұрын

Great video! The Solaris Trollino 18.75 H2 was the first ever Trolleybus fitted with Hydrogen generator, Solaris designed it specifically for Riga and I haven't heard that any other city got them afterwards, so they might be unique only to Riga.

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! It is a unique technology, but given the rise of battery trolleybuses, I suspect it will stay rather niche. Maybe Riga stays unique in this :)

@Aviationvlad 11 ай бұрын

Great video about trolleybus system in my hometown! :) Well done! Multiple unit trolleybuses (that consisted of Škoda9Tr trolleybuses) were used in operations in Riga up until 2001! As far as I know, originally the idea to make such MUs came from Kyiv, where they've had even more of these "trolleybus trains". Such were used in a quite amount of cities around the former USSR - including other types of trolleybuses, like ZIU-9.

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for the addition :)

@electrourbantrans1018 5 ай бұрын

Yes, trolleybus multiple units (or "trolleybus trains" (троллейбусные поезда) in russian) were first introduced in Kyiv on the basis of Škoda 9Tr trolleybuses, the author of the system is engineer Vladimir Veklich. Later, such “trains” appeared in Riga, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Dnipro (formerly Dnepropetrovsk), Odessa, Gorlovka, Tallinn, Almaty, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Kharkov, Kherson and in a number of other cities of the former USSR. Kyiv had the largest number of trolleybus MU (Škoda 9Tr) - 296, St. Petersburg had 116 MUs (ZIU-9) and Riga had the third largest fleet of trolleybus trains - 103 (Škoda 9Tr). The last trolleybus trains in the world were in service until 2010 in Krasnodar. Although before Vladimir Veklich there were craftsmen who operated trolleybus trains, with MTB-82 and with Kyiv-2 and Kyiv-4 trolleybus models.

@charlieonholiday 11 ай бұрын

Good to see your follow up to the Riga tram network!

@soumyagupta4910 9 ай бұрын

This is a lovely production. Thank you!

@realdronthego 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mratp123 11 ай бұрын

once again a perfect video :)!

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@martinxxcz2919 11 ай бұрын

I love this series!

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Thank you!

@vectronik 11 ай бұрын

As always, thank you for this super vid! ❤ Despite me visiting Rīga in vacation last year, a vid from both trams, trolleybuses and regular buses will be published this week on my channel, but it does not even compare to your perfect ones. 😊

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Jakobe_Wan 11 ай бұрын

Great work! Good for you showing interest in Eastern Europe's transportation networks. Are you Dutch btw?

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes, I am originally Dutch, but I have been living in Lithuania for 6.5 years :D

@pashazzubuntu 11 ай бұрын

Is it really surprising? All ex soviet cities have a large trolleybus network, with Moscow were the largest before an eventual dismantling several years ago - the soviets had a thing about the electric transport. Props for them for saving it!

@hikkamorii 3 ай бұрын

It makes sense why, trolleybuses are the simplest way to get public transport, because unlike trams, they don't require rail network, and unlike buses, they don't need an engine (which is way more complicated than an electric motor).

@Dqtube 11 ай бұрын

Great video. In a few years you will have the opportunity to make a video about trolleybuses in Prague, which are coming back. Currently, one line is in service and the second should start this year. A special feature of the new line is that it will be served by double-articulated 24-metre long types. There are also plans to convert further bus routes, but the exact schedule is not fully known yet.

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes, I saw that😁🚎

@pellertransportguy 9 ай бұрын

Great video!

@realdronthego 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ismoleppanen 6 ай бұрын

Tallinn had multipe unit trolleybuses.

@vojta.drevik 11 ай бұрын

I have a question. In Riga they wanted close their system when the fleet will end with their lifespan. So...Will be the system closed or if they want to buy some new trolleybuses or build new tracks? Thank you for a respond.

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

I haven’t seen any information or researches on Riga wanting to dismantle their system, in fact, Riga’s trolleybuses with hydrogen-based off-wire capabilities are fairly new. Tallinn was indeed planning to move away from trolleybuses, but they made a U-turn this week, and are now actively planning new purchases and network expansion.

@Yevgeshik 10 ай бұрын

They changed their plans, now they substitute buses routes with trolleybuses (4, 31, 34, 35 and partial of 3 and 27), but no news yet about buying new trolleybuses and building new lines, only extension of route 23.

@Kschychooo 11 ай бұрын

I do believe some networks in Germany and/or Switzerland used multi unit trolleys, but I do believe it's a "bus" plus a passenger trailer rather than two buses hooked up together (I am trying to make sure what Riga used specifically so I'm not a total fool ;) , someone already put in some comments I see, as well as the German/Swiss networks. Although I know those are being flipped to articulated models lately. For whatever reason I forgot the cities where they were/are present)

@realdronthego 11 ай бұрын

Riga literally coupled 2 trolleybuses, using the trolleypoles of the 2nd trolleybus to power the rather odd combination 😁

@Kschychooo 11 ай бұрын

So yeah it is odd, as it is definitely different from what I was mentioning where there is a trolleybus that is connected to the wires that pulls the trailer that is more passive. Oh Riga and the originality. But hey there is that saying that if it's stupid but it works, then it's not stupid :D