The 2021 trolleybus delivery of 7 Hess/ABB Ligh-Tram ( 416 – 422) happened in July and August this year and only a few days after delivery each of them took up regular line service. The new trolleybuses of same Hess/ABB type as 401-415 substitute not only the last Gräf& Stift/Kiepe NGT204M16 from 1994-97 but also VanHool/Kiepe AGT 300T built in 2002/2003. Until the end of July 264,273 and 276 were taken out of service for futher sale.
Even in 2022 it is expecteted to get further 7 Hess/ABB trolleybuses.
only a few days in service – the newest Salzburg trolleybus 422 (Hess/ABB, 2021) on Salzburg oldest Line 1, opened 81 years ago at Quartier Riedenburg – up to 1940 the terminus of Salzburg`s only tram line
the faces Salzburg`s modern trolleybus generation; on the left trolleybus 420 ( Hess/ABB, 2021) on line 10 and on the right trolleybus 367 (Solaris/Cegelec, 2018) on line 1 at Staatsbrücke in city center.
Fotos & Text: Gunter Mackinger – August 2021
Even in 2022 it is expecteted to get further 7 Hess/ABB trolleybuses.
only a few days in service – the newest Salzburg trolleybus 422 (Hess/ABB, 2021) on Salzburg oldest Line 1, opened 81 years ago at Quartier Riedenburg – up to 1940 the terminus of Salzburg`s only tram line
the faces Salzburg`s modern trolleybus generation; on the left trolleybus 420 ( Hess/ABB, 2021) on line 10 and on the right trolleybus 367 (Solaris/Cegelec, 2018) on line 1 at Staatsbrücke in city center.
Fotos & Text: Gunter Mackinger – August 2021