Ramsbottom trolleybus system
A Ramsbottom trolleybus, ca. 1913.
Operation
LocaleRamsbottom, Lancashire, (now Greater Manchester), England
Open14 August 1913 (1913-08-14)
Close31 March 1931 (1931-03-31)
StatusClosed
Routes1
Operator(s)Ramsbottom Urban District Council
Infrastructure
Stock7 (maximum)

The Ramsbottom trolleybus system once served the town of Ramsbottom, then in Lancashire, but now in Greater Manchester, England.

History

Opened on 14 August 1913,[1] the Ramsbottom system was unusual in being a completely new one that was not replacing any previously operating tramway network. It was closed relatively early, on 31 March 1931,[1] though it was largely replaced by motor buses on a faster timetable from 14 January 1929.[2]

Services

By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Ramsbottom system was very small, with only one route,[1] from Holcombe Brook railway station to Edenfield, with a short branch from Market Place in Ramsbottom to Ramsbottom railway station, which closed on 5 October 1914.[2] Buses ran half-hourly.[3]

Fleet

The system had a maximum fleet of only seven trolleybuses.[1]

None of the former Ramsbottom trolleybuses is recorded as having survived.[4]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Short, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 Newman, A G (August 1979). Buses (293): 337. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Meccano Magazine February 1972 - Ramsbottom Trolleybus pioneer by M Evans
  4. ↑ Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

Further reading

  • Lockwood, Stephen (2011). Trackless to Trolleybus: Trolleybuses in Britain. Brora, Sutherland: Adam Gordon. ISBN 9781874422860.


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