Trolleybuses In Manchester
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and gradually replaced certain routes of the Manchester tramway network. 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.The Manchester Bus, Eyre & Heaps, TPC, Glossop, 1989 By the standards of the various now defunct
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 ...
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, the Manchester system was a large one, with a total of 9 routes, and a maximum fleet of 189 trolleybuses. It closed on .Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia'', p. 73. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. . Manchester's trolleybuses were also on certain routes jointly operated with the Ashton-under-Lyne trolleybus system, between 1925 and 1966. Two former Manchester trolleybuses are preserved, one at the Greater Manchester Transport Museum,
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, and another at the Trolleybus Museum in Sandtoft,
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History of Manchester The history of Manchester encompasses its change from a minor Township (England), township in Lancashire to an industrial metropolis in the United Kingdom and the world. * * * Manchester began expanding "at an astonishing rate" around the turn ...
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Transport in Manchester The transport infrastructure of Greater Manchester is built up of numerous transport modes and forms an integral part of the structure of Greater Manchester and North West England – the most populated region outside of South East England whic ...
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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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SCT'61 website
- photos and descriptions of Manchester trolleybuses and early motorbuses Transport in Manchester
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
History of transport in Greater Manchester {{England-transport-stub