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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] A Walsall trolleybus at the Black Country Living Museum
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 .
This is a route-map template for Trolleybuses in Wolverhampton, 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.
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]
It was split from Kowon County in 1990. A trolleybus is said to exist for Kowon coal mine, with an unknown state of operation. [94] Black and white 2011 google earth imagery shows a plausible trolleybus loop and 800m of poles along the eastern side of a roadway that disappear under the train station due to cloud cover. No trolleybuses are visible.
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 ...
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.
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Darlington system was a moderately sized one, with a total of 5 routes, and a maximum fleet of 66 trolleybuses. [2] It was closed relatively early, on 31 July 1957 (). [1] [2]