: a bus that is powered electrically by two overhead wires
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebModern trolleybuses plying the city’s streets all carry a notice saying they were purchased with funds donated by the European Union. Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2019 Metro maintains 70 miles of dual-wire trolleybus corridor, the second-largest system of just six in North America. Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018 New Flyer recently built a mixed-length fleet of 174 purple trolleybuses for Metro, ordered in 2015 in tandem with San Francisco Muni. Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018 Standard trolleybuses sell for over $1 million each. Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018 Height barely clears the overhead wires of train and trolleybus lines. Alexander Lew, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2007