Trolleybuses in Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia Trolleybuses in Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne trolleybus system Newcastle trolleybus at the Delaval Road terminus, Benwell, June 1966 Operation Locale Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Status Closed Routes 15 Operator ( s ) Newcastle Corporation Infrastructure Electrification V DC parallel overhead lines Depot ( s ) Byker depot, Slatyford depot from 1956 Stock 140 ( maximum ) The Newcastle upon Tyne trolleybus system once served the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England. Started on 2 October 1935 ( 1935 - 10 - 02 ), it gradually replaced the Newcastle tramway network. By the standards of the various now - defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Newcastle system was a large one, with a total of 28 routes, and a maximum fleet of 204 trolleybuses. It finished on 2 October 1966 ( 1966 - 10 - 02 ). Two of the distinctive yellow - liveried former Newcastle trolleybuses are now preserved, one at the East Anglia Transport Museum at Carlton Colville, Suffolk, and the other LTN 501 at Beamish Open Air Museum sometimes on loan to The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire. Contents 1 See also 2 References 2.1 Notes 2.2 Further reading 3 External links See also Transport portal North East England portal Transport in Tyne and Wear List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom References Notes ^ Jump up to : Murray, Alan ( 2000 ). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 73. Yateley, Hampshire, UK : Trolleybus books. ISBN 0 - 904235 - 18 - 1. ^ Jump up to : Short, Peter. `` Former UK systems ''. British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 17 March 2011. Jump up ^ Zebedee, John ( 30 November 2010 ). `` A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK ''. British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 17 March 2011. Further reading Canneaux, TP ; Hanson, NH ( 1985 ). The Trolley Buses of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1935 - 1966 ( 2nd revised ed. ). Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK : Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries. ISBN 978 - 0 - 902653 - 29 - 0. Lockwood, Stephen ( 2006 ). Newcastle Trolleybuses. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK : Middleton Press. ISBN 978 - 1 - 904474 - 78 - 4. External links Media related to Trolleybuses in Newcastle upon Tyne at Wikimedia Commons National Trolleybus Archive British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading National Trolleybus Association, based in London Historic trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom England Ashton - under - Lyne Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Chesterfield Cleethorpes Darlington Derby Doncaster Grimsby Halifax Hartlepool Hastings Huddersfield Ipswich Keighley Kingston upon Hull Leeds London Maidstone Manchester Mexborough and Swinton Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Oldham Portsmouth Ramsbottom Reading Rotherham St Helens Southend - on - Sea South Lancashire South Shields Stockport Teesside Walsall Wigan Wolverhampton York Wales Aberdare Cardiff Llanelli Pontypridd Rhondda Scotland Dundee Glasgow Northern Ireland Belfast Museums Black Country Living Museum East Anglia Transport Museum London Transport Museum North West Museum of Road Transport The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft This article related to bus transport in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about transport in England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Newcastle_upon_Tyne&oldid=847524479 '' Categories : Transport in Newcastle upon Tyne Transport in Tyne and Wear Defunct trolleybus systems by city Trolleybus transport in the United Kingdom United Kingdom bus transport stubs England transport stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from August 2017 Use British English from August 2017 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 25 June 2018, at 23 : 58 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: when did trolley buses stop running in newcastle
Answer: 2 October 1966