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trolleybus
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trolleybus [ˈtrɒlɪˌbʌs]
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(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) an electrically driven public-transport vehicle that does not run on rails but takes its power from an overhead wire through a trolley
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Noun1.trolleybus - a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wirestrolleybus - a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires
trackless trolley, trolley coach
autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, passenger vehicle, omnibus, coach - a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work"
electric motor - a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work
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The funds would be used to buy 30 new trolleybuses, which would allow the Sofia municipal company Stolichen Elektrotransport to replace about 28 per cent of its outdated park.
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In my teens I became involved with the trolleybus preservation movement and with my friends and colleagues we rescued three Huddersfield trolleybuses which are now on display at the Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum near Doncaster.
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