Trolleybuses in Cape Town

The Cape Town trolleybus system was part of the public transport network in Cape Town, South Africa, for nearly 30 years in the mid-twentieth century. The trolleybuses on the system were always referred to by English-speaking locals as "Trackless trams", and even the systems's stops were marked "Trackless Tram Stop".^[1]

Cape Town trolleybus system
Sunbeam trolleybus no. 86 in Cape Town, 1940.
Operation
Locale	Cape Town, South Africa
Open	21 December 1935 (1935-12-21)
Close	28 February 1964 (1964-02-28)
Status	Closed
Operator(s)	City Tramways Co Ltd

See also

• History of Cape Town
• List of trolleybus systems

References

1. Jones, David (2005–2011). "Springbok Bus Roots: the Trackless Trams". Springbok Bus Roots. Archived from the original on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2 March 2012.

Further reading

• Coates, R P (1976). Track and Trackless: Omnibuses and Trams in the Western Cape. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0-86977-063-2.
• Gill, Fraser (1961). Cape Trams: From Horse to Diesel. Cape Town: Cape Electric Tramways. ISBN 9780869770634. OCLC 25942319.
• Pabst, Martin (1989). Tram & Trolley in Africa. Krefeld: Röhr Verlag. ISBN 3-88490-152-4. (in English and German)
• Patton, Brian (2004). Double-Deck Trolleybuses of the World: Beyond the British Isles. Brora, Sutherland: Adam Gordon. ISBN 978-1-874422-50-1.

External links

Media related to Trolleybuses in Cape Town at Wikimedia Commons

• Springbok Bus Roots: the Trackless Trams