Trolleybuses in Coimbra

Coimbra trolleybus system
A Caetano/EFACEC trolleybus in Coimbra, 2006
Operation
LocaleCoimbra, Portugal
Open16 August 1947 (1947-08-16)
StatusClosed (temporarily suspended March 2021; made permanent July 2024)
Routes2
Operator(s)SMTUC
Infrastructure
Electrification600 V DC:81
Websitehttp://www.smtuc.pt SMTUC (in Portuguese)

The Coimbra trolleybus system (Portuguese: Rede de Tróleis de Coimbra) formed part of the public transport network in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. Opened in 1947, it supplemented, and then eventually replaced, the Coimbra tramway network. Service was suspended in March 2021 because of road construction, and officials stated that the suspension was temporary, but in late 2022 the mayor indicated that any resumption of trolleybus service would not occur until after completion of construction of a new Bus Rapid Transit line (to be called Metro Mondego), around late 2024. However, in July 2024, the city council voted not to resume service – to make the suspension a permanent closure – albeit with a proposal floated for a future tourist trolleybus operation along the banks of the Mondego River, without further detail given.