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Two west-bound trolleybuses on Romford Road, Ilford, in July 1955 The last trolleybus on 8 May 1962. London's first 60 trolleybuses were introduced by London United Tramways (LUT), operating from Fulwell bus garage in South-West London. They were nicknamed "Diddlers" and commenced running on 16 May 1931 (). [1] [3]
London's Trams and Trolleybuses, John R. Day, published by London Transport in 1979 The History of British Bus Services , Second Edition, John Hibbs, Newton Abbot, 1979 The London United Tramways – Origins to 1912 , Volume One, C.S. Smeeton, LRTA & TLRS, 1994
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.
View history; General What links here; ... and London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) buses from 1909 to closure ... Trolleybuses. 1934-built AEC 661T. 601; 602; 603 ...
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 ...
London Transport badge on a 1950s "RT"-type bus Double decker buses and black cabs on Oxford Street, 1987. The history of public transport authorities in London details the various organisations that have been responsible for the public transport network in and around London, England - including buses, coaches, trams, trolleybuses, Docklands Light Railway, and the London Underground.
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 ...
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 ...