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running on a 1.8 km (1.1 mi) route. In April 2018, a visitor found that the service had been re-extended along another previously closed section, by about 2.5 km (1.6 mi), making the overall route in operation around 4.3 km (2.7 mi) long. Eleven refurbished trolleybuses were observed in service.
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At an unknown date after the 2013 suspension, refurbishment of some of the 15Tr trolleybuses began, with around 30 being refurbished by 2016, when the system reopened. The work included modernisation of their front and rear ends and the replacement of the side windows with bonded, tinted ones. They
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Visitors in 2014 found that the system had ceased operation, and by
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Line 1 was the primary northeastern route, and was 6.9 km (4.3 mi) long. Line 2 was an express line following the same route, but serving fewer stops. Both lines terminated at
Terminal-e-Sharq. Sometime between 2005 and autumn 2010, both of these routes were closed, and their wiring was
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The system reopened on, or shortly after, 21 March 2016. In May 2016, the only service observed in operation was a 1.8-km route between Meydan-e-Khorasan (Khorasan Square) and
Bozorgrah-e-Be'sat. Extensions were reported to be planned. A visitor in April 2018 found that the service had been
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The trolleybuses used on lines 1 and 2 wore a green-yellow-white livery (the system's original livery) and were based at the northeastern depot, at
Terminal-e-Sharq. These were the 1992 vehicles, carrying fleet numbers mostly in the 900 series.
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Those operating lines 3, 4 and 5 were liveried blue and white (in some cases with yellow highlights) and were based at the southern depot, near
Bozorgrah-e-Be'sat. They carried 800-series fleet numbers (the 1991 vehicles).
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trolleybuses opened the system, and 30 more of the same type arrived in 1992 to expand the fleet to 65 vehicles. The still-new system then grew with the opening of several more routes and extensions.
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extended from Meydan-e-Khorasan to Meydan-e-Shohada, a reinstatement of a former route section, using renewed overhead wires, adding approximately 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to the route length.
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