An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Bradford Corporation Act 1910 relating to Bradford Corporation Trolley Vehicles.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport under the Bradford Corporation Act 1910 relating to Bradford Corporation trolley vehicles.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport under the Bradford Corporation Act 1910 relating to Bradford Corporation trolley vehicles.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport under the Bradford Corporation Act 1910 relating to Bradford Corporation Trolley Vehicles.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport under the Bradford Corporation Act 1910 relating to Bradford Corporation trolley vehicles.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under the Bradford Corporation Act, 1910, relating to Bradford Corporation trolley vehicles.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Corporation Transport and Civil Aviation under the Bradford Corporation Act 1910 relating to Bradford Corporation trolley vehicles.
Both systems commenced operations on 20 June 1911.[1][2] However, the public service on the Bradford system did not start until four days later.[1][2]
In the early years, Bradford designed its own trolleybuses, based on chassis from David Brown & Sons of Huddersfield, with bodies built in the company's own workshops.Twenty four single deckers were constructed between 1913 and 1921, of which 6 were supplied to Leeds. Two single deckers were also built on chassis from Kirkstall Forge, these comprising a two axle vehicle in 1920 and a three axle (twin steer) vehicle in 1922. Six further single deckers with Kirkstall Forge / AEC chassis were constructed in 1923, after which Bradford purchased trolleybuses from other commercial suppliers.[3]
The Bradford system lasted the longest of all the UK's urban trolleybus systems.[2] Having been one of the first two such systems to open, it was also the last one to close, on 26 March 1972.[1] Just before its closure, it was also the longest-lived surviving trolleybus system in the world, but with the Bradford closure that distinction passed to the Shanghai, China, trolleybus system, opened in 1914.[4]
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Brearley, Harold (1961). History of Bradford Trolley Buses, 1911-1960. Lingfield, Surrey, UK: Oakwood Press.
King, John Stanley (1972). Transport of delight: the Bradford trolleybus, 1911-1972. Guildford, Middlesex, UK: National Trolleybus Association. ISBN978-0-85024-005-4.
Lockwood, Stephen (2003). Bradford Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN978-1-904474-19-7.
Lumb, Geoff (2003). Bradford and its Trolleybuses. Colour Prestige series, no. 2. Glossop, Derbyshire, UK: Venture Publications. ISBN978-1-898432-94-4.
Stainforth, J. A. L. (1974). The Bradford trolleybus system: being the history of Britain's first and last trolleybuses. Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK: West Riding Transport Society. ISBN978-0-905043-00-5.
Uden, M J (1971). Sixty years of Bradford Trolleybuses. Surrey, UK: National Trolleybus Association. ISBN9781904474197. OCLC219881275.
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