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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 ...
A cargo trolleybus system in the 'Pobeda' collective farm, Lahoysk. [114] Mahilyow: 19 January 1970 Minsk: 19 September 1952 The second largest network in world (after Moscow); see also Trolleybuses in Minsk: Snov 1950s 1960s A cargo trolleybus system in the Kolkhoz named after Mikhail Kalinin. [115] Vitebsk: 1 September 1978
During World War II a trolleybus branch was constructed from the Oxford Road to Kentwood Hill, enabling trolleybuses to replace motor buses with a consequential saving in precious oil based fuel. Reading Corporation decided to abandon the trolleybus system, and the routes were phased out between January 1967 and November 1968. [12]
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The first trolleybus line was opened by the former Market Street Railway Company (MSR). The San Francisco Municipal Railway ("Muni") opened the second trolleybus line on 7 September 1941. MSR was absorbed by Muni on 29 September 1944. Most of the current trolleybus system was built to replace MSR tramway lines.
World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia (ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks. Porter, Harry; and Stanley F.X. Worris. 1979. Trolleybus Bulletin No. 109: Databook II. North American Trackless Trolley Association (defunct). Sebree, Mac; and Paul Ward. 1974. The Trolley Coach in North America (Interurbans Special 59
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.