Status Closed | Routes 10 | |
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Open 3 October 1912 (1912-10-03) Close 2 October 1965 (1965-10-02) | ||
The Rotherham trolleybus system once served the town of Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Opened on 3 October 1912 (1912-10-03), it was the third trolleybus system to be established in the United Kingdom, after the systems in nearby Bradford and Leeds, which had opened simultaneously in 1911. Between 1912 and 1949, the Rotherham system gradually replaced the Rotherham Tramway.
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Rotherham system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 10 routes, and a maximum fleet of 80 trolleybuses. It was closed on 2 October 1965 (1965-10-02).
Three of the former Rotherham trolleybuses are now preserved, two at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, and the other by the Rotherham Trolleybus Group at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.