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The Cardiff trolleybus system once served Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Opened on 1 March 1942 ( 1942-03-01 ) , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it gradually replaced the Cardiff tramway network . Trolleybuses are electric buses that draw power from dual overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles.
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).
Cardiff Bus is the dominant bus operator in Cardiff and also serves Penarth, Sully, Barry and Llantwit Major. Its network consists of 64 routes [ 17 ] using Scania OmniCity , Scania N230UD, East Lancs Olympus , Alexander Dennis Enviro200 , Enviro300 and Enviro400 MMC , Dennis Dart MPDs LMPDs and SPDs and Mercedes-Benz Citaros .
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.
Starting in 1962, motor buses were introduced in Cardiff, phasing out the use of trolleybuses which were last operated until 1970. [1] On 1 January 1969, South Wales Transport became part of the National Bus Company. [2]
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 .
Prior to the 1940s, Cardiff trams ran as far north as Gabalfa from the city centre. [2] The trams were replaced with Cardiff trolleybuses in the 1940s until the 1960s when the transition to motor buses began and was completed by 1970. [3] At the time, routes to areas in the west of Cardiff such as Caerau and Culverhouse Cross carried the number 27.
11 January – The last trolleybuses run on the Cardiff trolleybus system, the last such system in Wales. [4] 23 May – The 120-year-old Britannia Bridge built by Robert Stephenson across the Menai Strait is destroyed by fire. [5] 2 June – During the construction of the Cleddau Bridge, a cantilever collapses, resulting in the deaths of four ...