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In reality such plans were partially performed in the 1950s rather than in the 1930s. The first Soviet-made passenger trolleybus LK-1 was named after Politburo member Lazar Kaganovich. It was a dangerous and unreliable vehicle, quickly replaced by more advanced YaTB vehicles.
The Ipswich Corporation Act 1925 was obtained, and routes opened in quick succession. Trolleybuses ran along four new routes in 1926, one more in 1927, and in 1928 the first of several loops were introduced. As the service expanded more vehicles were bought, with six from Ransomes in 1928/29, three more Ransomes in 1930, and a lone Garrett in 1931.
Trolleybuses were built on AEC, Leyland and British United Traction (BUT) chassis. [9] Apart from the Diddlers and a few experimental vehicles, most London trolleybuses were near-identical. In 1941 and 1943 London Transport acquired 43 trolleybuses that had been ordered for South Africa but could not be shipped there because of the war. [10]
The London United Tramways Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxxvii) gave it powers to replace loss-making tram routes with trolleybuses. London's first trolleybus service started on LUT's Twickenham to Teddington section on 16 May 1931 and then to Wimbledon, working from Fulwell Garage.
1930 21 December 1935 - 28 February 1964 Demonstration See also Trolleybuses in Cape Town. Durban: 24 February 1935 11 April 1968 See also Trolleybuses in Durban. Germiston: 19 August 1914 1918 Johannesburg: 1930 26 August 1936 - 10 January 1986 Demonstration. See also Trolleybuses in Johannesburg. Pretoria: 1 July 1939 21 February 1972
The first trolleybus network in Poland opened in Poznań in 1930. There were 7 municipals systems operational after World War Two, partially inherited after the Germans; the trolleybus transportation reached its climax in the early 1960s, with some 130 vehicles in Warsaw alone. Most systems were closed in the 1970s.
London's trolleybuses were phased out in 1962 after a reign of 30 years. At the end of the 1930s they had run 1,700 trolleybuses over about one-fifth of their total bus routes. [17] The same year saw the last deliveries in the United Kingdom, to Bournemouth. [18] Further takeovers followed.
In 1930 a circular service to Whitmore Reans began operating, which included a branch specifically to serve the Courtauld's textile works. A new departure was the route from Willenhall to Fighting Cocks, which did not involve the trolleybuses starting at the town centre.