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Many Forum members will remember them, some may even have ridden on them (either in the UK or abroad) and some members may not have even heard of them! But the trolleybus as a means of public transport is still alive and kicking - though sadly no longer in the the UK. There are still well over 2.000 trolleybus lines operational in the world today, the vast majority (68%) of them in the four countries of Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and the Czech Republic - but they are also to be found in countries such as the USA, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Mexico, Morocco, Brazil and even in Saudi Arabia!
The last system in the UK to close (also, as it happens, one of the first to open) was Bradford when the last bus (no. 844) ran on the 26th March 1972. I was not there to see it but I do have very fond memories of riding trolleybuses as a child / schoolboy growing up in Bradford in the 1960's.
So 26th March 2022 is the 50th anniversary of the last trolleybus to run in this country and to celebrate the fact, the Trolleybus Museum in Sandtoft, nearWakefield Doncaster, is holding an Open Day on the weekend of 26th/27th March when a selection of their numerous trolleybuses will be running. Further details can be found at https://sandtoft.org/wp/visiting-us/open-days-2/
I hope some Forum members will be able to attend the event - and honour the "silent bus" of our transport heritage!!
The last system in the UK to close (also, as it happens, one of the first to open) was Bradford when the last bus (no. 844) ran on the 26th March 1972. I was not there to see it but I do have very fond memories of riding trolleybuses as a child / schoolboy growing up in Bradford in the 1960's.
So 26th March 2022 is the 50th anniversary of the last trolleybus to run in this country and to celebrate the fact, the Trolleybus Museum in Sandtoft, near
I hope some Forum members will be able to attend the event - and honour the "silent bus" of our transport heritage!!
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