List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

This is a list of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom by Home Nation and by regions of England. It includes:

• Past trolleybus systems in the UK.
• Museums in the UK capable of running trolleybuses (i.e. possessing overhead wires and trolleybuses in working order).

There are currently no operational trolleybus systems in the UK.

In the United Kingdom the first trolleybus systems were inaugurated on 20 June 1911 in Bradford and Leeds, although public service in Bradford did not commence until 24 June. Coincidentally, the UK's last trolleybus service also operated in Bradford, on 26 March 1972.

England (by region)

East Midlands

East of England

Greater London

North East England

North West England

South East England

South West England

West Midlands

Yorkshire and the Humber

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Museums with working trolleybuses

• Black Country Living Museum
• East Anglia Transport Museum
• The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
• Beamish Museum

See also

• List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries
• List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• Trolleybus usage by country

References

Notes

Further reading

External links

• National Trolleybus Archive
• British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading.
• National Trolleybus Association, based in London.