Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or trolley) is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded trolley poles.
Trolleybus is still being cared for after years of good service - Portsmouth News
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![]() Portsmouth News | Trolleybus is still being cared for after years of good service Portsmouth News By Chris Owen This Remember When picture of trolleybus No 201 having just negotiated Fratton Bridge, Portsmouth, in the mid-1950s delighted John Kirby and Robert Smith. They got in touch to tell readers that the vehicle, an AEC 661T with English ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:00:27 AM
Greece Braces For 24-Hour General Strike Over Reforms - Wall Street Journal
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Greece Braces For 24-Hour General Strike Over Reforms Wall Street Journal The strike will also lead to the partial suspension of all metro, bus, urban rail and trolley-bus services in the greater Athens area, home to almost half the Greek population. Shop owners announced they, too, will join in. Among the measures being ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:00:27 AM
A cross-cultural partnership - Financial Times
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![]() Financial Times | A cross-cultural partnership Financial Times It is an old trolleybus depot tucked among converted textile mills from the Industrial Revolution that stand along the riverfront in the Yorkshire town of Huddersfield. But in southern China, home of the world's latest industrial revolution, ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:00:27 AM
Tallinn to Merge Public Transportation Firms - ERR News
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![]() Baltic Times | Tallinn to Merge Public Transportation Firms ERR News The Tallinn Bus Company (TAK) and the Tallinn Tram- and Trolleybus Company (TTTK) will soon become one. As a cost-savings measure, the capital's bus company and its tram and trolleybus company will become one entity at the beginning of 2013, ... Tallinn targets free public transportation |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:00:27 AM
Gales bring down wire, damage roof - Stuff.co.nz
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Gales bring down wire, damage roof Stuff.co.nz Gales were causing problems on Calabar Rd this afternoon where an electrified trolley-bus cable snapped and hit a car. One of the lanes was closed about 4:45pm while the cable was repaired. There was no damage to the car. The fire service was called to ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:00:27 AM
Leeds park and ride bid to beat the jams - Yorkshire Evening Post
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![]() Yorkshire Evening Post | Leeds park and ride bid to beat the jams Yorkshire Evening Post Councillors acknowledged the city had made little progress in developing park and ride over the past 20 years as it sought government approval for either a supertram or trolleybus system, which included park and ride sites. But with supertram rejected ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:00:27 AM
Tea stall bulldozed for station redevelopment - Reading Post
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Tea stall bulldozed for station redevelopment Reading Post One of its fans, Reading historian Dave Doe, who provided this smashing picture, said: “This station tea stall has been there for donkeys' years, even in the trolley bus days. “It was used by all bus drivers and police and commercial drivers and taxi ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:00:27 AM








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