Diesel instead of trolleybuses. Manufacturer fails to get cars for line 58 into service, struggles with defects
Articulated battery trolleybus SOR TNS 18 for Prague in operation with passengers for the first time. Instead of seven trolleybuses, two were running in Prague on Thursday. DPP has already claimed CZK 56 million in penalties against SOR. The Prague Transport Company (DPP) on Thursday officially started standard routine operation on trolleybus line 58 Palmovka – Čakovice – Miškovice. This became the first line in Prague where trolleybuses were to be replaced by buses. However, diesel buses, which passengers knew from the past when the line was numbered 140, continue to operate on most of the routes.