Editing Dushanbe (section)

=== Trolleybus system ===
{{Main|Trolleybuses in Dushanbe}}
[[File:Троллейбус (шаҳри Душанбе).jpg|thumb|Trolleybuses in Dushanbe]]
The [[Trolleybuses in Dushanbe|Dushanbe trolleybus system]] began on 6 April 1955 when a trolleybus administration was organized in the city. On 1 May 1955, the first [[Trolza]] trolleybus began operation on Lenin Avenue, the main avenue of Dushanbe. Routes continued to be added in 1957 and 1958 and in 1967, 9 routes were opened and the length of the network reached {{Convert|49|km|mi}}. The [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|collapse of the Soviet Union]] led to a crisis in the system, as fuel increased in price and looting became a consistent problem, with one incident occurring at the central bus station leading to the temporary suspension of lines. During the period, the number of trolleybuses declined from a high of 250 during the late 1980s to only 45–50. 100 new trolleybuses were ordered in 2004 which were delivered a couple years after and aided in the resumption of service.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-04-16|title=КАвЗ: в будущее - с оптимизмом|url=http://www.omnibus.ru/arhiv/1-2_2008/arhivarius/|access-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416110626/http://www.omnibus.ru/arhiv/1-2_2008/arhivarius/|archive-date=16 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kluczewska|first=Karolina|title=Dushanbe buses and what it means to live in a capital city|url=https://www.academia.edu/42097027|website=www.academia.edu}}</ref>

In 2020, the [[European Bank for Reconstruction & Development|European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] gave $8 million to repair the system. As of 2020, Dushanbe had 7 trolleybus routes with 11 million passengers a years.<ref name="The Guardian-2017" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-27|title=EBRD finances Dushanbe trolleybus infrastructure modernisation|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/ebrd-finances-dushanbe-trolleybus-infrastructure-modernisation/55572.article|access-date=2020-08-04|website=Railway Gazette International}}</ref> While trolleybuses were the main mode of transport in the Soviet era, today they account for only 2% of motorized trips.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Toward safer, cleaner, and more convenient public transport in Central Asian cities|url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/transport/toward-safer-cleaner-and-more-convenient-public-transport-central-asian-cities|access-date=2020-08-04|website=blogs.worldbank.org|date=31 July 2019 }}</ref>

Dushanbe trolleybuses are based upon the [[ZiU-9]] trolleybus design.

* [[Trolza|TrolZa]]-5264.01 "Capital" (nos 1000–1003);
* [[ZIU-682|ZiU-682]]H-016 (012) (nos 1004–1039, 2000–2027);
* [[ZIU-682|ZiU-682]]H-016 (018) (nos 1042, 1053, 1054, 1058, 1059, 1072–1083, 2038, 2046, 2051–2079);
* [[ZIU-682|ZiU-682]]V (nos 1177, 2095, 2099).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dushanbe, trolleybus — Roster|url=https://transphoto.org/list.php?t=2&cid=384|access-date=2020-08-04|website=transphoto.org}}</ref>