Trolleybuses in Derby
Derby trolleybus system | |
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Mackworth Estate, October 1966. | |
Operation | |
Locale | Derby, Derbyshire, England |
Open | 10 January 1932 |
Close | 9 September 1967 |
Status | Closed |
Routes | 11 |
Operator(s) | Derby Corporation Transport |
Infrastructure | |
Stock | 73 (maximum) |
The Derby trolleybus system once served Derby, the former county town of Derbyshire in central England. The trolleybus service started in 1932 and ran until 1967.
History
The Derby trolleybus system opened on 10 January 1932
By the standards of the various, now defunct, trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Derby system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 11 routes, and a maximum fleet of 73 trolleybuses.[1] The system was much cheaper to run than motorbuses but the end was signalled when proposed extensions to the network were blocked by protest to the additional poles and cabling that would be required. The system was closed on 9 September 1967 .[1][2]
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There were over the years 165 Derby trolleybuses although this figure includes six that were second-hand. Five of the former Derby system trolleybuses are now preserved. One of them is at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft in Lincolnshire, a second one is kept at the Westgate Transport Museum, Belton, near Sandtoft, and a third is based (but privately owned) at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, Suffolk. The other two are privately owned and stored at unknown locations in the UK.[5]
Services
Route 22 extended to the outer ring road until 1952, when it was extended to the
Culture
A Derby Corporation Roe trolleybus was
See also
References
Notes
- ^ a b c Short, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ a b Bruce, Ashley. "British Trolleybus Systems". British Trolleybuses website. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ Klapper, Charles Frederick (1961). The Golden Age of Tramways. Routledge & Paul. p. 273.
- ^ "Last run of a Derby tram". Picturethepast. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Derby Corporation trolley bus No.122". Picturethepast. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "CORGI OOC OM41407 Derby Corporation Roe Trolley Bus 1:76". Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "Municipal Trolleybuses". mikesbuspages.com. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
Further reading
- Barker, Colin (2001). Derby Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-901706-72-7.
- Doig, Alan G; Craven, Maxwell (1986–1987). Derby Trams and Buses: A Portrait of Public Transport in Derby, 1880–1985. Burton on Trent, UK: Trent Valley. ISBN 0-948131-09-8.
- Edwards, B. K.; Simpson, J. G. (1983). Derby City Transport route history, 1840–1982. Bromley Common, Kent, UK: Omnibus Society Publications Department. ISBN 0-901307-46-7.
- Edwards, Barry (1986). Derby Transport 1840–1945: Old Derby's Trams, Trolleys, and Petrol Buses. Bristol, UK: Clay Kingsley Press. OCLC 503670875.
- Edwards, B K (1993). The Story of Transport in Derby. Derby, East Midlands, UK: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-873626-57-6.
External links
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- SCT'61 website – photos and descriptions of Derby trolleybuses and early motorbuses
- National Trolleybus Archive
- British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading
- National Trolleybus Association, based in London