Trolleybuses in Nakhchivan

Nakhchivan trolleybus system
Operation
Locale	Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Open	3 November 1986 (1986-11-03)
Close	April 2004 (2004-04)
Status	Closed
Lines	3 (max)

The Nakhchivan trolleybus system was a network of trolleybus routes that formed part of the public transport system in Nakhchivan, the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, for nearly 20 years from 1986.[1]

The system was opened on 3 November 1986.[2] In 1990, the fleet comprised 29 vehicles of type ZiU-9;[1] at its height, the system consisted of three lines. It was closed in April 2004.[1][3]

See also

• History of Nakhchivan
• List of trolleybus systems
• Trolleybuses in former Soviet Union countries
• Trolleybuses in Baku
• Trolleybuses in Ganja
• Trolleybuses in Sumgait
• Trolleybuses in Mingachevir

References

1. "15. Нахичевань (троллейбус)" [15. Nahičevan (trolleybus)]. Горэлектротранс (Electrotrans) website (in Russian). Дмитрий Зиновьев (Dmitry Zinoviev). Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
2. Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. p. 74. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
3. "Trolleynews [regular news section]". Trolleybus Magazine. Vol. 41, no. 259. UK: National Trolleybus Association. January–February 2005. p. 12. ISSN 0266-7452.

External links

Media related to Trolleybuses in Azerbaijan at Wikimedia Commons

• "Trolleybus city: Nakhichevan/Nachitschewan (Aserbaidschan)". Trolleymotion.
• Nakhchivan City database / photo gallery and Nakhchivan City trolleybus list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.