Trolleybuses (Filobus) in Lugano

Trolleybuses in the Swiss city of Lugano.
Mostly filmed in summer 1991, although a few scenes date from 1994.
The trolleybus system opened in April 1954, as a tramway replacement, inheriting the tramway's 1000v power supply system. The latter became its Achiles heel, as most trolleybus systems are energised at lower voltages (typically 600v or 750v) and this meant that when they wanted new trolleybuses the price premium for the bespoke electrical packages made them so expensive that in the end the system was closed. Closure came in June 2001.

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  • @railphotoblog
    @railphotoblog2 жыл бұрын

    Was very intersting to get acquanted with Lugano trolleybus. Thank you!

  • @amiausUSA
    @amiausUSA11 жыл бұрын

    I visited Lugano in April 2001, not knowing that two months later the trolleybuses would end. I also visited here in September 2000, making extensive use of the trolleybus. Thanks for posting this!

  • @jemdude22
    @jemdude2214 жыл бұрын

    @Klingl3r i guess switching to a lower volt system essentially means the need acquire new power supply system and new electrical equipment for substations, etc. The city wanted to avoid the higher costs involved. Nevertheless, one cannot rule out the possibility that unusual power supply voltage was being used as an excuse to conveniently wipe out the trolleybuses for even cheaper alternatives, which were conventional diesel buses.

  • @davidbatthews3811

    @davidbatthews3811

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do not forget that presumably demand for public transport by 2001 was far lower than when it opened in 1954 (and even lower than that for when the lines were constructed for the tramway).

  • @FerrovieDismesse
    @FerrovieDismesse13 жыл бұрын

    Modificando la tensione di alimentazione non sarebbe stato possibile mantenerli? E' davvero un peccato che si sia rinunciato a questi mezzi sia veloci si molto ecologici. Peccato! Anche i tram sarebbe stato belli poterli ancora avere a Lugano. :(

  • @FerrovieDismesse
    @FerrovieDismesse11 жыл бұрын

    Ho capito: grazie per le info. In ogni caso, secondo me, qualche linea sia filoviaria sia soprattutto tranviaria, avrebbe potuto esserci in una bella città come Lugano, pur avendo la struttura collinare (Innsbruck docet). Un saluto. Gian ;-)

  • @figarodongiovanni81
    @figarodongiovanni8110 жыл бұрын

    Negli anni '70 non dovevano togliere i tram, i filobus erano stranissimi (sono di lugano) ora i bus diesel sono troppo grossi e troppo ingombranti!

  • @paullandry5594
    @paullandry55944 жыл бұрын

    Bring trolleybuses back to English cities!

  • @CitytransportInfoplus

    @CitytransportInfoplus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Many times this has been suggested but transport decision makers seem to have always preferred other solutions - typically these being options that include noxious waste gases being spewed into the street environment. Even today (2020) there is a role for trolleybuses, this being as range extenders for battery buses so that even the longest bus routes can be converted to electric traction. Many overseas cities are seeing the advantages of in-motion charging (IMC) battery trolleybuses which top-up the battery charge whilst in trolleybus mode.

  • @tinounger1705
    @tinounger17052 жыл бұрын

    echt schade, daß das Trolleybussystem für Dieselbusse aufgegeben wurde und das bei den extremen Steigungen, für die Trolleybusse geradezu wie geschaffen sind. Die Stadt hat damit deutlich an Attraktivität und insbesondere Luftqualität verloren. In Zeiten der Erderwärmung war dies eine gravierende Fehlentscheidung in der eigentlich so umweltpolitisch so vorbildlichen Schweiz. Gleichwertige Alternativen wie Wasserstoffbusse fehlen nachwievor im Straßenbild.

  • @CitytransportInfoplus

    @CitytransportInfoplus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is a shame - I think it was partly because Lugano was the last city to have trolleybuses powered at 1000v AC, so it was not easy to buy a small fleet of new trolleybuses

  • @leopoldo7727
    @leopoldo772712 жыл бұрын

    Una spiegazione c'e: Lugano, pur essendo una citta' svizzera, e' a meno di 30 km dall'Italia, praticamente impossibile non subirne un po' di nefasta influenza!... Basti pensare anche al becero trenino stradale da fiera paesana che funge da "city tour"... molto meglio sarebbe stato a questo punto, visto che tram e filobus non ci sono piu', un vecchio bus urbano, come per esempio a Lisbona...

  • @TheMendris
    @TheMendris11 жыл бұрын

    Rispondo un po' in ritardo: mezzi veloci no, per carità. Ecologici probabilmente ma la struttura collinare della città di Lugano mal si presta a linee con struttura semirigida come le filovie. A parte la tensione inusuale di 1'000 V il costo dei mezzi era ritenuto esagerato (circa il doppio) rispetto a bus articolati con motore diesel.