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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. In the United Kingdom the first trolleybus systems were inaugurated on 20 June 1911 [1] in Bradford and Leeds, although public ...
UK Trolleybus Systems & Museums (Bruce Lake) Wires of Faded Glory (Richard A. Bílek) World Trolleybus List - Systems Closed; Tom's North American Trolley bus Pix; TRANSIRA Association (Romanian Trolleybuses) Trolleybus in Europe (public-transport.net) World Map of Trolleybus systems in operation (TransPhoto)
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]
Pages in category "Trolleybus transport in the United Kingdom" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
The trolleybus system in Manchester, England, opened on 1 March 1938 (), [1] [2] and gradually replaced certain routes of the Manchester tramway network. [3] Manchester was a belated convert to trolleybuses having already started a programme of tram to diesel bus conversion in the mid-1930s and this, overall, continued to be the preferred option for tram conversion that was completed in 1949.
This is a route-map template for Trolleybuses in Glasgow, 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.
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions , for more information. This is a route-map template for Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company, a trolleybus system in the United Kingdom.