Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen was the last Swiss city, which introduced the trolleybus. It was introduced in 1966 and replaced the tram which ran through Schaffhausen since 1901. Even though some extensions in 1970, 1974 and 1980, the trolleybus never reached the size of the former tram network. In 1980, the network reached its biggest size with three trolleybus lines (1, 2 and 9). The lines 2 and 9 were additional lines to line 1, which only ran on workdays. Line 9 served the section Ebnat - Herblingertal, which was not served otherwise. Nowadays, the trolleybus network consist of the main connection between Schaffhausen and Neuhausen again. With the extensions mentioned above, the line 1 now serves the route Waldfriedhof - Ebnat - Schaffhausen Bahnhof - Neuhausen Zentrum - Herbstäcker. In the noughties the continuation of the trolleybus network was challenged, not at least because of its small dimensions. In the meantime seven new trolleybuses were purchased, which should secure the trolleybus network for the next two decades.

Trolleybus fleet

Numbers	Type	In use	Comments	Preserved vehicles
101-105	Articulated trolleybus	1966-1994	No. 102 and 103 1992 sold to Valparaíso, Chile	105 (ARBL)
201-205	Rigid Trolleybus	1966-1995	No. 203 sold to Valparaíso (still in use)	202 (TVS)
106	Articulated trolleybus	1975-1999	Afterwards spare part source in Lucerne
206-207	Rigid trolleybus	1980-1991	Ex VBL Lucerne 226 und 227, built in 1961	207 (ARBL)
111-118	Articulated trolleybus	1991-2012
101II-106II, 107	Articulated trolleybus	since 2011	Hess Swisstrolley 3

Note: The articulated trolleybus No. 105, which is constructed the same way as our rigid trolleybus No. 202, was until 2011 also part of the TVS fleet. It was given to our partner association, which will preserve it long-term. Trolleybus No. 207, which originally ran in Lucerne and was 1991 saved by English friends of trolleybuses, could return to Switzerland in 2008. The TVS supported this project.