Trolleybuses in Birmingham explained
The Birmingham trolleybus system once served the city of Birmingham, in the West Midlands region of England. Opened on, it supplemented Birmingham's original tramway network.
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Birmingham system was a medium-sized one, even though Birmingham was then, and still is, the most populous British city outside London. With a total of only five routes, and a maximum fleet of 78 trolleybuses, it was closed relatively early, on .
None of the former Birmingham trolleybuses is recorded as having survived.
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Further reading
- Book: Collins, Paul . Birmingham Corporation Transport, 1904-39 . 1999 . Shepperton, Surrey, UK . Ian Allan . 0-7110-2627-0.
- Book: Collins, Paul . Birmingham Corporation Transport, 1939-69 . 1999 . Shepperton, Surrey, UK . Ian Allan . 0-7110-2656-4.
- Book: Harvey, David . Birmingham: In the Age of the Trolleybus . 2005 . Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK . Silver Link . 978-1-85794-202-6.
- Book: Harvey, David . Birmingham Trolleybuses . 2007 . Midhurst, West Sussex, UK . Middleton Press . 978-1-906008-19-2 .
- Book: Hitches, Mike . Birmingham Transport (Sutton's Photographic History of Transport) . 1999 . Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK . Sutton Publishing . 0-7509-1670-2 .
- Book: Mayou, Archie . Birmingham Corporation Trams and Trolleybuses . 1982 . Glossop, Derbyshire, UK . Senior Publications . 0-903839-83-0.
- Book: Turner, Keith . Birmingham Transport (Archive Photographs: Images of England) . 1998 . Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK . Tempus Publishing Ltd . 0-7524-1554-9.
- Book: York, F W . The Trolleybuses of Birmingham . 1971 . Reading, Berkshire, UK . British Trolleybus Society . 0-901792-01-2 .
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