Although there had been experiments with the use of a new form of
transport - the 'trackless tram' (better known as the trolleybus) -
during the first decade of the 20th century, it was in June 1911
that Bradford and Leeds became the country's pioneering operators
of trolleybuses. Whilst, in Leeds, the trolleybus was destined to
have a fairly peripheral role (and finally disappeared in 1928), in
Bradford, perhaps as a consequence of the hills surrounding the
city centre which represented ideal territory for the trolleybus,
the 'trackless' was destined to have a long and illustrious career
stretching for more than 60 years until - on 26 March 1972 - the
final first-generation trolleybus system finally succumbed to the
all-conquering motorbus. This is the first of two volumes to cover
the history of all of the trolleybus operators of the British Isles
and focuses on those systems in the North of England and Scotland
as well as the only network in Northern Ireland - Belfast. The book
includes comprehensive fleet and route histories allied to some 250
illustrations, both colour and mono, including a map of each
network featured.
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