What year did trolley buses stop running in London?

New routes were needed to serve the growing suburban areas, and buses were not hindered by fixed overhead equipment. The replacement programme began in 1959, and London's last trolleybus ran on 9 May 1962, from Wimbledon to Fulwell. After more than sixty years, electric street transport in London was at an end.



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