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==Examples== [[File:Breda dual-mode bus at Westlake station in Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, 9-17-1990.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel]] was served exclusively by dual-mode buses from its opening in 1990 until 2004.]] [[File:Trolleybus Bimode ex-Lausannois n°808, En Roumanie.jpg|thumb|right|A dual-mode bus in Ploiești, Romania, 2010.]] {{inc-transport|date=August 2008}} * [[Beijing]], [[China]] uses a fleet of over 1,250 dual-mode trolleybuses for its [[Beijing Bus|trolleybus network]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-15 |script-title=zh:北京多措并举治理PM2.5 一微克一微克往下抠 |language=zh |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-01/15/c_1125462807.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116183217/http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-01/15/c_1125462807.htm |archive-date=2020-01-16 |script-work=zh:新华网}}</ref> * [[Bergen, Norway]] features dual-mode MAN-Neoplan buses in the [[Bergen trolleybus]] system * [[MBTA bus|Boston]], Massachusetts, USA installed dual-mode Neoplan DMA-460LF buses on the Waterfront portion of its [[Silver Line (MBTA)|Silver Line]] in 2005 and removed in 2023. Electric power was required in the exclusive right of way that runs in a tunnel under [[Fort Point Channel]] to [[South Station (subway)|South Station]]; [[diesel engine|diesel]] power was used to run on city streets and highways, including the [[Ted Williams Tunnel]] to [[Logan Airport]] * [[San Francisco]], [[California]] [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|MUNI]]'s [[30 Stockton]] uses battery power on a short section of the route, and trolleybus power on the rest of it. * [[Castellón de la Plana]], Spain installed a new trolleybus line that went into operation 25 June 2008.<ref name="dave_chick">{{Cite web |last=Chick |first=Dave |title=Castellon |url=http://www.sandtoft.org/bts/Articles/castellon.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106011908/http://www.sandtoft.org/bts/Articles/castellon.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=2009-01-10 |website=British Trolleybus Society}}</ref><ref name="Castellón_Photos">{{Cite web |date=18 December 2008 |title=Castellón-de-la-Playa (sic) Trolleybus Photos |url=http://members.shaw.ca/synt/Castellon-photos.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212104914/http://members.shaw.ca/synt/Castellon-photos.htm |archive-date=2009-02-12 |access-date=2009-01-10 |website=members.shaw.ca/synt}}</ref> The [[Iveco Bus|Irisbus]] Civis vehicles are optically guided and are capable of switching to diesel engine power for turning in front of the Parque Ribalta.<ref name="innov">{{Cite web |date=2008-07-07 |title=A First in Spain: Optiguide for Castellon's Trolleybus Line |url=http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/logistics/report-113808.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218092415/http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/logistics/report-113808.html |archive-date=2009-02-18 |access-date=2009-01-11 |website=Innovations Report}}</ref><ref name="shaw_note">{{Cite web |date=3 July 2008 |title=Castellón de la playa notes |url=http://members.shaw.ca/synt/Castellon-Notes.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212104840/http://members.shaw.ca/synt/Castellon-Notes.htm |archive-date=2009-02-12 |access-date=2009-01-10 |website=members.shaw.ca/synt}}</ref> * [[King County Metro|Seattle, Washington]], USA used 236 dual-mode Breda ETB buses in its [[Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel|downtown bus tunnel]] from 1990 until late 2004, when the fleet of dual-mode buses were retired, except for 59 converted to [[trolleybus|electric-only]] service<ref name="metro_breda">{{Cite web |title=Retired - Breda 5000 Dual-Mode Bus |url=http://metro.kingcounty.gov/am/vehicles/retired/breda.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528061807/http://metro.kingcounty.gov/am/vehicles/retired/breda.html |archive-date=2010-05-28 |access-date=2009-12-04 |website=Metro Online}}</ref><ref name="metro_breda_trolley">{{Cite web |title=Breda Articulated Trolley Bus |url=http://metro.kingcounty.gov/am/vehicles/breda-trolley.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007004603/http://metro.kingcounty.gov/am/vehicles/breda-trolley.html |archive-date=2014-10-07 |access-date=2009-12-04 |website=King County}}</ref> and were replaced in the tunnel by [[hybrid electric bus|hybrid diesel-electric buses]]. *[[Shanghai]], [[China]] uses a fleet of over 300 dual-mode trolleybuses for its [[Trolleybuses in Shanghai|network]].<ref name=":0" /> * [[Ploiești]], [[Romania]] features ex-Lausanne Neoplan N6121 dual-mode buses in the Ploiești trolleybus system. * [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]] also has a dual bus that operates in the [[Jabaquara (district of São Paulo)|Jabaquara]] district, in the south zone. One of these is a Superarticulated Bus that operates in the [[São Mateus–Jabaquara Metropolitan Corridor|Corredor ABD]]. * [[Gdynia]] and [[Lublin]], both [[Poland]] have the dual-mode buses running as part of their [[Trolleybuses in Gdynia|trolleybus]] [[Trolleybuses in Lublin|networks]], in case of Gdynia, their (PKT's) duobuses are [[Solaris Trollino|Solaris Trollinos]] and [[Mercedes-Benz Citaro|Mercedes Citaros]] (which were converted into trolleybuses in 2012). Both of these types, unlike typical dual-mode buses, are trolleybus and [[electric bus]] hybrids.
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