Bradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure

Bradford Trolleybuses: The Final Ride

After every rise, there comes a fall, and for Bradford’s trolleybuses this started soon after their Jubilee year of 1961. While the future had looked good in 1960, with capital development planned, the fall and final closure of the trolleybuses resulted from management changes, city centre development, major road changes and, finally, a definite close policy.

The decline was a slow one, though it was one that gathered momentum towards th…