Trolleybuses in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne trolleybus system
Newcastle trolleybus at the Elswick Road terminus, Benwell, June 1966
Operation
Locale	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Open	1933 (1933)
Close	1968 (1968)
Status	Closed
Routes	15
Operator(s)	Newcastle Corporation
Infrastructure
Stock	140 (maximum)

The Newcastle upon Tyne trolleybus system once served the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, then in Northumberland (and now in Tyne and Wear), England. Opened on 2 October 1935 (1935-10-02),^{[1] [2]} it gradually replaced the Newcastle tramway network.

By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Newcastle system was a large one, with a total of 28 routes, and a maximum fleet of 204 trolleybuses.^[2] It was closed on 2 October 1966 (1966-10-02).^[1][2]

Two of the distinctive yellow-liveried former Newcastle trolleybuses are now preserved, one at the East Anglia Transport Museum at Carlton Colville, Suffolk, and the other at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.^[3]

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

See also

• Transport in Tyne and Wear
• List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

References

Notes

Further reading

• Canneaux, TP; Hanson, NH (1985). The Trolley Buses of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1935-1966. (2nd revised ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK: Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries. ISBN 9780902653290. 
• Lockwood, Stephen (2006). Newcastle Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781904474784. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trolleybuses_in_Newcastle_upon_Tyne Trolleybuses in Newcastle upon Tyne] at Wikimedia Commons

• 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