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Trolleybuses in Wolverhampton
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The Wolverhampton trolleybus system served the city of Wolverhampton, then in Staffordshire, England (and now in West Midlands, England), for much of the twentieth century.
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Wolverhampton trolleybus system | |
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![]() A trolleybus in Bilston Street, Wolverhampton | |
Operation | |
Locale | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
Open | 1923 (1923) |
Close | 1967 (1967) |
Status | Closed |
Routes | 14 |
Infrastructure | |
Electrification | (?) V DC parallel overhead lines |
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Opened on 29 October 1923 (1923-10-29),[1] the system was one of the most extensive trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, with a total of 14 routes, and a maximum fleet of 173 trolleybuses.[2] For a brief period in the 1930s, it even had the distinction of being the world's largest trolleybus system.[3] It was closed on 5 March 1967 (1967-03-05).[4][2]