"Tychy, a Polish city of 130,000 inhabitants located in Silesia, is renewing its trolleybus fleet. Eighteen new 12-meter Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Skoda electric engines are currently being delivered. The new vehicles will complement and partially replace the existing fleet of 24 Solaris Trollino Medcoms purchased between 2013 and 2022. The contract is based on a tender for 20 units published on April 29 2024:"
"The vehicles meet the highest standards of comfort and safety. Thanks to their traction batteries, they will also be able to operate autonomously on stretches without two-wire lines, allowing for possible network expansion without the need for infrastructure construction. A comprehensive passenger information system is available on board, including special panels for the visually impaired and a stop warning system."
Eighteen new 12-meter Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Skoda electric engines are being delivered to Tychy to complement and partially replace an existing fleet of 24 Solaris Trollino Medcoms purchased between 2013 and 2022. The contract followed a tender published on April 29, 2024, with TLT accepting Solaris's offer on October 27, 2024, and is funded 100% by the European Union under the National Reconstruction Plan via the Green Public Transport program. The contract value is just under PLN 50 million (approximately €11.73 million). Vehicles feature traction batteries for off-wire operation, comprehensive passenger information systems, outward-opening doors, on-board defibrillators, air conditioning, and advanced safety systems including pedestrian detection, traffic sign recognition, and distance measurement. The trolleybus network in Tychy was inaugurated on October 1, 1982, and currently comprises eight core lines.
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