- Trolleybuses in Glasgow
Trolleybuses operated in the City of
Glasgow ,Scotland , between 1949 and 1967. Thetrolleybus es were owned and operated by Glasgow Corporation's Transport Department (along with the city's buses, trams and the Subway).Vehicles
The majority of the trolleybuses were double-deck vehicles, painted in Glasgow Corporation's orange, green and cream livery (though in a different style from the buses and trams). The destination blinds on the trolleybuses used white letters on a green background (unlike the trams and buses, with more conventional white lettering on a black background). All trolleybus routes were numbered from 101 onwards.
Glasgow's first trolleybuses were a fleet of 34 three axle (six-wheeled), double-deck B.U.T. vehicles with bodywork by
Metro-Cammell of Birmingham. [G. Lumb, "British Trolleybuses 1911-1972", p 41] They were almost identical to those built for London Transport, even briefly including London's distinctive trolleybus symbol (a "T" over the London Transport roundel). In 1950 Glasgow bought 30 Daimler trolleybuses. [G. Lumb, ibid, p 60]Between 1957 and 1959, a fleet of 90 B.U.T. type 9613T trolleybuses with
Crossley double-deck bodywork were built. Unlike the earlier vehicles, these trolleybuses had two axles. [G. Lumb, ibid, p 44]Closure
The trolleybuses (as well as the city's much larger tram fleet) used electricity generated at Pinkston power station, later sold to the
South of Scotland Electricity Board . Following the closure of the tram system in 1962, the maintenance of the electrical supply system solely for the trolleybuses became impractically expensive. Glasgow's last trolleybuses ran on 27 May 1967 and were replaced with diesel buses.Bibliography
*G. Lumb, "British Trolleybuses 1911-1972", Ian Allan Ltd, 1995, ISBN 0 7110 2347 6
References
ee also
*
List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
*Scottish Tramway and Transport Society
*The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft External links
* [http://www.sandtoft.org/picviewer.shtml?vehicles/glasgow78.jpgPhotograph of Glasgow trolleybus TB78 at the Trolleybus Museum]
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