The city center trolleybus terminal is located on the outskirts of the old town. Trolleybuses didn't operate through historic neighborhoods.
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( 12.08.2008 , Ivo )
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Between 08.2011 - 31.03.2009 trolleybuses operated via a temporary circular route, confined to the northern part of the network. As the depot was located in the southern part of the network, trolleybuses were stored in the streets, and were towed to/from the depot for maintenance. In this photo trolleybuses are stranded in the snow storm.
( 20.02.2009 , Hakkinen )
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Trolleybuses are stranded in the snow storm.
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( 26.08.2008 , Hakkinen )
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( 26.03.2009 , Hakkinen )
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( 19.11.2008 , Handstake )
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( 26.03.2009 , Hakkinen )
A split between two branches: to the right is a direct line between the city center and Kachitsa via Boulevard Gabrovski, followed by the Route 1; to the left is an indirect line via Boulevard Bulgaria and the Kolyu Ficheto (Treugolnika) neighborhood, followed by the Route 2.
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( 01.09.2008 , Hakkinen )
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( 13.01.2009 , Hakkinen )
An overhead ends abruptly east of newly built highway interchange, construction of which is cited as a pretext for the trolleybus network closure.
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Between 08.2011 - 31.03.2009 trolleybuses operated via a temporary circular route, confined to the northern part of the network, with the temporary Route 1 following the clockwise pattern, and the new temporary Route 22 following the counterclockwise pattern. Renumbering of Route 2 into 22 was due to a temporary diesel bus Route 2 operated in place of trolleybuses. A strange choice of numbering was due to route displays with digits “1” and “2” been the only ones available, thus two placards with the number “2” were put together to form “22”.
( 28.01.2009 , Handstake )
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( 26.03.2009 , Hakkinen )
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A rather curious short turn overhead option only 5 stops away from the city center terminal.
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A former trolleybus stop, nowadays a diesel bus stop, in the Kolyu Ficheto (Triegolnika) apartment block development.
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An overhead ends abruptly east of newly built highway interchange, construction of which is cited as a pretext for the trolleybus network closure.
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The trolleybus network was closed on 31.03.2009. The official pretext was a road construction project in the Kachitsa area, which involved a revamping of the trans-Bulgarian Sofia - Varnovo highway interchange into two traffic circles. At the time of this photo, two years after systems' closure, this was the only segment of the former trolleybus network overhead that was missing.
( 12.05.2012 , Yury Maller )
An overhead ends abruptly west of newly built highway interchange.
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A short turn overhead option near the intercity bus station. It is not known to be used by regular service moves, at least through the last years of operation.
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A trolleybus line traverses a mountain pass and descents into a valley south of the city, toward the industrial park. As per smart urban planning scheme that utilized local terrain peculiarities, residential and industrial areas are located in valleys separated by a mountain chain. The original purpose of the trolleybus network was to provide a connection between the two valleys.
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A small development of apartment blocks in the valley next to an industrial park. The rest of residential neighborhoods are located in a separate valley, behind the mountain chain.
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A trolleybus line next to a mountain chain that separates a valley with an industrial park with a valley with residential neighborhoods. The original purpose of the trolleybus network was to provide a connection between the two valleys.
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An overhead interchange at the beginning of a short branch-off to the Depot.
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A clockwise loop.
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An overhead interchange in-front of the gates of the depot features a unique options that allows for a turnaround outside the gates, and a return move to the depot.
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All 15 trolleybuses that ever operated in Veliko Tarnovo are awaiting their fate after the closure of the system. All will be scrapped in 2011.
( 01.04.2009 , Hakkinen )
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( 03.04.2009 , Hakkinen )