The trolleybuses and trams looked very different to the capital’s trams today which still exist in south London after the tram was brought back in 2000.
A forgotten map has revealed what London boroughs used to have a trolleybus and tram service.
The very last tram ran from Woolwich to New Cross on July 5, 1952, during the emotional ‘last tram week’ which saw crowds bid farewell to trams with banners and souvenir tickets.
Electric vehicles might feel like a 21st-century creation – but trolleybuses powered by electricity trundled along London roads almost 100 years ago.
Then a newer creation, the trolleybus, arrived in 1935 and began replacing the trams – although the Second World War momentarily slowed down the conversion of tramways with trolleybuses.
