Trolleybuses in South Shields explained

South Shields trolleybus system
Locale:	South Shields, County Durham, England
Status:	Closed
Routes:	11
Operator:	South Shields Corporation Transport
El:	V DC parallel overhead lines
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, 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. It was closed on .

One of the former South Shields trolleybuses is now preserved, at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.

See also

• History of South Shields
• Transport in South Shields
• Transport in Tyne and Wear
• List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

References

Further reading

• Book: Burrows, Geoff . The Trolleybuses of South Shields, 1936-64 . 1976 . Strood, Kent, UK . Trolleybooks . 0-904235-04-1.
• Book: Lockwood, Stephen . South Shields Trolleybuses . 2007 . Midhurst, West Sussex, UK . Middleton Press . 978-1-906008-11-6.

External links

• 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