Trolleybus driver training...

[@oldsyphilitic]

A charming film with a charming soundtrack. Thanks very much for posting.

[@HomeMoviePerson]

Delightful film there. I recently attended an event at the East Anglia Transport Museum and saw No.1 working. Lovely trolleybus and fasinating vehicles.

[@soundnicetome]

People of a certain age will remember these fantastic buses,fast clean and very comfortable.Such a short sighted decision to rid our streets of these icons of the road.Thanks for showing us the vid,not sure about the music though?

[@Linhombre69]

Great film for all us trolleybus buffs, particularly of course the London breed. Like the casual "stroller" risking life and limb at the depot at 2.17! What's the peppy dance tune?

[@lelboy]

Beautiful vid - takes me back to the trolley that ran through Ilford and Manor Park - was it the 663 or 633. Damned dementia. Thanks for posting a sweet vid.

[@DavidSelley49]

663 and/or 695.

[@RickInDorset]

that right hand turning combined with an overtaking manoeuvre asks a few questions of 3 of the 4 drivers involved LOL great clip! :)

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@JollyRodders in those days the harmful effects of diesel engine exhuast fumes were not understood. Big mistake... which has helped to cost people their health, even their lives.

[@JollyRodders]

@Ben31337l The trolleybus you see in this video was set to replace the trams because the tracks as well as the trams which were coming up to 30 years old, were starting to wear out and needed replacing en-masse. It was alot cheaper to abandon the tracks and replace the trams with trolleybuses. As you can see in the video LUT also had a modern tram built as well.

[@dennisroyhall121]

Was London United ( was the T for ´trolleybusses’ or for ´transport’?) a separate and private company to London Transport ( which took over all the private companies in 1933) or did it exist before 1933, to be swept up and included with all the others - General, Underground and all the rest - in 1933 for the creation of London Transport?

[@LesD9]

Great video. Wasn't there in the 30s (!), but I went to the school opposite Fulwell Depot (Stanley Road) in the 50s and caught the Trolleybus (667) from King Street Twickenham to King Street Hammersmith in the 50s/60s.

[@joepitt1192]

Born in 1957 I just remember the trolley buses in King St Twick. With the conductor having to replace the gantry pick up. I suspect you went to Latymer Upper school - so did I but they’d certainly long gone by 1968 when I went there

[@harstan7333]

@@joepitt1192 Me too - Stanley Road Junior Mixed and then (1960-66) Latymer Upper School. I saw the last trolleybus arrive at Fulwell Depot and came home from school later that day on a 'first day' Routemaster (267) instead of my usual trains.

[@Eddy2730]

I can't help noticing that it was now 50 years ago since London's last trolleybus ran!

[@crossleydd42]

There was no test at that time! The thing is that the trolleybus would have vastly out-accelerated anything on the roads then, and probably even so today! And they could go, too. I recall enjoying a 60mph ride on one across Mitcham Common when courting! Later model, though.

[@trevordance5181]

That must have been on the 630 route.

[@crossleydd42]

@@trevordance5181 Yes, it was. Then I got the 118 bus to Morden where I lived, if memory serves (the bus route, that is, not where I lived!!!)..

[@JollyRodders]

@Ben31337l Trolleybuses came to an end because they were not considered to be flexible like a diesel powered bus, which could go anywhere it wanted. They didn't need the external infrastructure to provide the power to the bus, such as a power station and substations, overhead wires poles etc and the associated costs of maintaing that infrastructure...So simply put...yes.

[@Ben31337l]

@JollyRodders That's ironic, because they have bus routes, which tell the busses where to go, and the busses stick to the route. But fair enough.

[@wongo93]

I'm sure I've seen the indecisive driver at 1:27 recently: he drives a Nissan Micra now, of course...

[@colinp2238]

No as soon as he passed his test (or bought his licence) he got a Rav 4.

[@Ben31337l]

@JollyRodders so, why did trollybusses end? the overhead lines expensive to maintain?

[@blue9multimediagroup]

That and antiquated Equipment. Basically, they took the lazy way out.

[@Ben31337l]

@modelearth Yeah, london had trams, they were scrapped because they ran on set routes, it is complete madness.

[@Ikaruszaki]

Strongly reminds me of On The Buses :D

[@dhtelevision]

Shaun TV On the buses is my fav comedy show of all time

[@Ben31337l]

@Butchuk2007 Ohh... it would have been awesome for london to get trams again. It's a shame that london is stuck with motor busses.

[@dhtelevision]

Ben 1337 But hybrid and petrol buses are as good as trams and trolleybuses

[@blue9multimediagroup]

@@dhtelevision No they weren't. They were and still are slower. Nothing beats an electric vehicle for acceleration and braking.

[@mikecollett9152]

as i was born with modern buses , last trolleybus disappear in walsall , when still at school, but had ride on at black country museum , it sad now no birmingham trolleybus was saved, but walsall and wolverhampton did

[@crossleydd42]

Trolleybuses went because: Nationalisation of the many electricity companies in 1948 (some municipal, which generated power for trams/trolleybuses & the public) increased power costs. The original overhead & electrical infrastructure, built for trams, was worn out. The trolleybuses were worn out. Roadwork & other road changes caused disruption & re-wiring. Extensions to new estates were costly. The wiring poles incurred wayleave charges. Motor buses were cheaper to run and were more flexible.

[@colinp2238]

Were Feltham trams actually built in Feltham?

[@LesD9]

Yep. See Wiki article.

[@AndreAquinoaxe]

Muito bom este vídeo. Não me conformo com esta realidade. Ja exportaram trolebus para o Brasil, pais onde eu moro, e hoje não tem mais trolebus no país.

[@JohnPlant90]

Front wheel drive? (see the short clip of the motor) surely not typical.

[@modelearth]

how ironic it is that we are now looking to use electric buses again - in london anyway. i am not sure why an earth they were scrapped!! madness

[@billsmith281]

Ok Ive watched the training film, I guess Im a qualified diddler driver🤣