Rotherham's Trolleybuses

Sixty Years Gone

An overview of the Rotherham trolleybus system published to commemoratethe closure sixty years ago in October 1965.

October 2025 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the closureof the Rotherham trolleybus system. This book has been compiled to provide apictorial overview of the trolleybus system to commemorate the passing of whatmany considered an environmentally friendly form of transport that served thetown for over half a century. Hopefully, this publication will jog the memoryof those who remember the trolleybuses with affection and show those too youngto have experienced trolleybuses what life was like in Rotherham when thesesleek electric vehicles were the principal form of transport in the area.

The book includes an extensive selection of photographs fromthe opening of the system in 1912 until its closure fifty three years later. Italso includes a summary of the trolleybus fleet and a series of detailed mapsof the system including the former Mexborough and Swinton system which operatedjoint routes with Rotherham to Conisbrough Low and Adwick Road.

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