Trolleybuses in South Shields

South Shields trolleybus system
Operation
Locale	South Shields, County Durham, England
Open	12 October 1936 (1936-10-12)
Close	29 April 1964 (1964-04-29)
Status	Closed
Routes	11
Operator(s)	South Shields Corporation Transport
Infrastructure
Stock	61 (maximum)

The South Shields trolleybus system once served the town of South Shields, then in County Durham, but now in Tyne and Wear, England. Opened on 12 October 1936 (1936-10-12),^[1] it gradually replaced the South Shields Corporation Tramways.

By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the South Shields system was a medium sized one, with a total of 11 routes, and a maximum fleet of 61 trolleybuses.^[1] It was closed on 29 April 1964 (1964-04-29).^[1]

One of the former South Shields trolleybuses is now preserved, at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.^[2]

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

See also

• History of South Shields
• Public transport in South Shields
• Transport in Tyne and Wear
• List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

References

Notes

Further reading

• Burrows, Geoff (1976). The Trolleybuses of South Shields, 1936-64. Strood, Kent, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0904235041. 
• Lockwood, Stephen (2007). South Shields Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781906008116. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Buses_in_South_Shields Buses in South Shields] at Wikimedia Commons

• SCT'61 website - photos and descriptions of a South Shields trolleybus and early motorbuses

• 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