#Newcastle- first #trolleybus

Newcastle Corporation Transport introduced trolleybus operation in October 1935 as part of its tramway replacement programme, and the fleet had grown to over 100 vehicles during the Second World War. Between 1946 and 1949, in an ambitious modernisation effort, 186 new trolleybuses were ordered, both to replace the original fleet and to expand the system to its maximum extent of 37 route miles.