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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.
Reading Corporation decided to abandon the trolleybus system, and the routes were phased out between January 1967 and November 1968. [5] The UK's first contra-flow bus lane was instigated along Kings Road, when that road was made one-way in the early 1960s. The trolleybuses continued to operate two-way, as it was considered uneconomic to erect ...
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Los Angeles: 11 September 1910 1915 Located in Laurel Canyon. The first commercial trolleybus system in the United States. [4] [5] [6] Later, there were 1922 and 1937 demonstrations of newer vehicles. [1] [7] [a] Los Angeles Transit Lines (1947–58); Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority ...
Pages in category "Defunct trolleybus systems by city" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of cities where trolleybuses operate, or operated in the past, as part of the public transport system. The original list has been divided to improve user-friendliness and to reduce article size. Separate lists—separate articles in Wikipedia—have been made for the following countries: Americas Brazil; Canada; United States
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 ...
This is a route-map template for Trolleybuses in Reading, a trolleybus system in the United Kingdom.. For a key to symbols, see {{bus route legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Between 1963–1965 the Reading completely rebuilt 38 of the cars. These were designated RER and popularly known as "Blueliners" from their distinctive white-and-blue livery. [8] The rebuilt cars were renumbered into the 9101–9138 range. [9] Un-rebuilt cars were known colloquially as "Reading 'green' cars" as they remained in their original ...