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Argentinian
From 1948, Argentine Republic began to install trolleybus systems in their main cities, being Buenos Aires the one which counted on the vastest net. Different lucks ran the different systems, depending in good measure on the friendliness -or not- that were excusing to him the shift politicians. Of more it is said than in several of the cases, prevailed the animadversion of the public powers to determine the withdrawal of the trolleybuses. Only Rosario and Mendoza preserved their electrical transportation systems, until in 1989 was added Córdoba city, with a totally new system, that of some way came to concretize the net of that city, so many announced times but never built. It was as soon as Córdoba installed its trolleybuses thirty years after that Rosario, being the our the last city that sponsored them within national plan of electrical transportation incorporation.
MENDOZA
EMPRESA
PROVINCIAL DE TRANSPORTES DE MENDOZA SOCIEDAD DEL ESTADO
Perú
Avenue 2592 - 5500 Mendoza City - Province of Mendoza.
Nissan
/ Tokyu Car / Toshiba trolleybus of Japanese industry, manufactured in
1962 included in a batch of 36 units acquired to replace the German Mercedes-Benz
/ Kiepe Elektrik O 6600T units that they had been transmitted by Transportation
of Buenos Aires company to inaugurate the Mendoza system in 1957.
The
"Toshiba" trolleybuses lent services until 1997, in which they were withdrawn
from service by have been surpassed technologically by the Krupp / Aero
/ Kiepe Elektrik trolleybuses originating from Solingen, Germany, that
began to be incorporated in 1988. The unit of the photograph is found
running in the "Villa Nueva" route (year 1988).
Photo:
Carlos A. Fernández.
As
an attempt of updating the design of the Japanese vehicles, and in order
to make them most "harmonic" with the German trolleybuses than happened
to constitute the greater part of the fleet, the Provincial Transportation
Company proceed to the reform of the bodyshell of a "Toshiba" unit, assigning
to him the internal number 5, acquiring the appearance that it can be observed
in this 1997 photograph.
Photo:
Mariano C. Antenore
In
1984, by virtue of a commercial exchange by wine exported by the Province
of Mendoza to the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics, this last send
a batch of 17 Uritzky ZIU 682 B trolleybuses. The Russian units gave
"fresh air" to the "Toshiba" units that by then had been diminished considerably
to consequence of the wear of its materials and of certain social raisings
happened around the end of the 1960s.
Sixteen
Uritzky trolleybuses continue operating in the year 2000, inasmuch as its
fifteen year in service have been a unbeatable test of the nobility of
these machines when receive the adequate preventive maintenance.
The remaining unit was ignited intentionally in 1986.
This
1997 photograph illustrates a unit decorated by school children, taking
the curve in 9 de Julio Avenue corner Colón Avenue.
Photo:
Carlos A. Fernández.
Due
to the renovation of its fleet, in 1988 the Solingen Transportation Company
(then German Federal Republic) sold to Mendoza Provincial Transportation
Company a total of 58 used trolleybuses built among 1971 and 1976 by the
Krupp / Aero / Kiepe Elektrik consortium. Also, the German company
entertained other 20 units already retired from service to be employed
as source of parts. The trolleybus of the image is found running
in España Avenue corner Sarmiento Pedestrian Road, in service in
the by then recently inaugurated "Pellegrini" route (year 1990).
Their livery, as well as the advertising cartels mounted in the lateral
and hind panel were not altered, corresponded to their originating German
company.
Photo:
Carlos A. Fernández.
From
1997, the German trolleybuses shine the new livery adopted by Mendoza Provincial
Transportation Company. The photograph shows the car #46, running
in the "Parque" route in front to the General San Martín Park (year
1997).
Photo:
Carlos A. Fernández.
CÓRDOBA
EXPRESO
EMIR S.A. (1989 - 1993)
TRANSPORTES
ELÉCTRICOS CAÑADENSE S.A. (1993 - 1996)
DIRECCIÓN
DE TROLEBUSES - MUNICIPALIDAD DE CÓRDOBA (1996 - 1997)
TROLECOR
S.A. (Desde 1998 continuando en la actualidad)
Oncativo
St. and Libertad St.- General Paz Quarter - 5000 Córdoba City -
Córdoba Province.
