Location: Netherlands

Date of publication: May 2022

Focus Areas: Infrastructure.Avoid., Infrastructure.Extend.

Arnhem Extends its Trolleygrid to Intercity Transport by Trolley2.0 Buses

Trolleybus line 352 is an express In Motion Charged (IMC) trolleybus service that runs between the Dutch cities of Arnhem and Wageningen. Arnhem has introduced the new IMC t-buses that can use the existing trolleygrid catenary to charge the t-bus batteries. This means that these state-of-the-art vehicles can be disconnected from the grid in Oosterbeek, at the end of the overhead line network, and continue to Wageningen on a battery-mode.

The charging corridor Arnhem Centraal-Oosterbeek is almost 7 km long, while the route Oosterbeek-Wageningen is impressive 17 km long.

This charging in-motion of the trolleybuses helps to avoid the costly construction of a dedicated charging infrastructure. Additionally, the solution extends the usable range of the existing trolleygrid infrastructure well beyond the physical footprint of its overhead cables