Trolleybuses in Huddersfield

Huddersfield trolleybus system
Huddersfield trolleybus at the Newsome Road terminus, Newsome South, June 1966
Operation
Locale Huddersfield,
West Yorkshire, England
Open 1933 (1933)
Close 1968 (1968)
Status Closed
Routes 15
Operator(s) Huddersfield Corporation
Infrastructure
Stock 140 (maximum)

The Huddersfield trolleybus system once served the market town of Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. Opened on 4 December 1933 (1933-12-04),[1][2] it gradually replaced the Huddersfield tramway network.

By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Huddersfield system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 15 routes and a maximum fleet of 140 trolleybuses.[2] It was closed on 13 July 1968 (1968-07-13).[1][2]

A notable feature of the system was the Longwood trolleybus turntable, which is said to have been one of only four such turntables ever to have been constructed worldwide. The turntable was manually operated, and was in use only in 1939–1940 until wartime conditions forced the introduction of other arrangements. However, it remained in situ until demolished in the 1980s.

Three of the former Huddersfield trolleybuses are now preserved, at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.[3]

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References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Joyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 69–72, 159. London: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-1647-X.
  2. ^ a b c Short, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. http://www.britishtrolley.org.uk/former-uk-systems. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. http://www.britishtrolley.org.uk/preserved-trolleybuses. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 

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