Fleet Trolleybuses in San Francisco

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1 fleet

1.1 past fleet (though 2015)
1.2 current fleet
1.3 on order





fleet
past fleet (though 2015)

since opening in 1935 (market street railway system), fleet of san francisco trolleybus system has included trolleybuses built several different manufacturers, including j. g. brill company, st. louis car company, marmon-herrington, twin coach , flyer industries (now new flyer).



an eti 15trsf, on van ness avenue @ geary street, on route 49.



a new flyer xt60 trolleybus in service on route 14.


as of january 2010, exclusively high-floor muni trolley bus fleet included 313 serviceable vehicles, comprising 3 different types, of 240 conventional length (two-axle) buses , 73 articulated buses. of latter, 40 new flyer e60 vehicles (built in 1993–94); 12 of these retired in 2013, , remaining 28 retired in january 2015. of then-remaining 273 trolleybuses built electric transit, inc. (eti), in 2001–03, 240 40-foot units being model 14trsf , 33 articulated units being model 15trsf. suffix sf in 2 eti model numbers stands san francisco. these 2 types specially derived Škoda 14tr , 15tr use on muni system.


an order placed in 2014 60 new flyer xt60 articulated vehicles, system s first low-floor trolleybuses. 2 prototypes (nos. 7201 , 7202) arrived in march 2015 , may 2015, respectively, , entered service in may , september 2015. delivery of 58 production-series vehicles began in september 2015, , series entered service between november 2015 , july 2016. replaced 33 eti 15trsf articulated trolleybuses, last of retired in april–may 2016. these changes left current fleet 240 conventional units built eti (model 14trsf) , 60 new flyer xt60s.



interior of eti (Škoda/aai) 14trsf trolleybus


current fleet

the present fleet includes 60 new flyer xt60 articulated vehicles , approximately 200 remaining eti 40-foot trolleybuses (of original 240). additional new trolleybuses on order (see below).



the model xt60 new flyer has prefixes x xcelsior , t electric (trolleybus), , suffix 60 60-foot bus.


on order

in 2013, sfmta adopted plans eventual one-for-one replacement of existing trolleybus fleet in joint agreement king county metro , new flyer on technical specifications , pricing. first order placed under 2013 agreement 2014 order 60 articulated trolleybuses, delivery of began in 2015. in july 2016, order additional 33 articulated vehicles placed, , final procurement under 2013 agreement order 185 two-axle, 40-foot new flyer xt40 trolleybuses, received final approval in june 2017. these vehicles replace remaining etis.









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