Trolleybuses in Manchester explained

Manchester trolleybus system
Locale:	Manchester, England
Status:	Closed
Routes:	9
Operator:	Manchester Corporation Transport
Stock:	189 (maximum)

The trolleybus system in Manchester, England, opened on,^{[1] [2]} and gradually replaced certain routes of the Manchester tramway network.^[3] 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.^[4]

By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Manchester system was a large one, with a total of 9 routes, and a maximum fleet of 189 trolleybuses.^[2] It closed on .^{[2] [5]}

Manchester's trolleybuses were also on certain routes jointly operated with the Ashton-under-Lyne trolleybus system, between 1925 and 1966.^[1]

Two former Manchester trolleybuses are preserved, one at the Greater Manchester Transport Museum, Cheetham Hill, and another at the Trolleybus Museum in Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.^[6]

See also

• History of Manchester
• Transport in Manchester
• List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

References

Further reading

• Book: Booth, Gavin . Bus Operators 1970: North West England and Yorkshire . 2007 . Hersham, Surrey, UK . . 978-0-7110-3202-6.
• Book: Eyre, D M . Manchester's Trolleybuses . 1967 . Manchester, UK .
• Book: Eyre . Michael . Heaps . Chris . Townsin . Alan . The Manchester Bus . 1989 . Glossop, Derbyshire, UK . Transport Publishing Co . 0-86317-151-6.
• Book: Eyre . Mike . Heaps . Chris . The Manchester Trolleybus . 2008 . Hersham, Surrey, UK . . 978-0-7110-3245-3.
• Book: Lockwood, Stephen . Manchester & Ashton Trolleybuses . 2010 . Midhurst, West Sussex, UK . Middleton Press . 978-1-906008-73-4.
• Book: Rowe, Bob . Ashton & Manchester's Trolleybuses . 2006 . Glossop, Derbyshire, UK . Venture Publications . 978-1-905304-13-4.

External links

• SCT'61 website - photos and descriptions of Manchester trolleybuses and early motorbuses
• National Trolleybus Archive
• British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading
• National Trolleybus Association, based in London

Notes and References

1. Joyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 98–101, 159. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .
2. Web site: Former UK systems. Short, Peter . British Trolleybus Society. 20 March 2011.
3. Web site: Manchester Corporation Transport 1901-1969.
4. The Manchester Bus, Eyre & Heaps, TPC, Glossop, 1989
5. Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 73. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. .
6. Web site: A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK. Zebedee, John. 30 November 2010 . British Trolleybus Society. 20 March 2011.