Trolleybuses in Brisbane
Trolleybuses in Brisbane | |
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Operation | |
Locale | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Open | 12 August 1951 |
Close | 13 March 1969 |
Status | Closed |
Operator(s) | Brisbane City Council |
Infrastructure | |
Depot(s) | Milton |
Statistics | |
Track length (total) | 28 kilometres |
The Brisbane trolleybus system was part of the public transport network in Brisbane, Australia from 1951 until 1969. The Brisbane City Council operated 36 Sunbeam trolleybuses on a 28 kilometre network.
History
The Brisbane Tramways Trust experimented with providing bus services in the 1920s but these proved impractical due to mechanical unreliability and Brisbane's poor road surface quality. The first permanent bus services were introduced in 1940 as a supplement to Brisbane's tram services.
In 1948, the
The council also intended to introduce a trolleybus service to the new
Several other trolleybus routes were subsequently established in the eastern suburbs. The first of these replaced a tram route, along
The network reached its peak of 28 kilometres on 19 June 1960 when the Carina route was extended. Most of the network closed in 1968 with the last service operating on 13 March 1969.
Fleet
The fleet comprised 36 Sunbeam MF2B trolleybuses; 30 bodied locally by Charles Hope in 1951/52 and six by Athol Hedges in 1959.[1] Two have been preserved by the Brisbane Tramway Museum.
Depot
The depot and workshops for the trolleybuses was located in Milton on Milton Road between Hale and Castlemaine Streets. The former depot was demolished to make way for a redevelopment of Lang Park.
See also
References
- ^ Withdrawn Bus Models Brisbane Transport Info
- Deskins, R; Hyde, P; Struble, C (2006). Slow at Frog: A Short History of the Brisbane Trolleybus System. Ferny Grove, Qld: Brisbane Tramway Museum. ISBN 978-0-9597322-2-1.
- Jones, David (2000). Australian Trolley Buses : the trolley buses that once served Australian cities. Tawa, NZ: City Tramway Publications. ISBN 0-473-07118-5.
External links
Media related to Trolleybuses in Brisbane at Wikimedia Commons