- Source: Trolleybuses in South Shields
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), 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 29 April 1964 (1964-04-29).
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
= Notes
== 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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Trolleybuses in South Shields
- South Shields
- List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
- Harton, South Shields
- Trolleybuses in St Helens
- Trolleybuses in Reading
- East Anglia Transport Museum
- The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
- Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
- Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways
