TB116 en route to Clarkston, near Victoria Bridge.
Operation
Locale
Glasgow, Scotland
Open
1949 (1949)
Close
1967 (1967)
Status
Closed
Operator(s)
Glasgow Corporation
Infrastructure
Electrification
V DC parallel overhead lines
The Glasgow trolleybus system operated in and immediately surrounding the city of Glasgow, Scotland, between 1949 and 1967, with the network reaching its largest extent in 1959.[1] It was the only British system to open after World War II.
The trolleybuses were owned and operated by Glasgow Corporation's Transport Department (along with the city's buses, trams[2] and the Subway).
^Deans (1977), p. 3
^Glasgow Trams through the Years, Part 1, Glasgow History, 12 October 2019
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