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Trolleybuses served the London Passenger Transport Area from 1931 until 1962. For much of its existence, the London system was the largest in the world. It peaked at 68 routes, with a maximum fleet of 1,811 trolleybuses.
Preserved former London (first generation) tram and trolleybus at the East Anglia Transport Museum. Date: 30 December 2005 (original upload date) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. Spsmiler assumed (based on copyright claims).
Map of the London United Tramways on the depot wall at the National Tramway Museum. London United Tramways Company Limited was an operator of trams and trolleybuses in the western and southern suburbs of London, UK, from 1894 to 1933, when it passed to the London Passenger Transport Board.
Fulwell Bus Garage is a Transport for London bus garage located in Twickenham in west London. It is north of Fulwell railway station and operates as two halves, with entrances on the A311 Wellington Road and B358 Stanley Road. It is currently operated by Transport UK London Bus and London United.
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.
Prince Marshall (1972), Wheels of London: The Story of London's Street Transport, The Sunday Times Magazine, ISBN 0723000689 Colin Hartley Curtis (1979), Buses of London: An Illustrated Review, with Specifications and Brief History, of Every London Bus Type Purchased by London Transport Or Its Predecessors Since 1908 , Pan Macmillan , ISBN ...
Exhibits include No. 1521, the last trolleybus to operate under its own power in London, which had had the world's largest trolleybus network. It was one of a batch of 150 L3 class vehicles built on chassis made by Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Metro Cammell Weymann in 1939–40, and made its last journey in the evening of 8 May 1962.
The City of London Corporation prohibited trams and trolleybuses from entering the square mile - Aldgate was therefore used as a terminal on the edge of the city. Opened in the 1930s, by 1947 it was the busiest bus station in London with 1,358 departures a day. [2] Trolleybus services ceased in 1961. [2] In 1964 it was rebuilt as a bus and ...