London Trams & Trolleybuses 2016

[@MrDaiseymay]

A wonderful sight and sound ,of childhood memories, just before they were all removed from service (except Blackpool of course) I visited Crich about 20 years ago, very impressive too. I wish Birmingham Museum would release their solitary and complete City tram, for these special occasions. Thanks for sharing a terrific Video.

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Thanks for your kind comments.

[@CarePeers]

WOW!! very very quiet.

[@leealtman]

why on earth did they stop using the trolly bus? Best of all worlds, zero noise levels, zero localised pollution fumes, can be installed almost anywhere there is electric power = lowest installation & maintenance costs for mass transit, esp since there are no complex gears or mechanical engines to fix... etc. any ideas anyone, I am keen to learn the real reason :)?

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

IN the UK trolleybuses finished in 1972, various reasons, worn out infrastructure, much of which dated back to tramway days, cost of replacement was too high, diesel was cheap and diesel buses were cheaper than new trolleybuses, lack of flexibility compared to diesel buses, also the pollution caused by diesel buses was not taken seriously 50-60 years ago.

[@gainsbourg66]

lt was purely a fashion thing. Britain had decided that they were old fashioned and the quicker they went the better. You have to remember we were proud of our reputaton for leadng the way in transport. The actual reasons they gave were simply trumped up excuses. Luckily other countres did not make the same, foolish mistake.

[@VocalNaats]

Wow, so quiet!

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

They used to call the trolleybuses in London 'silent death' because they were so quiet.

[@palgiandy]

Nice video

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Thank you very much!

[@palgiandy]

@@bobhodgestransportDVDs you're welcome!

[@CarePeers]

Look like those in HK that are still running everyday.

[@snakecold6755]

british colony

[@tundetheepic8631]

Can It be a train

[@alansklenar2848]

Are there any books about the London trolleybusses

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

There have been many books published about London Trolleybuses, Amazon has at least 20 different books listed, search on London trolleybuses.

[@robertrumsby7887]

You can always go look on EBAY. There are quiet a few there.

[@lotusgroup123]

We had The Future and we threw it away. 😡

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

I quite agree.

[@lotusgroup123]

I live in London and I would rather have seen trolley buses return than the Boris bus (which I’ve always thought looked more like a trolley than a Routemaster). With the improved batteries we have today I imagine they could have made longer diversions off line/route when required than they were capable of in the 50’s.

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

@@lotusgroup123 I was in Rome in 2018, they have 2 trolleybus routes which have a long common section of wiring, one route (the 90) has wiring right to the outer terminus, at the city end the wiring stops about 1km from the city centre (Rome Termini Station for the 90, Piazza Venezia for the other route), the final stretch is completed on battery power, I think that the batteries are recharged whilst the trolleybuses are under the wire, regenerative braking possibly.

[@tundetheepic8631]

Why do they make bad trams

[@snakecold6755]

not bad

[@eastangliantraction1034]

Those trams are better than modern ones

[@iwataz_5446]

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