Gdynia Trolleybuses - 2

2nd of 3 videos about Gdynia Trolleybuses (in Poland). Starting near the Docks (unfortunately for the video, in extremely bright sunshine), this video shows the twin bridges which used to be the only way in to the docks - one was inbound, one outbound, now they are both outbound; a new inbound bridge was built later, also seen on the video. The two old bridges were the site of the clashes between the shipyard workers and the Communist authorities in 1970. These were the forerunner to the more famous Solidarity strikes in nearby Gdansk in 1980.
After the shipyards, we move back near the Town Centre, and then to the end of routes 23 & 27 at Karwiny, the site of a new massive supermarket complex that was under construction at the time, and explains the large number of trolleybuses terminating here.
The Gdynia video series starts at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTz4FXS7-SA
For photographs of Gdynia and other trolleybus cities, see: http://www.worldwide.trolleybus.org.uk

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• trolleybus
• obus
• filobus
• trolejbus
• tram
• overhead
• bus
• Gdynia

[temelon]

Those buses work by electricity? As a tram?

[tbusuk]

Yes, they run on electricity just like a tram, but have rubber tyres and are steered by the driver like a motorbus. Therefore they have the same environmental benefits as a tram (using clean electricity with no exhaust on the streets), but are more flexible, as they can steer past obstacles, unlike a tram. Also, they don't need the expensive and disruptive installation of the tramtracks.

[temelon]

Good invention. I am not sure if we had those in Finland. Why not people doesn't use them more? It is pollution free!! ;)

[tbusuk]

Finland had them in Helsinki and Tampere, but they closed in 1974 and 1976. Helsinki tried to reintroduce in 1980, but the trial came to nothing, unfortunately. The nearest systems in operation are Tallinn in Estonia and St. Petersburg in Russia.

[cheriecanelas]

@tbusuk We dont use that here in the u.s :(

[tbusuk]

@cheriecanelas

You do have a few trolleybus systems in the US - large ones in San Francisco and Seattle, and smaller ones in Dayton, Boston (Cambridge) and Philly.

In Canada, there is a large system in Vancouver, and there was one in Edmonton until recently.

[LMB222]

This 1970's trolleybus can beat modern buses in terms of acceleration. I first saw them in the early 80's and was very impressed by the performance, esp. compared to buses then.

This model was built from Berliet bus body (now owned by Renault; buses very similar in appearance can be seen in Paris). Gdynia also owns a few Solaris/Ganz trolleybuses build in the body of a modern low-floor bus. Same trolleybuses can be found in Riga and Rome (also on YouTube)

[cheriecanelas]

@tbusuk Oh yea, i forgot, i just dont live by those areas. they dont have those in miami

[skimor2]

piękny JELCZ , ale w Grodnie (Białoruś) też takie mają. wiem bo byłem i jechałem ;)

[luna8181]

Widać że gdynia nie wyszła z PRLu :)

[Tibianuks]

Niepotrzebnie oni kupują nowe trolejbusy to nie są ich winy , tylko lini bo nie są zmieniane bo pamiętam że w pałąkach były jakieś haczyki które miało za zadanie jakby utrzymać linie

[MariolsenX]

O jaaa orgazm!!!!!

[foch1234567890]

trzeba byc pojebem zeby tak sie interesowac pradojebem

[bbartekk86]

Już nie spadają, a nowe modele są wyposażone w rozruch nieszarpiący podobny do tych w tramwajach. Do tego równa droga i komfort jazdy jest tak wysoki jak w autobusach, albo i lepszy ze wzgledu na przyspieszenie.

[tweetygdynia]

drążki spadają często, i szarpie, ekologiczne to może jest ale straszne dziadostwo trolejbus to socjalistyczne gówno