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Glasgow trolleybus system
TB116 en route to Clarkston, near Victoria Bridge.
Operation
LocaleGlasgow, Scotland
Open1949 (1949)
Close1967 (1967)
StatusClosed
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).

  1. ^ Deans (1977), p. 3
  2. ^ Glasgow Trams through the Years, Part 1, Glasgow History, 12 October 2019

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