The Ashton-under-Lyne trolleybus system once served the

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, now in the

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, north west

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. Opened on , the Ashton system gradually replaced the Ashton-under-Lyne tramway network. By the standards of the various now-defunct

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systems in the

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, it was a small one, with a total of only five routes, and a maximum fleet of 19 trolleybuses. It was closed on . The Ashton trolleybus system also served the

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. Two of the former Ashton system trolleybuses are now preserved. One of them is at the

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, Manchester, and the other one is based at the

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SCT'61 website
- photos and descriptions of Ashton-under-Lyne trolleybuses and early motorbuses
National Trolleybus ArchiveBritish Trolleybus Society
based in Reading
National Trolleybus Association
based in London Bus transport in Greater Manchester

Ashton-Under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

Ashton-under-Lyne History of transport in Greater Manchester {{England-transport-stub

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