Trolleybuses in South Shields
South Shields trolleybus system | |
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Operation | |
Locale | South Shields, County Durham, England |
Open | 12 October 1936 (1936-10-12) |
Close | 29 April 1964 (1964-04-29) |
Status | Closed |
Routes | 11 |
Operator(s) | South Shields Corporation Transport |
Infrastructure | |
Electrification | |
Stock | 61 (maximum) |
The South Shields trolleybus system once served the town of South Shields, then in County Durham, but now in Tyne and Wear, England. Opened on 12 October 1936 (1936-10-12),[1] it gradually replaced the South Shields Corporation Tramways.
By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the South Shields system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 11 routes, and a maximum fleet of 61 trolleybuses.[1] It was closed on 29 April 1964 (1964-04-29).[1]
One of the former South Shields trolleybuses is now preserved, at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.[2]
See also
- History of South Shields
- Transport in South Shields
- Transport in Tyne and Wear
- List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
References
Notes
- ^ a b c Short, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
Further reading
- Burrows, Geoff (1976). The Trolleybuses of South Shields, 1936-64. Strood, Kent, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-04-1.
- Lockwood, Stephen (2007). South Shields Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-11-6.
External links
Media related to Buses in South Shields at Wikimedia Commons
- SCT'61 website - photos and descriptions of a South Shields trolleybus and early motorbuses
- National Trolleybus Archive
- British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading
- National Trolleybus Association, based in London
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