Trolleybuses in Manchester

Manchester trolleybus system
A Manchester trolleybus departing from the Stevenson Square terminus, 30 December 1966
Operation
Locale Manchester, England
Open 1 March 1938 (1938-03-01)
Close 31 December 1966 (1966-12-31)
Status Closed
Routes 9
Operator(s) Manchester Corporation Transport
Infrastructure
Stock 189 (maximum)

The Manchester trolleybus system once served the city of Manchester in England. Opened on 1 March 1938,[1][2] it gradually replaced the Manchester tramway network.

By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Manchester system was a large one, with a total of 9 routes, and a maximum fleet of 189 trolleybuses.[2] It was closed on 31 December 1966.[2][3]

Manchester was also served by another system, the Ashton-under-Lyne trolleybus system, between 1925 and 1966.[1]

Two of the former Manchester system trolleybuses are now preserved. One of them is at the Greater Manchester Transport Museum in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, and the other one is based at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.[4]


See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Joyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 98–101, 159. London: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-1647-X.
  2. 1 2 3 Short, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 73. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
  4. ↑ Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

Further reading

  • Booth, Gavin (2007). Bus Operators 1970: North West England and Yorkshire. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-3202-6.
  • Eyre, D M (1967). Manchester's Trolleybuses. Manchester, UK.
  • Eyre, Michael; Heaps, Chris; Townsin, Alan (1989). The Manchester Bus. Glossop, Derbyshire, UK: Transport Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86317-151-6.
  • Eyre, Mike; Heaps, Chris (2008). The Manchester Trolleybus. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-3245-3.
  • Lockwood, Stephen (2010). Manchester & Ashton Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-73-4.
  • Rowe, Bob (2006). Ashton & Manchester's Trolleybuses. Glossop, Derbyshire, UK: Venture Publications. ISBN 978-1-905304-13-4.

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