Although there had been experiments with the use of a new form of transport - the ‘trackless tram’ (better known as the trolleybus) - during the first decade of the 20th century, it was in June 1911 that Bradford and Leeds became the country’s pioneering operators of trolleybuses. There had been earlier experimental users – in places like Hove and London – and as the tide turned against the tram in many towns and cities, the trolleybus became a popular alternative with the trolleybus coming to dominate the provision of local public transport in places like Derby and Ipswich. This volume – one of four that examines the history of all trolleybus operators in the British Isles – focuses on the systems that operated in Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Author’s Note
• Aberdare
• Birmingham
• Cardiff
• Chesterfield
• Derby
• Grimsby-Cleethorpes
• Ipswich
• Llanelly
• Nottingham
• Notts & Derby
• Pontypridd
• Rhondda
• Walsall
• Wolverhampton
• Bibliography