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Bern

The trolleybus network in Bern exists since autumn 1940. It had rather moderate dimensions for the first 35 years, before it reached its largest size at the end of the 1970ies, when four motor bus lines were electrified.  Despite two line extensions in 2004 and 2005, the trolleybus lost much of its significance in 2006, when the two long and highly frequented radial lines from the station to Bümpliz (13) and Gäbelbach (14) were replaced by tram lines. Currently there are two trough routes (11 Holligen - Neufeld and 12 Schlosshalde - Länggasse) and a radial route (20 Bern Bahnhof - Wankdorf Bahnhof), which all pass Bern's railway station.

Trolleybus fleet

Numbers Type in Service Comments Preserved vehicles
1-2 Rigid trolleybus 1940-1950 1950 sold to Winterthur (VW 40-41)  
3-12 Rigid trolleybus 1940-1966 1950-66 sold to La Chaux-de-Fonds  
13-16 Rigid trolleybus 1942-1966 1967 sold to Neuchâtel (TN 7-10) 13
17 Rigid trolleybus 1942-1967 1967 sold to Val-de-Ruz (VR 31)  
101 (201) Bus trailer 1943-1960 Pulled by trolleybus No. 6  
21-29 Articulated trolleybus 1961-1998   28
30-55 Articulated trolleybus 1974-2006 Some buses 2006 sold to Brașov (Romania) 38 (TVS), 55
56-61 Articulated trolleybus 1977-2006 Some buses 2006 sold to Brașov (Romania) 59
62-66 Articulated trolleybus 1985-2009 Sold to Baia Mare (Romania)  
67-69 Articulated trolleybus 1992-1994 Ex TN (Neuchâtel) No. 156, 158 and 160 69 as TN 160 (ARBL)
1II-8II Articulated trolleybus since 1997    
9II-17II, 18-20 Articulated trolleybus since 1999