Bradford-Budapest and Wolverhampton overhead wires

I am very sure that on the 16th December 1933 if someone had mentioned the words climate change, then it would have meant that one needed to change ones clothes according to the climatic conditions of the day.

So it was that on the 16th December 1933 that the Trolley bus system started service in

Budapest. The travellers on that mode of transport did not appreciate that they were travelling on a climate  change sensitive mode of transport in the modern meaning of these words.

By 1944 during the Second World War and the seize of Budapest the trolley bus system was wrecked.

Post Second World War Budapest replaced some tram lines in its rebuilding of its trolley bus system  with  new trolley buses. For example in December 1949 trolley bus route 70 replaced a tram line and was called route 70 to celebrate Stalin’s 70th birthday.

In the 1970’s the Budapest trolley bus system was somewhat revived by the price of petrol which made the traditional bus less attractive.

Recently Budapest has taken delivery of new air conditioned trolley buses with a single unit capacity of 64 passengers.

The articulated version is able to transport 104 passengers.

Incidentally the batteries on board are able to move these modern trolley buses 4km in distance without the use of the electric overhead wires.

As has been previously stated Wolverhampton ran its trolley bus system until early March 1967.

Like Bradford Wolverhampton manufactured its own trolley buses ( Bradford did so in the early years at the Thornbury Works in Bradford).

I think you this is a pinch yourself is it really true type of story, that these two cities were able to build their own trolley buses.

Bradford has the last trolley bus system in the U.K. in normal daily service.

It ran until 26th March 1972 and as this system had started service in June 1911 it had in early 1972 the oldest trolley bus system in the world.

It was an ideal system for trolley buses as like Budapest it was hilly which is an environment that helped the trolley bus excel.

In the early years of the twentieth century trolley buses replaced teams as the pneumatic tyres of the trolley buses made for a more comfortable journey than the harsh rails of the tram system.

Apparently the power cuts that were a frequent feature of the 1960s and very early 1970s brought on the demise of the Bradford trolley bus.

It would be wonderful to have this  climate change sensitive transport system reintroduced in Bradford and Wolverhampton.

What if the new trolley bus system could be manufactured in Bradford and Wolverhampton and exported across the world. It would be good for employment and the enhancement of new skills in the building of new trolley buses.

Perhaps Budapest would Place an order in the future when they need to renew their trolley buses.