List of trolleybus systems in Switzerland

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This is a list of trolleybus systems in Switzerland by canton. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

Trolleybus in Luzern

1 Basel-Stadt
2 Bern
3 Fribourg
4 Genève
5 Luzern
6 Neuchâtel
7 Sankt Gallen
8 Schaffhausen
9 Ticino
10 Vaud
11 Zürich
12 References
13 See also

[edit] Basel-Stadt

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Basel	31 July 1941		see note. ^[1].

Note: At a referendum held on 17 June 2007, the cantonal electorate rejected a proposal by trolleybus supporters for retention of the trolleybus system. The electorate accepted a counter-proposal by the cantonal authority to purchase motorbuses to replace the trolleybus fleet. Closure of the remaining trolleybus lines was expected to follow shortly.

[edit] Bern

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bern	29 October 1940
Biel/Bienne	19 October 1940
Thun	19 August 1952	13 March 1982	Connected Thun and Beatenbucht.

Non-public service (trolleytruck):

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Mühleberg - Gümmenen	1918	1922

[edit] Fribourg

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Fribourg	1 February 1949
	♦ Fribourg - Farvagny	4 January 1912	21 May 1932

[edit] Genève

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Genève /Geneva	11 September 1942

[edit] Luzern

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Luzern /Lucerne	7 December 1941

[edit] Neuchâtel

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Cernier, Val-de-Ruz	1 September 1948	14 April 1984	Connected Les Hauts–Geneveys, Cernier, Dombresson and Villiers.
La Chaux-de-Fonds	23 December 1949
Neuchâtel	16 February 1940		System included an interurban line to Cernier (Val-de-Ruz).

[edit] Sankt Gallen

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Altstätten	8 September 1940	21 May 1977	Connected Altstätten and Berneck.
	St. Gallen	18 July 1950

[edit] Schaffhausen

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Schaffhausen	24 September 1966

[edit] Ticino

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Lugano	25 April 1954	30 June 2001

[edit] Vaud

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Lausanne	2 October 1932
	Montreux	18 April 1957		Connects Vevey, Montreux and Villeneuve. Earlier line operated in Villeneuve, 17 December 1900 - 1903.