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Trolleybuses are electric buses that draw power from dual overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. By the standards of the other now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Cardiff system was medium-sized, with 14 routes and a maximum fleet of 79 trolleybuses. [ 2 ]
Trolleybuses stopped on Wood Street, rather than at Cardiff Central bus station. A full transition to motor buses began in 1962 and was completed by 1970, bringing to an end 68 years of electric traction on the streets of Cardiff. The city has been served by motor buses ever since. [3]
Cardiff Bus (Welsh: Bws Caerdydd) is the main operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth.The company is wholly owned by Cardiff Council [3] [4] and is one of the few municipal bus companies to remain in council ownership; unlike most municipal bus companies elsewhere in Britain, which are run as an 'arms length' organisation, Cardiff Bus is ...
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.
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]
A Cardiff trolleybus in Ely (1969). Nika Turković 1955, the furthest and final extension of Cardiff's trolleybus system came to Ely, where city trams had never run.In 1959, the Cardiff Corporation Transport trolleybus routes that were operating in Ely and Caerau were the 10 A/B (Ely – Canton – City Centre) and the motorbus service 39(A) (Ely Bridge, City Centre – Rhiwbina).
25 July – The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board. 22 August – Closure of Dinorwic slate quarry. November – Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea. [11] A silent protest takes place at an Ebbw Vale match.
Cardiff West Park and Ride is based at the Cardiff City Stadium at Leckwith. Cardiff South Park and Ride operates from County Hall in Cardiff Bay. Cardiff North Park and Ride operates at Crown Way, off North Road between Gabalfa and Cathays. Cardiff East, which is the newest Park and Ride after opening in late 2009, runs to Queen Street station ...