Trolza

Trolza (Russian: ZАО "Троллейбусный завод", abbr. Тролза), formerly known as the Uritsky factory or simply Uritsky, was a trolleybus manufacturer in Russia, located in Engels, Saratov oblast.

Trolza
Native name
ЗАО «ТролЗа»
Company typeClosed joint-stock company
IndustryTrolleybus manufacturing
Founded1868 (1868)
Defunct2020
Headquarters,
ProductsTrolleybuses and buses
Number of employees
1,798 (2011)
Websitewww.trolza.ru

In the Soviet era it was known as ZiU (Russian: Завод имени Урицкого, Zavod imeni Uritskogo, plant named after Moisei Uritskiy) or Uritsky factory (plant).

ZiU/Trolza has built over 65,000 trolleybuses. Historically, the most numerous models of ZiU production were the MTB-82, the ZiU-5 and the ZiU-9 (also known as the ZiU-682). The ZiU-9 is the most widely produced trolleybus in history. The factory has exported its production to various countries, including Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Greece, Mongolia, Hungary, Serbia etc.

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