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Re: Perth/Adelaide Trolleybuses
- Subject: Re: Perth/Adelaide Trolleybuses
- From: "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
- Date: 6 Sep 1999 07:51:39 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
- Organization: Rail News Victoria
- References: <37bc9b35@news.iprolink.co.nz> <37c7b2dd.19324557@news.tuwien.ac.at> <01bef78b$2e214640$692d11cb@rodsmith>
Trolleybus operation in Australia ceased on the evening of Fri.29.8.69,
with the closure of the Wembley (WA) and East Perth routes. (Jan.70
Electric Traction).
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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor
Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in article
> Wolfgang Auer <wauer@qspr03.tuwien.ac.at> wrote in article
> > Dave McLoughlin wrote:
> > >Can anybody tell me the opening and closing dates of the Perth
> > >and Adelaide trolleybus systems?
> > However, Perth's trolleybus system was opened in 1933 and closed
> > in 1969, according to Nils Carl Aspenberg: Verdens Sporveier,
> > Trolleybusser og Undergrunnsbaner. No _really_ exact dates are
> > given there anyway...