trolleybus

British  

/ ˈtrɒlɪˌbʌs /

noun

1. an electrically driven public-transport vehicle that does not run on rails but takes its power from an overhead wire through a trolley

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trolleybus

Some experts and enthusiasts even believe that shift could spark a revival for the forgotten trolleybus.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2020

Madison BRT could begin with diesel-hybrids, then upgrade to a battery version or even some new wire trolleybus, McIntosh said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2018

“I’m singing the song on a tram in Melbourne, Australia, about a trolleybus ride I took with my late father Raymond in Reading, England, in 1964,” Hitchcock says.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2017

Then, in winter, at Petrovsko-Razumovskaya, an unbearably grim corner of the universe where I had to ride a freezing trolleybus from the metro for 15 minutes passing a factory that made crutches.

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2014

I just bumped from my hotel to work and to parties and from parties to my hotel and back to work like a numb trolleybus.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath