When Wolverhampton's horse-drawn trams were replaced by the unusual
surface-contact Lorain system electric trams in 1902, it was one of
the first such networks in the country. That they should be
replaced by trolleybuses during the 1920s was only to be expected
as the town boasted two of the country's biggest trolleybus
manufacturers, Guy Motors and Sunbeam. When the trolleybuses came
to be replaced in the late 1950s, the town's transport department
chose the versatility of motor buses, and the green and yellow
livery adorned many locally built Guy Arabs. The colours changed to
blue and silver when the West Midland Passenger Transport Executive
took over in 1969, and then the Metro returned the tram to
Wolverhampton's streets and hybrid buses beginning to appear on
many routes - the return to electricity had brought us full circle.
This book illustrates all the changes to the city's public
transport network in almost 200 photographs.
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