Trolleybuses in South Shields

South Shields trolleybus system
Operation
Locale	South Shields, County Durham, England
Open	12 October 1936 (1936-10-12)
Close	29 April 1964 (1964-04-29)
Status	Closed
Routes	11
Operator(s)	South Shields Corporation Transport
Infrastructure
Electrification	V DC parallel overhead lines
Stock	61 (maximum)

The South Shields trolleybus system once served the town of South Shields, then in County Durham, but now in Tyne and Wear, England. Opened on 12 October 1936 (1936-10-12),^[1] it gradually replaced the South Shields Corporation Tramways.

By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the South Shields system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 11 routes, and a maximum fleet of 61 trolleybuses.^[1] It was closed on 29 April 1964 (1964-04-29).^[1]

One of the former South Shields trolleybuses is now preserved, at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire.^[2]

See also

• History of South Shields
• Transport in South Shields
• Transport in Tyne and Wear
• List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

References

Notes

1. Short, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
2. Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 April 2011.

Further reading

• Burrows, Geoff (1976). The Trolleybuses of South Shields, 1936-64. Strood, Kent, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-04-1.
• Lockwood, Stephen (2007). South Shields Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-11-6.

External links

Media related to Buses in South Shields at Wikimedia Commons

• SCT'61 website - photos and descriptions of a South Shields trolleybus and early motorbuses