Trolleybuses in Perth

Perth trolleybus system
Preserved Perth trolleybus no 38 at Whiteman Park, 2011.
Operation
Locale	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Trolleybus era: 1933 (1933)–1969 (1969) Status Closed Owner(s) Western Australian Government Operator(s) Western Australian Government Railways (1933-1949) Western Australian Government Tramways and Ferries (1949-1957) Metropolitan Transport Trust (1957-1969)

The Perth trolleybus system once served Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, linking its central business district with many of its inner suburbs on the north side of the Swan River.

Opened on 1 October 1933 (1933-10-01), the system gradually expanded, partially as a replacement for closed lines on the Perth tramway network. However, it, too, was eventually closed, on 29 August 1969 (1969-08-29), and replaced by diesel powered motor buses.

Some of the former Perth trolleybuses are now preserved, as static relics, by the Perth Electric Tramway Society, at its heritage tramway in Whiteman Park, in the outer Perth suburb of Caversham.

Fleet

The Perth trolleybus fleet was as follows:^[1][2]

Image	Fleet nos.	Quantity	Manufacturer	Type	Body	Configuration	In service
	1–3	03	Leyland	TTB	No. 1: Park Royal, UK Nos. 2 & 3: WAGR	Three axle, front and rear entrance.	1933–c 1960
	4	01	Leyland	TTB	Park Royal, UK	Three axle, dual entrance.	1938–c 1960
	5–22	18	Leyland	TTB	WAGR	Three axle, front and rear entrance.	1938–c 1960
	23–40	18	Leyland	TB5	WAGR	Two axle, dual entrance.	1942/45–1962/64
	41–90	50	Sunbeam	F4	Nos. 41–50: Commonwealth Engineering Nos. 51–90: Bolton & Sons	Two axle, centre entrance.	1950/53–1967/69

See also

• History of Perth, Western Australia
• List of trolleybus systems
• Trams in Fremantle

Notes

Cited works

• "Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia - Perth's Trolleybuses – 40 Years Gone. Rattler 429/2009". Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
• "Perth Electric Tramway Society - Perth Trolleybuses". Retrieved 14 January 2012. 

References

• Campbell, Bob (1999). Getting There by Tram in Western Australia. Mt Lawley, WA: Perth Electric Tramway Society Inc. ISBN 0646-38447-3. 
• Culpeffer-Cooke, Tony; Gunzburg, Adrian; Pleydell, Ian (2010). Tracks by the Swan: The Electric Tram and Trolleybus Era of Perth, Western Australia. Mt Lawley, WA: Perth Electric Tramway Society Inc. ISBN 978-0-9807577-0-5. 
• Francis, Ric (2008). Destination West Leederville: A history & pictorial review of the Perth trolley bus system. Mt Lawley, WA: Perth Electric Tramway Society Inc. ISBN 978-0-9805116-3-5. 
• Jones, David (2000). Australian Trolley Buses : the trolley buses that once served Australian cities. Tawa, NZ: City Tramway Publications. ISBN 0-473-07118-5. 

External links

Media related to Trolleybuses in Perth, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons

• Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia – official site
• Perth Electric Tramway Society – official site

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