Nottingham trolleybus at the King Street terminus, April 1966
Operation
Locale
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Open
10 April 1927 (1927-04-10)
Close
30 June 1966 (1966-06-30)
Status
Closed
Routes
8
Operator(s)
Nottingham Corporation Tramways (1927–1936) Nottingham City Transport (1936–1966)
Infrastructure
Stock
157 (maximum)
The Nottingham trolleybus system once served the city of Nottingham, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It opened on 10 April 1927 (1927-04-10),[1][2] and gradually replaced the Nottingham tramway network.
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Nottingham system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 8 routes, and a maximum fleet of 157 trolleybuses.[2] It was closed on 30 June 1966 (1966-06-30).[3][2]
Nottingham was also served by another system, the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire trolleybus system, which was in operation between 1932 and 1953.
Six of the former Nottingham system trolleybuses and parts of a seventh are preserved. Two of them are in a private collection in Boughton, Nottinghamshire, while another four and a fifth chassis are at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, England.
^Joyce, King & Newman 1986, pp. 108–112, 159.
^ abcShort 2011.
^Joyce, King & Newman 1986.
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