The Bradford trolleybus system served the city of
Bradford
Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...
,
Yorkshire
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,
England
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for much of the 20th century. It was one of the first two
trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
systems to be opened in the
United Kingdom
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, along with the
Leeds system.
Both systems commenced operations on 20 June 1911.
[ However, the public service on the Bradford system did not start until four days later.][ The Bradford system lasted the longest of all the UK's urban trolleybus systems.][ Having been one of the first two such systems to open, it was also the last one to close, on 26 March 1972.]["Shanghai Anniversary" (November–December 2004). ''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 258, pp. 134–135. National Trolleybus Association (UK). .]
Many of the former Bradford trolleybuses are now preserved at various locations around the UK, including eleven of them at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft is a transport museum which specialises in the preservation of trolleybuses. It is located by the village of Sandtoft, near Belton on the Isle of Axholme in the English county of Lincolnshire.
Description
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, Lincolnshire
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.
See also
* Transport in Bradford
Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipelines, and ...
* List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
This is a list of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom by Home Nations, Home Nation and by regions of England. It includes:
*Past trolleybus systems in the UK.
*Museums in the UK capable of running trolleybuses (i.e. possessing overhead wires ...
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External links
Bradford Trolleybus Association
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Trolleybuses
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
Defunct trolleybus systems by city
Trolleybus transport in the United Kingdom