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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.
Manchester Corporation Transport: 3166 JNA 467 1949 [1] Single deck coach R Bullock: LMA 284 1949 [1] Trolleybus Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport: 80 LTC 774 1950 [1] Double deck bus Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport: 368 FBU 827 1950 [1] Single deck bus W Alexander & Sons: PA164 CWG 206 1950 [1] Trolleybus Manchester ...
The first trolleybus line was opened by the former Market Street Railway Company (MSR). The San Francisco Municipal Railway ("Muni") opened the second trolleybus line on 7 September 1941. MSR was absorbed by Muni on 29 September 1944. Most of the current trolleybus system was built to replace MSR tramway lines.
In 1938 the first trolleybus routes are opened, replacing trams [1] In 1949, the last tram routes (to Stockport) were closed [1] In mid-1966 the name of this public operation was changed to Manchester City Transport. At the end of 1966, the last trolleybus routes (to Ashton-under-Lyne) were turned over to motor bus operation [1]
A depot for the Manchester trolleybus system was opened on Rochdale Road in 1936. By March 1938, 75 miles of single track tramway had been abandoned and 21 tram routes converted to motor or trolleybus. In 1939, 351 new motor buses and 77 trolleybuses were ordered (although 236 of the motor buses arrived before the start of the Second World War).
The museum is housed in a former Manchester Corporation Transport bus depot, to the rear of a former electric tram shed on Queens Road, built in 1901. The museum building itself was added later and consists of two distinct halves, a dedicated bus garage completed in 1928, which now serves as the museum entrance area and upper hall, and a lower ...
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The list excludes charter buses, private bus operators, paratransit systems, and trolleybus systems. Figures for daily ridership, number of vehicles, and daily vehicle revenue miles are accurate as of 2009 and come from the FTA National Transit Database.