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The Edmonton trolley bus system formed part of the public transport network in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 1939 and 2009. Operated by Edmonton Transit System (ETS), the system had, at its peak, a fleet of 137 [ 1 ] : 179 [ 2 ] trolley buses, and a total route length of 127 km (79 mi).
The Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) ... Route entered service on November 9, 1975 and was serviced by trolley buses off and on from May 1976 [8] to May 2, 2009 [9]
Trolley bus service in Edmonton started on 24 September 1939, operating on route 5 from 101 Street/Jasper Avenue to 95 Street/111 Avenue. By the end of October of that year, service had started on another route running to 99 Street/Whyte Avenue via the Low Level Bridge. In Edmonton, trolley buses were often referred to simply as "trolleys".
Winnipeg's Electric Transit: The Story of Winnipeg's Streetcars and Trolley Buses (ISBN 0-919130-31-3). Toronto, Ontario: Railfare Enterprises Ltd. Hatcher, Colin K.; and Tom Schwarzkopf. 1983. Edmonton's Electric Transit: The Story of Edmonton's Streetcars and Trolley Buses (ISBN 0-919130-33-X). Toronto, Ontario: Railfare.
The ETS operates a fleet of well over 960 buses across the city with 180 regular routes. Edmonton was one of two cities in Canada (the other is Vancouver) that operated a trolley bus system until service was discontinued in May 2009. [2] The ETS also operates a specialized system for disabled people called DATS (Disabled Adult Transit System).
Starting in 1932, streetcar lines were phased out in favour of trolley and gas bus routes, and by August 1949 only one core line was left. The last day of public streetcar service was September 1, 1951. Until Edmonton's LRT service opened in 1978, all transit routes were delivered by buses or trolley buses.
List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes; ... Trolley buses in Edmonton This page was last edited on 10 June 2021, at 09:07 (UTC). Text ...
Jasper Avenue is a major public transit route as several of Edmonton's busiest bus routes travel along it. The LRT travels underneath Jasper Avenue between 99 and 110 Streets. It is named after Jasper Hawes, manager of a North West Company trading post of Jasper House in the early 1800s, located in present-day Jasper National Park .