Johannesburg's Trolleybuses 1973

[@jovesheerwater]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@christobosman5710]

Amazing how clean the country looked then . Everything's ordent .

[@isabelreinhold1476]

Exactly! Now people throw garbage in the street!

[@anishapoorwakispotta7754]

@@isabelreinhold1476 No free black labour ?

[@MarioStahl1983]

Why the hell did Johannesburg abandon trolley buses instead of renewing and even expanding them? The city would be so much quieter and cleaner!!! 😭

[@gwynt909]

The electric cables would have been stolen as has happened on the railway lines. Trolley buses were fun to ride until the connecting rods fell off.

[@MarioStahl1983]

@@gwynt909 😂😂🤣🤣

[@isabelreinhold1476]

True!

[@bri1085]

Car lobbying, same thing happened in the US

[@pamelastones4802]

I loved them! ❤

[@WAL_DC-6B]

1973 is the same year Chicago, Illinois discontinued use of electric trolleybuses. March 31, was the last day of commercial operation.

[@isabelreinhold1476]

Where the buses segregated?

[@JohnTheRails]

Yes. The non-European services carried a green board on the front at 'tween-decks level, which read "Non-Europeans Only" in English and Afrikaans.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

@@JohnTheRails How did that work out for people who were mixed race?

[@anishapoorwakispotta7754]

@@WAL_DC-6B they were segregated as well, learn some history

[@WAL_DC-6B]

@@anishapoorwakispotta7754 Could the bus driver always determine if someone was of mixed race?

[@moll5086]

Why did they do away with them

[@bri1085]

Cars