trolleybus

electric bus that draws power from dual overhead wires
Thing bus_type Q5639
trolleybus
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Summary

trolleybus is a bus type[1]. trolleybus ranks in the top 3% of bus type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,692 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: electric bus[3], electric vehicle[4]
  • Has use: passenger transport[5]
  • Commons category: Trolleybuses[6]
  • Unicode character: 🚎[7]
  • Has part(s): driving school trolleybus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Trolleybuses[9]
  • Commons gallery: Trolleybus[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox trolleybus[12]
  • Native label: trolleybus[13]
  • Different from: Obus[14]
  • MCN code: 8702.40.10[15]
  • History of topic: history of trolleybus transport[16]
  • Has list: list of trolleybus systems[17]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04487081-n[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • Service life: 25 years[20]

Why It Matters

trolleybus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] trolleybus is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q791
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Gex5o
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0224587-trolejbusy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0224587-trolejbusy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 6098, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  5. 23w ago · 重庆轨交18 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Different from → Obus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Different from: trackless train"
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