Trolley buses are really interesting. Britain lost theirs in the 60s they had a short comeback in the 80s in Leeds. But at the end of the day a standard bus is more flexible, passenger figures change on routes so to pull a bus off a route is easier and cheaper than erecting and dismantling infrastructure relating to trams or trolley buses. in time new europe will lose their trollies as they realise that ther non profit making. thats capitalism for ya.
Town and city plans change at a fast pace districts change ther usage often which makes trolleys and trams impractical unless in well established inner city areas. never the less they are intresting. And Trolley and motor buses are part of my many interests.
Talking about my country, Romania. Before Aug 23, 1944 (the day when Romania turned weapons against Nazy Germany), in Braşov (Brashov) there was an intention to introduce trolleybuses. They bringed 4 "M.A.N." and 3 "YaTB" (Soviet-probably stollen) trolleybuses, but they installed no wires, so the trolleybuses couldn't run. After Aug 23rd, they where captured by the "liberating" Red Army.
Talkin about U.S.A., Canada and Mexico trolleybuses, here is an intresting site: http://trolleybuses.net
In most cityes trolleybuses killed streetcars, but after that they where also killed by buses.
Does anyone haves some infos about trolleybuses in Memphis, Tennessee in the 50's?
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