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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. In the United Kingdom the first trolleybus systems were inaugurated on 20 June 1911 [1] in Bradford and Leeds, although public ...
Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden Video of a trolleybus in Ghent, Belgium. A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram – in the 1910s and 1920s [1] – or trolley [2] [3]) is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead wires (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded ...
Trolleybuses served the London Passenger Transport Area from 1931 until 1962. For much of its existence, the London system was the largest in the world. It peaked at 68 routes, with a maximum fleet of 1,811 trolleybuses. [1] [2]
Both systems commenced operations on 20 June 1911. [1] [2] However, the public service on the Bradford system did not start until four days later. [1] [2] The Bradford system lasted the longest of all the UK's urban trolleybus systems. [2] Having been one of the first two such systems to open, it was also the last one to close, on 26 March 1972 ...
UK Trolleybus Systems & Museums (Bruce Lake) Wires of Faded Glory (Richard A. Bílek) World Trolleybus List - Systems Closed; Tom's North American Trolley bus Pix; TRANSIRA Association (Romanian Trolleybuses) Trolleybus in Europe (public-transport.net) World Map of Trolleybus systems in operation (TransPhoto)
Pages in category "Trolleybus transport in the United Kingdom" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Reading trolleybus system served the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire and was owned by Reading Corporation, which had operated an electric tramway since 1901. As there was a need for major refurbishment of the tramway in the 1930s, they decided to replace it with a trolleybus network.
The Newcastle upon Tyne trolleybus system once served the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England.Opened in 1935, [1] [2] it gradually replaced the Newcastle tram network. By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Newcastle system was a large one, with a total of 28 routes, and a maximum fleet of 204 trolleybuses. [2]