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There are currently no operational trolleybus systems in the UK. In the United Kingdom the first trolleybus systems were inaugurated on 20 June 1911 [1] in Bradford and Leeds, although public service in Bradford did not commence until 24 June. [1] Coincidentally, the UK's last trolleybus service also operated in Bradford, on 26 March 1972. [1] [2]
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Trolleybuses have been replaced with autonomous electric buses from April 2019. Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus: Daikanbō – Murodō: 23 April 1996 30 November 2024 (scheduled) [36] Trolleybuses to be replaced with electric buses from April 2025. [37] Kyōto-shiei Trolleybus (京都市営トロリーバス) Kyoto: 1 April 1932 30 September 1969 [34]
The Bradford trolleybus system: being the history of Britain's first and last trolleybuses. Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK: West Riding Transport Society. ISBN 978-0-905043-00-5. Uden, M J (1971). Sixty years of Bradford Trolleybuses. Surrey, UK: National Trolleybus Association. ISBN 9781904474197. OCLC 219881275.
The St Helens trolleybus system once served St Helens, Merseyside, north west England. Opened on 11 July 1927 ( 1927-07-11 ) , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it gradually replaced the St Helens tramway network . By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom , the St Helens system was a medium-sized one, with a total of six ...
Although Atherton could be considered the hub of the South Lancashire Trolleybus network, this was an unusual and atypical trolleybus system [6] in that it primarily provided long interurban routes rather than the short urban routes with frequent stops which would come to constitute accepted trolleybus practice [7] in the United Kingdom.
This is a route-map template for Trolleybuses in Reading, a trolleybus system in the United Kingdom.. For a key to symbols, see {{bus route legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Manvers to Conisbrough High route was the first to go, on 1 January 1961, but the rest did not last much longer, and the final trolleybus service ran on 26 March 1961 on the Conisbrough Low to Rotherham route. The following day, four trolleybuses ran in procession to mark the passing of an era. [10]