Shanghai Photos 4

China

15 NOV 1914 — Operating

An articulated trolleybus on Rte 20 in Shanghai. This route was opened on August 15th, 1963 to replace the streetcar line. No.20 trolleybus route is well-known in Shanghai. It runs on Nanjing Road and goes through downtown in Shanghai. The route is 7.52 km long. Every day, more than 40,000 people ride route 20. The photo was taken in 1963. The trolleybus in the photo is being tested. Behind the trolleybus, there is one of the last tramcars. Photo by Zheng Hen.

A line-up of new trolleybuses on route 8 somewhere in Shanghai. Photo by Zheng Hen. Circa 2002.

A rear shot of a new trolleybus on route 8. Photo by Zheng Hen. Circa 2002.

An interior shot of a Shanghai articulated trolleybus. Photo by Zheng Hen. Circa 2002.

A left side view of a Shanghai articulated trolleybus. Photo by Zheng Hen. Circa 2002.

An unidentified trolley on Route 5 engaging some rather interesting overhead going straight. Photo by Zachary Jiang. FE 2002.

An unidentified trolley on Route 126 engaging some rather interesting overhead turning right. Photo by Zachary Jiang. FE 2002.

A cluttery crossover switch at the intersection of Shanghai at Shaanxi Road N. and Xinzha Road, called a "booby trap" by Zachary--the booby trap is a missing piece of overhead. Fortunately the west bound wires (from left to right) on Xinzha Road where the trap sits is neither for revenue operation use, nor for garage access any more, they are largely abandoned, the southbound wires (from left to right) that intersect them are for southbound route 24 use. Photo by Zachary Jiang. FE 2002.

Shanghai Coach SK-1000 trolleybus. 1 JL 1951. Photographer unknown, submitted by Zheng Han.

Another Shanghai Coach SK-1000 trolleybus. 1 JL 1951. Photographer unknown, submitted by Zheng Han.

1953 Shanghai Coach SK-2000 trolleybus--this model had three axles. Photographer unknown, submitted by Zheng Han.

An information sign at a Shanghai trolleybus stop. The Route number is indicated on the upper left hand corner of the stop, the large black Chinese characters on the upper right hand corner indicate the stop name (Yan-an Road W.), the smaller characters below the route number indicate this is a conductor-less bus route, the red characters and the black characters to the right indicate the name of the next stop (Nanjing Road W.), and the white characters on the blue strip at the bottom of the stop sign give the destination of the route (Chang Estate), a trolley-bus symbol is also attached to this blue bar.
A Sunwin trolley whose fleet number I cannot identify, is at a new loop on route 23 directly in front of Expo Entrance a the south end of Tibet Road. Photo by Song Wenchao (Wing). 2010.

Sunwin SWB5105KGP #366 on route 28 at Longchang Road. Photo by Song Wenchao. From the collection of Zachary Ziang. Dec 2010.

Sunwin SWB5105KGP #291 on route 28 at Longchang Road. Photo by Song Wenchao. From the collection of Zachary Ziang. Dec 2010.