50 years since last trolleys

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Nick Larkin reports on events to mark the closure of Britain’s penultimate trolleybus system

An official commemoration marking 50 years since the end of Britain’s second-last trolleybus system has sadly not been able to take place due to Covid restrictions – but all has not been lost. The Teesside Municipal Transport system ended on 4 April 1971, leaving only Bradford to fly the trolley flag until the following year.
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