Trolleybuses in Kathmandu
The trolleybus Kathmandu was the only trolleybus operation in Nepal. The trolleybus traffic in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu was opened on 28 December 1975, set in November 2008.
The only line was originally around 13 kilometers long, and was occasionally served every six minutes. She began at the end point Tripureshwor in Kathmandu, followed the Kathmandu Valley in the neighboring town Madhyapur Thimi and ended at the terminal Surya Binak in the royal city of Bhaktapur.
22 biaxial solo trolleybuses of the type SK541 Shanghai were from neighboring China is purchasing ( car numbers 001-022 ) At the opening, followed in 1997 another ten cars of the modern type Shenfeng SY- D60C ( car numbers 023-032 ).
Between 15 December 2001 and 1 September 2003 the trolleybus was completely set. First, a three -kilometer-long section was re-opened in October 2003, a further two kilometers were reactivated. The remaining route ended at the terminal Koteswor on the outskirts of Kathmandu, near the airport, Kathmandu. Its terminal was not approached. The unneeded overhead line on the disused section after Madhyapur Thimi and Bhaktapur was dismantled.
In use were the end only five of the original 32 cars, including only the older type vehicles from the 1970s. These were worked up to February 2004. The trolleybus line in Kathmandu was last serviced every 20 to 25 minutes, there were present a maximum of three courses in use simultaneously. The operation was in a state of disrepair and had to be suspended in July 2006 two more times in March 2004. The final decommissioning in November 2008, to the electricity company due to the absence of current payments.
Projects to increase the Obusnetzes were not pursued for financial reasons. Besides the trolleybus Wellington in New Zealand and the Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus and the Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus in Japan, the operation was in Kathmandu also one of the world's last Obusnetze, which are operated in left-hand traffic.