The History of Trolley Buses | Industry history | Business History

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I am Kiron Kasbekar, and the video I am presenting to you today is about the history of trolleybuses, those urban public vehicles that were powered by electricity, like trams, but ran on tyres, like buses, bringing the best of both worlds to city commuters.

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…
For those who have not seen trolley buses, let alone traveled on one, let me explain what exactly they are.

As I said earlier, they look like buses, except for the trolley pole, called the pantograph, and its connection to an overhead cable, called the catenary.

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Who invented the first trolleybus? | When did trolley buses start? | Why is it called a trolleybus? | Where did trolley come from? | trolley bus in India | History of trolleybuses | History of trolleybuses in the world | History of trolleybuses in India

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