Saturday 27 August 2011

Favourite Places The London Transport Museum

Trams & trolleybuses

Image showing Trams & trolleybusesLondon’s first trams were horse-drawn. Later, electric trams covered many areas of the city. Trolleybuses were introduced in 1931 to replace trams. Like trams, they were powered by electricity from overhead wires, but they were cheaper to run as there was no track to maintain. Today trams have made a revival in Croydon.