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List of trolleybus systems in Brazil

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

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Bahia

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| Salvador

| 9 January 1959

| June 1968

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Ceará

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| Fortaleza

| 25 January 1967

| February 1972

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Minas Gerais

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| Belo Horizonte

| 30 May 1953

| 22 January 1969

| Construction of a second system was started, in the late 1980s,Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 164, March–April 1989, p. 40. but never completed, and the plans were eventually cancelled.

Pernambuco

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| Recife

| 15 June 1960

| 24 September 2001 TM No. 257, Sep.-Oct. 2004, p. 111.

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Rio de Janeiro

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| Campos (dos Goytacazes)

| 29 June 1958

| 12 June 1967

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| Niterói

| 21 November 1953

| 10 November 1967

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| Rio de Janeiro:

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| ♦ Zona Norte

| April 1965

| April 1971 (?)

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| ♦ Zona Sul

| 3 September 1962

| July 1968 (?)

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Rio Grande do Sul

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| Porto Alegre

| 7 December 1963

| 19 May 1969

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São Paulo

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| Araraquara

| 27 December 1959

| 20 November 2000

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| Ribeirão Preto

| 24 July 1982

| 2 July 1999 TM No. 227, Sep.-Oct. 1999, p. 112.

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| Rio Claro

| 9 May 1986

| July 1993

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| Santos

| 12 August 1963

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| See also Trolleybuses in Santos.

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| SPTrans (urban)

| São Paulo

| 22 April 1949

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| See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo.

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| {{Not a typo|Corredor}} Metropolitano São Mateus - Jabaquara - EMTU, (METRA), (Next Mobilidade)

| Greater São Paulo

| 3 December 1988

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| Serves neighboring towns including Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo and Santo André.
See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo and São Mateus–Jabaquara Metropolitan Corridor.

See also

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Sources

=Books and periodicals=

  • Murray, Alan. 2000. World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia ({{ISBN|0-904235-18-1}}). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
  • Peschkes, Robert. 1980. World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems - Part One, Latin America ({{ISBN|1-898319-02-2}}). Exeter, UK: Quail Map Company.
  • Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.

=Website=

  • Morrison, Allen (November 2007). [http://www.tramz.com/tb/i.html Latin American Trolleybus Installations] Retrieved on 2010-04-05.

=References=

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External links

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