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 |
| Close | 28 February 1964 |
| Status | Closed |
| Operator(s) | City Tramways Co Ltd |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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
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