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The Nottingham trolleybus system once served the city of Nottingham, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It opened on 10 April 1927 ( 1927-04-10 ) , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and gradually replaced the Nottingham tramway network .
The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire trolleybus system once linked the city of Nottingham, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, with Ripley, in the neighbouring county of Derbyshire. Opened on 7 January 1932 ( 1932-01-07 ) , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it replaced the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire tramway , between the same termini.
See also Trolleybuses in Chesterfield. Derby: 9 January 1932 9 September 1967 See also Trolleybuses in Derby. Nottingham: 10 April 1927 30 June 1966 See also Trolleybuses in Nottingham. Notts & Derby Traction Company Nottingham 7 January 1932 25 April 1953 See also Trolleybuses in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
By 1928, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire was given power to operate a trolley bus system. The first trolley buses were introduced in 1931, and on 5 October 1933 the last tram ran on the Nottingham to Ripley route. The trolley bus system was very efficient and reliable, the journey from Ripley to Nottingham taking 90 minutes.
Nottingham Victoria station in the early 1900s. In 1904, the Midland Railway closed their station in Nottingham and opened a new one, Nottingham Midland station, which is still open today. [3] By 1967, Nottingham Victoria station had become run down; both the station, and passenger numbers on the routes through it, suffered from low demand.
By the end of the 1950s, trolleybuses were in decline, the last new trolleybus joining the fleet in 1952 reaching a maximum fleet of 155 vehicles. The first one-man operated bus appeared in 1951. Trolleybuses were withdrawn between April 1965 and July 1966, and the West Bridgford UDC Transport undertaking came under Nottingham's control in 1968.
Maximum tramway route mileage, 25.9 miles, existed for only a short while, from 7 June 1926, the date of the Mapperley extension, to 10 April 1927, when the Nottingham Road service was taken off. The Wollaton Park extension started a week after the first tram route was taken over by trolleybuses operating on the new Nottingham trolleybus system ...
Transport in Nottingham; Trent Lock; Trolleybuses in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire; Trowell services This page was last edited on 1 January 2022, at 15:49 (UTC ...