Trolleybuses in Cape Town explained

Cape Town trolleybus system
Locale:	Cape Town, South Africa
Status:	Closed
Operator:	City Tramways Co Ltd

The Cape Town trolleybus system was part of the public transport network in Cape Town, South Africa, for nearly 30 years in the mid-twentieth century. The trolleybuses on the system were always referred to by English-speaking locals as "Trackless trams", and even the systems's stops were marked "Trackless Tram Stop".

See also

• History of Cape Town

• List of trolleybus systems

References

Further reading

• Book: Coates, R P . Track and Trackless: Omnibuses and Trams in the Western Cape . 1976 . Cape Town . Struik . 0-86977-063-2 .
• Book: Gill, Fraser . Cape Trams: From Horse to Diesel . 1961 . Cape Town . Cape Electric Tramways . 9780869770634 . 25942319 .
• Book: Pabst, Martin . Tram & Trolley in Africa . 1989 . Krefeld . Röhr Verlag . 3-88490-152-4 .
• Book: Patton, Brian . Double-Deck Trolleybuses of the World: Beyond the British Isles . 2004 . Brora, Sutherland . Adam Gordon . 978-1-874422-50-1 .

External links

• Springbok Bus Roots: the Trackless Trams