[1] Trolleybuses operated mainly in Konak, with lines to Buca, Balçova and Tepecik.
The first trolleybuses, built by MAN,[3] arrived in İzmir on May 14, 1954, on a ship from Germany.
[4] The first trolleybus line opened on July 28, 1954,[4] or August 16, 1954,[1] between Konak and Güzelyalı.
The original fleet totalled eighteen vehicles, MAN trolleybuses (model MKE 3) with Rathgeber bodies, numbered 1–18.
[5] With its fleet falling apart, ESHOT discontinued trolleybus service in 1992, with different sources giving the date as either March 6, 1992,[4] or September 1992.