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This is a list of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom by Home Nation and by regions of England. It includes: Past trolleybus systems in the UK. Museums in the UK capable of running trolleybuses (i.e. possessing overhead wires and trolleybuses in working order). There are currently no operational trolleybus systems in the UK.
Most bus services in the United Kingdom are run by the Big Five, five large groups of companies which emerged in the 1990s from the consolidation of bus companies privatised in the 1980s. These groups are all focused on transport. Some of them also run rail services, express coach services and overseas transport companies. They are: Arriva
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Trolleybuses were built on AEC, Leyland and British United Traction (BUT) chassis. [9] Apart from the Diddlers and a few experimental vehicles, most London trolleybuses were near-identical. In 1941 and 1943 London Transport acquired 43 trolleybuses that had been ordered for South Africa but could not be shipped there because of the war. [10]
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Ipswich system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 14 routes, and a maximum fleet of 85 trolleybuses. The system was closed on 23 August 1963 ( 1963-08-23 ) .
Trolleybuses have been replaced with autonomous electric buses from April 2019. Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus: Daikanbō – Murodō: 23 April 1996 30 November 2024 (scheduled) [36] Trolleybuses to be replaced with electric buses from April 2025. [37] Kyōto-shiei Trolleybus (京都市営トロリーバス) Kyoto: 1 April 1932 30 September 1969 [34]
Preserved vintage trolleybus made by FIAT for the Piraeus-Kastella line in Greece (1939) 1954 CCF–Brill trolleybus in Edmonton ZiU-5 during the parade of vintage automobiles, Saint Petersburg Rocar 117E and 217E in Brasov, Romania, 1994. It was one of the most used trolleybus types in Romania in the 1980s until the 2000s
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Southend system was a moderately sized one, with a total of four routes, and a maximum fleet of 34 trolleybuses. [4] The system was closed relatively early, on 28 October 1954 ().