Trolleybuses in Bradford

Bradford trolleybus system
A trolleybus in Bradford's city centre
Operation
Locale	Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Open	1911 (1911)
Close	1972 (1972)
Status	Closed
Routes	17
Infrastructure
Stock	187 (maximum)

The Bradford trolleybus system served the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England for much of the 20th century. It was one of the first two trolleybus systems to be opened in the United Kingdom, along with the Leeds system.^[1][2]

Both systems commenced operations on 20 June 1911.^[1][2] However, the public service on the Bradford system did not start until four days later.^[1][2] The Bradford system lasted the longest of all the UK's urban trolleybus systems.^[2] Having been one of the first two such systems to open, it was also the last one to close, on 26 March 1972.^[1] Just before its closure, it also held the distinction of being the longest-lived surviving trolleybus system in the world, but with the Bradford closure that distinction passed to the Shanghai, China, trolleybus system, opened in 1914.^[3]

Many of the former Bradford trolleybuses are now preserved at various locations around the UK, including eleven of them at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.^[4]

Contents 1 See also 2 References 2.1 Notes 2.2 Further reading 3 External links

See also

• Transport in Bradford
• Transport in Bradford
• List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

References

Notes

Further reading

• Brearley, Harold (1960). A History of Bradford Trolleybuses. Lingfield, Surrey, UK: Oakwood Press. 
• Brearley, Harold (1961). History of Bradford Trolley Buses, 1911-1960. Lingfield, Surrey, UK: Oakwood Press. 
• John Stanley King (1972). Transport of delight: the Bradford trolleybus, 1911-1972. Guildford, Middlesex, UK: National Trolleybus Association. ISBN 978-0-85024-005-4. 
• J.S. King (1994-03). Bradford Trolleybuses. Glossop, Derbyshire, UK: Venture Publications. ISBN 978-1-898432-03-6. 
• Stephen Lockwood (2003-11-15). Bradford Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-904474-19-7. 
• G. Lumb (2003-04-05). Bradford and its Trolleybuses. Glossop, Derbyshire, UK: Venture Publications. ISBN 978-1-898432-94-4. 
• J. A. L. Stainforth (1974). The Bradford trolleybus system : being the history of Britain's first and last trolleybuses. Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK: West Riding Transport Society. ISBN 978-0-905043-00-5. 
• Uden, M J (1971). Sixty years of Bradford Trolleybuses. Surrey, UK: National Trolleybus Association. OCLC 219881275. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trolleybuses_in_Bradford Trolleybuses in Bradford] at Wikimedia Commons

• Bradford Trolleybus Association

• National Trolleybus Archive

• British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading
• National Trolleybus Association, based in London

Historic trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom England Ashton-under-Lyne Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Chesterfield Cleethorpes Darlington Derby Doncaster Grimsby Halifax Hartlepool Hastings Huddersfield Ipswich Keighley Kingston upon Hull Leeds London Maidstone Manchester Mexborough and Swinton Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Oldham Portsmouth Ramsbottom Reading Rotherham St Helens Southend-on-Sea South Lancashire South Shields Stockport Teesside Walsall Wigan Wolverhampton York Wales Aberdare Cardiff Llanelli Pontypridd Rhondda Scotland Dundee Glasgow Northern Ireland Belfast Museums Black Country Living Museum East Anglia Transport Museum London Transport Museum North West Museum of Road Transport The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft