<body background="images/grnrock.gif"> <div align="center"><center> <span class="code2">David Bradley Online</span><br> <span class="dcb1">Site URL: www.trolleybus.net</span> <font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS" color="blue"><b> A collection of historical colour slides of trolleybus routes in the Croydon (UK) area.</b></font></p> <p><img src="images/redline.gif" alt="red line" width="70%" height="6"></p> <table> <tr> <td width="700"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS" color="#804000"><b> <p align=justify> <font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Comic Sans MS"><strong>Croydon's Trolleybuses</strong></font> were routes 630 and 654, with a common piece of overhead wiring along Tamworth Road into Station Road, West Croydon. The <a href="subhtml/wiatb.htm" target="_self">trolleybuses</a> replaced former tram routes in the mid 1930's but were themselves ousted by the diesel bus in the early 1960's. Before disappearing into obscurity, a small photographic record was captured by me, and is presented on this site.<br><br> The pictures highlight the considerable changes that have taken place in the Croydon area in four decades, not least of which, has been the added congestion on the roads. In 1959, a three mile bus ride through Croydon took around 20 minutes, today it is nearly an hour! It is this congestion that sees the return of the tramcar in an attempt to provide acceptable journey times. Once more, trams trundle along Tamworth Road, and other parts of Croydon, although they seldom mix with other road traffic in their travels.<br><br> <font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Comic Sans MS"><strong>Other trolleybus pictures</strong></font> can be found on this site. You can take a trolleybus ride around Kingston [Routes 601-5], Isleworth [Routes 657 & 667], Ilford [Routes 691 & 693] and the isolated outpost of Woolwich [Routes 696 & 698]. If that is not enough <i>'wire wiping'</i> for you, there are other picture galleries to inspect, articles to read and modeling sites to visit. A few tram pictures are presented simply because I was there at the time.<br><br> <font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Comic Sans MS"><strong>Unfortunately</strong></font>, the technical design of this site simply won't work with your WEB browser.<br><br> But no worries, we have thought about a work around which will enable you to view part of this site. Just jump directly to the page of interest using the index below. After viewing each page it will be necessary to use the browser's back button or, if shown, the site's logo at the bottom of the page.</p> <blockquote><font color="#804000"><b>Site Index</b></font><br> <font color=red>Travel Desk</font><br> <a href="notice.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" width="9" height="9">What's New</a><br> <a href="whatson.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" width="9" height="9">What's Going On</a><br> <a href="subhtml/k.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" width="9" height="9">Special Announcement</a><br> <a href="subhtml/cyh.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" width="9" height="9">Can You Help</a><br> <a href="exit.htm" target="_parent"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" width="9" height="9">Alight from this Site</a><br> <br><font color=red>Croydon Routes</font><br> <a href="resume.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" width="9" height="9">Route 630</a><br> <a href="654.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" width="9" height="9">Route 654</a><br> <a href="g12.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" width="9" height="9" hspace="5">Route 612</a><br> <br><font color=red>Non Croydon Routes</font><br> <a href="g3.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" width="9" height="9" hspace="5">Routes 601-5</a><br> <a href="gb607.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" width="9" height="9" hspace="5">Route 607</a><br> <a href="g4.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" width="9" height="9" hspace="5">Routes 657/667</a><br> <a href="g5.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" width="9" height="9" hspace="5">Routes 696/698</a><br> <a href="other.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" width="9" height="9" hspace="5">Routes 691/693</a><br> <a href="g8.htm"><img src="images/redsq.gif" alt="" border="0" width="9" height="9" 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