The History of Trolley Buses | Industry history | Business History

The electric power made them a pollution-free option. And the use of tyres instead of rails gave them the maneuverability that trams did not have. These hybrid vehicles may sound strange to people who have not used them. Younger people I talked to about trolley buses had not even heard of them until I mentioned them. But trolley buses have been around for more than a century. Until not so long ago, that is, until around the 1970s, trolley buses plied on city roads in many countries. In Britain, the US, Canada, Greece, Russia, Belarus, Brazil, South Africa, China, in India, and in many other countries…