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trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or trol ...

system in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

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, opened on ,Joyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 98–101, 159. London:

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. . and gradually replaced certain routes of the Manchester tramway network. Manchester was a belated convert to trolleybuses having already started a programme of tram to diesel bus conversion in the mid-1930s and this, overall, continued to be the preferred option for tram conversion that was completed in 1949.The Manchester Bus, Eyre & Heaps, TPC, Glossop, 1989 By the standards of the various now defunct

systems in the

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, the Manchester system was a large one, with a total of 9 routes, and a maximum fleet of 189 trolleybuses. It closed on .Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia'', p. 73. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. . Manchester's trolleybuses were also on certain routes jointly operated with the Ashton-under-Lyne trolleybus system, between 1925 and 1966. Two former Manchester trolleybuses are preserved, one at the

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, Cheetham Hill, and another at the Trolleybus Museum in Sandtoft,

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SCT'61 website
- photos and descriptions of Manchester trolleybuses and early motorbuses
National Trolleybus ArchiveBritish Trolleybus Society
based in Reading
National Trolleybus Association
based in London Transport in Manchester

History of transport in Greater Manchester {{England-transport-stub

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