The
Córdoba city trolleybuses were inaugurated in May 1989, in the framework
of an ambitious restructuring plan of the urban passenger transportation,
in which also was included the metric gauge railway system that crosses
the Mediterranean capital. The whole works, and the provision of
the equipment and vehicles corresponded to the Soviet company “VVO Technoexport”
the one which in this way, it delivered the system in operative order to
the Córdoba Municipality. The first ten Uritzky model ZIU
682b trolleybuses fulfilled a part of the tour of the "B" route, among
Plaza Colón in the center, until Patria Avenue and Padre Luis Monti,
in the city Northeast.
The
operation of the system was to cargo of the Expreso Emir company; having
disposed among one of their novel measures, that they would be women who
driving the trolleybuses. At once, the trolleybus was earning the
preferences of the public, thus recognized by their cleanliness, rapidity
and good frequency.
From
1990 began to arrive at Córdoba more trolleybuses, until completing
a total of thirty two simple cars and twelve three-axles articulated units.
Consequently, they were being completed the tended of the two remaining
"C" and "A" routes, and being extended the provisional tour of the
"B", to the West of the Colón Avenue. The “A” route was the
last in be enabled and until today it could not be extended until his definitive
terminal in the University City.
Due
to change in the Córdoba city municipal policy, as from 1992 were
happened various inconvenient in the system, being the most serious the
overlapping of the Diesel bus routes on the trolleybuses itineraries, subtracting
him a great quantity of passengers to these last.
This,
it added to judgements against the concessionaire and the oversizing of
the staff was the unfetter factor for the separation of Expreso Emir S.A.
as operator of the service.
The
new concessionaire turned out to be “Transportes Eléctricos Cañadense
S.A.”, company that as far as she is concerned it did not invest in the
committed form, and in whose management were raised serious union conflicts
with consequences yet more lamentable: several trolleybuses resulted burned
in different attacks.
An
attempt of reversing the negative economic situation was established routes
combining the terminals of the three trunk routes, something which only
resulted in the worsening of the frequencies of the system as a rule.
In
January 1996 the Córdoba Municipality intervened the company, for
then to develop the system in direct form. In December 1997, the
system was transferred to the Trolecor company, that had formulated an
offer to be made cargo of the service, offering to incorporate fifty Chinese-built
new trolleybuses.
Since
then they were repaired some Russian units and as from February 2000 began
to run sixteen Chinese trolleybuses, those which are found in a period
of adjustment and optimization.
Nevertheless,
the overlapping of omnibus routes continues in the middle of a generalized
crisis of the public transportation, and the trolleybuses are not the exception;
not being difficult to predict that possibly the Córdoba electrical
transportation has a new operator in a future not so distant...
In
a part of the one which was a freight yard of the General Belgrano Railway,
was erected the "headquarters-base" of the trolleybus system. The
facilities counts with administration and technical offices, shops, rectifier
substation and a parking yard for the units.
Photo:
Expreso Emir S.A.
The
fleet also it is integrated by twelve articulated Uritzky model 683c trolleybuses,
incorporated in 1990. As opposed to the two-axle units, these cars
are equipped with chopper control. One of the vehicles was burned
in 1996, what determined his definitive withdrawn. However, the eleven
remaining cars continue operating at present. The photo shows us
an articulated turning in the front of Plaza Lavalle, East terminal point
of the "C" route.
Photo:
Mariano César Antenore
Until
high night hours, the trolleybuses were transporting a great quantity of
passengers, in their first era of Expreso Emir S.A. Then, in reason
of the overlapping of bus lines, disposed by the Córdoba Municipality,
the trolleybuses saw diminished significantly the passengers load, debilitating
the original planning of the system and resulting in economic problems
that concluded with the rescission of the grant. The image exhibits
a “C” route trolleybus running in nocturnal hours by the General Paz avenue
corner with Colón avenue.
Photo:
Expreso Emir S.A.
The
Córdoba trolleybus system counts on terminals intended for the review
of the units and to the control of traffic. One of them is the Fuerza
Aérea avenue terminal, in the West of the city.
Photo:
Expreso Emir S.A.
From
February 2000 began to be incorporated the Chinese-built trolleybuses promised
by the current grantee, Trolecor S.A. Sixteen units are those which
circulate in July 2000, distributed in the three lines. The characteristics
and quality of the new trolleybuses are modest, not to be counted the silence
and the elegance among the virtues of the Asian units...
Photo:
Mariano César Antenore
The
Chinese trolleybuses are found in an adjustment process, cargo of the personal
of Trolecor S.A. and of technical personnel sent by the manufacturer.
At once, the cars were incorporated into urban landscape, popularly naming
as "the new trolleys". The image shows the car #47 of the "C" route,
stopped in Colón avenue corner General Paz avenue.
Photo:
Mariano César Antenore