Trolleybuses in Adelaide
Adelaide trolleybus no. 431, 1953.
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The Adelaide trolleybus system formed part of the public transport network in Adelaide, South Australia from 1932 until 1963.
During the Great Depression, Adelaide's Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT) needed to expand services, but finances prevented laying new tracks. A decision was made to trial trolleybuses, and a converted petrol bus began running experimentally on the Payneham to Paradise tram line during the off-peak on 18 May 1932. The trial concluded on 11 August 1934, with trams resuming operation.
The trial was judged a success and the MTT planned its first permanent trolley bus line. In September 1937, the new service commenced from Light Square in the Adelaide city centre to Tusmore. In 1938, services commenced from Light Square to Port Adelaide, Semaphore and Largs Bay.
In October 1952, the Linden Park tram line was converted followed by the Erindale line in May 1953. The trolleybus network closed in July 1963 replaced by motor buses.
Petrol bus 216 was bodied by the Islington Railway Workshops as an open top bus on a Garford chassis in 1925. It was converted to a single deck trolleybus with rear platform and stairs removed and ran from May 1932 until August 1934. It was the first trolleybus in Australia and with a distinctive cream and green livery was known as "The Green Goddess". It seated twenty-three with room for twenty standing passengers. It was later used as a maintenance vehicle before being preserved by the Tramway Museum, St Kilda.
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