List of trolleybus systems in Brazil

This is a list of trolleybus systems in Brazil by Estado. It includes all trolleybus

Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit...

systems, past and present.

Bahia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Salvador Salvador, Bahia Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...	9 January 1959	June 1968

Ceará

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Fortaleza Fortaleza Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...	25 January 1967	February 1972

Minas Gerais

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...	30 May 1953	22 January 1969	Construction of a second system was started, in the late 1980s, but never completed, and the plans were eventually cancelled.

Pernambuco

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Recife Recife Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...	15 June 1960	24 September 2001

Rio de Janeiro (state)

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)
Campos (dos Goytacazes) Campos dos Goytacazes Campos dos Goytacazes is a municipality and city located in the northern area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 463,545 inhabitants. Its area is 4,031.910 km², which makes it the largest municipality in the state and its elevation is 14 m...	29 June 1958	12 June 1967
Niterói Niterói Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de...	21 November 1953	10 November 1967
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... :
♦ Zona Norte	April 1965	April 1971 (?)
♦ Zona Sul	3 September 1962	July 1968 (?)

Rio Grande do Sul

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...	7 December 1963	19 May 1969

São Paulo (state)

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Araraquara Araraquara Not to be confused with Araracuara, a town, region, genus of trees in ColombiaAraraquara is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset and because of its hazy temperature, especially in summer.More than 200,000 people...	27 December 1959	20 November 2000
	Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is nicknamed Brazilian California, because of a combination of an economy based on agrobusiness plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 605,114 inhabitants,...	24 July 1982	2 July 1999
	Rio Claro Rio Claro, São Paulo Rio Claro is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2005 was 195,131 and the area is 521 km². The elevation is 613 m. It was incorporated as the village of São João Batista do Ribeirão Claro in 1827, and this incorporation is celebrated every year on June 24 as a municipal...	9 May 1986	July 1993
	Santos Santos (São Paulo) -Sister cities: Shimonoseki, Japan Nagasaki, Japan Funchal, Portugal Trieste, Italy Coimbra, Portugal Ansião, Portugal Arouca, Portugal Ushuaia, Argentina Havana, Cuba Taizhou. China Ningbo. China Constanţa, Romania Ulsan, South Korea Colón, Panama* Cadiz, Spain...	12 August 1963		See also Trolleybuses in Santos Trolleybuses in Santos The Santos trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network in Santos, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Opened on 12 August 1963, it presently comprises only one line, and, along with the two São Paulo metropolitan area trolleybus systems, is one of only three... .
SPTrans SPTrans The São Paulo Transporte is the name adopted on March 8, 1995 by the municipal local government which aims to manage the public transport system with buses in São Paulo... (urban)	São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	22 April 1949		See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo Trolleybuses in São Paulo Trolleybuses in São Paulo provide a portion of the public transport service in Greater São Paulo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with two independent trolleybus systems... .
Corredor Metropolitano São Mateus - Jabaquara - EMTU	Greater São Paulo Greater São Paulo The Greater São Paulo is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.-Definitions:-Metropolitan Area:...	3 December 1988		Serves neighboring towns including Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in southern Metropolitan São Paulo and São Paulo microregion. The municipality's total area is 408.45 km ² and a population estimated at 1 July 2009, according to the IBGE, was 810,979 inhabitants, which results in a population... and Santo André. See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo Trolleybuses in São Paulo Trolleybuses in São Paulo provide a portion of the public transport service in Greater São Paulo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with two independent trolleybus systems... .