| Re: [otd] 25.9.1897 - first motorised bus service Posted by Mark A at 12:43, 25th September 2026 |     |
And, in Bradford, despite the hills, it took 'till 1971(?) for the internal combustion engine to finally lay electric traction public road transport - by then represented by trolleybuses - on its back.
Mark
| Re: [otd] 25.9.1897 - first motorised bus service Posted by Witham Bobby at 11:34, 25th September 2026 | |
From https://www.beautifulbritain.co.uk/htm/onthisday/September/u225.htm
1897 The start of Britain’s first motorized (as opposed to horse-drawn) bus service, in Bradford.
Massively surprised that ICE omnibuses date from that far back! Every day's a school day. Maybe Diamond will get round to replacing their fleet around here in Worcestershire with something newer now
Also wondering if the Transatlantic telephone cable was thought to have very lavish provision with it's 36 pairs. "Surely there will never be a need for more than 36 people to be making calls to the other side of the pond at once?!"
| [otd] 25.9.1897 - first motorised bus service Posted by grahame at 08:51, 25th September 2026 | |
From https://www.beautifulbritain.co.uk/htm/onthisday/September/u225.htm
1897 The start of Britain’s first motorized (as opposed to horse-drawn) bus service, in Bradford.
Confirmed at https://localtransporthistory.co.uk/fleetlists/bradford1/
The [motorised] bus [had] made a brief appearance in Bradford as early as 1897, when a short-lived service, operated by the Yorkshire Motor Car Company using a single vehicle, and which lasted for only a few days, ran from the Town Hall to Four Lane Ends.
Great things from small beginnings ... "first bus service" turns out not to be easy to tie down to a particular date, with early experiments being more bleeding edge than leading edge.
