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Trolleybuses in Birmingham

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| name = Birmingham trolleybus system

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| locale = Birmingham, West Midlands, England

| open = {{Start date|1922|11|27|df=y}}

| close = {{End date|1951|06|30|df=y}}

| status = Closed

| routes = 5

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| operator = Birmingham Corporation Tramways
(to 1927)
Birmingham Corporation Tramway and Omnibus Department
(1927–1937)
Birmingham City Transport
(1937–1951)

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| stock = 78 (maximum)

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The Birmingham trolleybus system once served the city of Birmingham, in the West Midlands region of England. Opened on {{Start date|1922|11|27|df=y}}, it supplemented Birmingham's original tramway network.

By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Birmingham system was a medium-sized one, even though Birmingham was then, and still is, the most populous British city outside London. With a total of only five routes, and a maximum fleet of 78 trolleybuses, it was closed relatively early, on {{End date|1951|06|30|df=y}}.

None of the former Birmingham trolleybuses is recorded as having survived.

See also

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References

=Notes=

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Joyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 26–28, 159. London: Ian Allan Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7110-1647-X}}.

{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtrolley.org.uk/former-uk-systems|title=Former UK systems|author=Short, Peter |date= |work=British Trolleybus Society website |accessdate=29 March 2011}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtrolley.org.uk/preserved-trolleybuses|title=A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK|author=Zebedee, John|date=30 November 2010 |work=British Trolleybus Society website|accessdate=29 March 2011}}

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=Further reading=

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  • {{cite book |last=Collins |first=Paul |title=Birmingham Corporation Transport, 1904-39 |year=1999 |location=Shepperton, Surrey, UK |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=0-7110-2627-0}}
  • {{cite book |last=Collins |first=Paul |title=Birmingham Corporation Transport, 1939-69 |year=1999 |location=Shepperton, Surrey, UK |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=0-7110-2656-4}}
  • {{cite book |last=Harvey |first=David |title=Birmingham: In the Age of the Trolleybus |year=2005 |location=Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK |publisher=Silver Link |isbn=978-1-85794-202-6}}
  • {{cite book |last=Harvey |first=David |title=Birmingham Trolleybuses |year=2007 |location=Midhurst, West Sussex, UK |publisher=Middleton Press |isbn=978-1-906008-19-2 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Hitches |first=Mike |title=Birmingham Transport (Sutton's Photographic History of Transport) |year=1999 |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK |publisher=Sutton Publishing |isbn=0-7509-1670-2 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Mayou |first=Archie |title=Birmingham Corporation Trams and Trolleybuses |year=1982 |location=Glossop, Derbyshire, UK |publisher=Senior Publications |isbn=0-903839-83-0}}
  • {{cite book |last=Turner |first=Keith |title=Birmingham Transport (Archive Photographs: Images of England) |year=1998 |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |isbn=0-7524-1554-9}}
  • {{cite book |last=York |first=F W |title=The Trolleybuses of Birmingham |year=1971 |location=Reading, Berkshire, UK |publisher=British Trolleybus Society |isbn=0-901792-01-2 }}

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External links

  • [http://www.sct61.org.uk/ixobd.htm SCT'61 website] - photos and descriptions of early Birmingham motorbuses

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Category:History of Birmingham, West Midlands

Category:Transport in Birmingham, West Midlands

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