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The Longwood turntable is said to be one of only four trolleybus turntables ever to have been constructed worldwide. Two other such turntables are the similarly abandoned Christchurch trolleybus turntable, in Bournemouth, England (in operation 1936–1969; now a Grade II listed building), and the Unterburg trolleybus turntable in Solingen, Germany (still in use for heritage trolleybus services).
A notable feature of the system was the Longwood trolleybus turntable, which was one of only four such turntables ever to have been constructed worldwide (one of two in the United Kingdom). The turntable was manually operated, and was in use only in 1939–1940 until wartime conditions forced the introduction of other arrangements.
The turntable is the last of only four turntables of this type in the world. Two more were located in Great Britain: the Christchurch trolleybus turntable (1936 to 1969) and the Longwood trolleybus turntable at Huddersfield (1939 to 1940). [1] The fourth trolleybus turntable, in Guadalajara, Mexico, was in use from 1982 to 1983 and from 1985 to ...
Bus using a turntable in Japan in 2010. Turntables have also been built for use by buses or trolleybuses in a few places. Examples of trolleybus turntables include the Christchurch trolleybus turntable, in Dorset, England [2] (long disused but still extant); the Longwood trolleybus turntable, in Huddersfield, England [3] (dismantled); one at the LT Isleworth trolleybus depot; one used on the ...
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