Trolleybuses in Cardiff
| Cardiff trolleybus system | |
|---|---|
 Cardiff trolleybus in Custom House Street in 1966 | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Cardiff, Wales |
| Open | 1 March 1942 |
| Close | 11 January 1970 |
| Status | Closed |
| Routes | 14 |
| Operator(s) | Cardiff Corporation Transport |
| Infrastructure | |
| Stock | 79 (maximum) |
The Cardiff trolleybus system once served Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Opened on 1 March 1942,[1][2] it gradually replaced the Cardiff tramway network.
Trolleybuses are electric buses that draw power from dual overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. By the standards of the other now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Cardiff system was medium-sized, with 14 routes and a maximum fleet of 79 trolleybuses.[2] It was closed on 11 January 1970.[1][2]
Four Cardiff trolleybuses have been preserved. Nos. 243 and 262 are at the Cardiff & South Wales Trolleybus Project in eastern Cardiff, no. 215 is at the National Collections Centre of National Museum Wales, Nantgarw, and no. 203 is at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, England.[3]
See also
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- Bus transport in Cardiff
- History of Cardiff
- Transport in Cardiff
- List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems. London: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-1647-X.
- ^ a b c Short, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
Further reading
[edit]- All Aboard. Cardiff, Wales, UK: Cardiff Bus. 2002.
- Cardiff Trolleybus System. Cardiff, Wales, UK: Cardiff & South Wales Trolleybus Project. 2002.
- Bowen, D G (1969). City of Cardiff--68 years of electric transport. Guildford, Surrey, UK: National Trolleybus Association, Publications Dept. ISBN 0-85024-001-8.
- Bowen, D G; Callow, John (1969). The Cardiff Trolleybus (1942 to 1970). Guildford, Surrey, UK: National Trolleybus Association, Publications Dept. ISBN 0-85024-002-6.
- Davies, Roger (2006). Streets of Cardiff. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-3098-5.
- Lockwood, Stephen (2005). Cardiff Trolleybuses: A Capital City System. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-904474-64-7.
- Watts, John (2002). Air Despatch & Bruce Coachworks of Cardiff. Cardiff, Wales, UK: Cardiff Transport Preservation Group.
External links
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Media related to Trolleybuses in Cardiff at Wikimedia Commons
- "Cardiff & South Wales Trolleybus Project".
- Cardiff Transport Preservation Group - official site
- SCT'61 website - photos and descriptions of Cardiff trolleybuses and early motorbuses
- National Trolleybus Archive
- British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading
- National Trolleybus Association, based in London
