David Day

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you were The First electric buses, But 50 Years ago today, The Plug -in saw drawn on The Last trolley bus in Wales.

eco-friendly and cheap, she eventually succumbed to the possession of cars and the fossil fuels, on 11. January 1970.

half a century later - almost exactly to The Day - local councils now electric Public Transport see-as an answer to congestion and air pollution.

Some experts and enthusiasts even believe that shift could trigger a revival for The Forgotten trolley.

Known as the "rail car", if you will, trolley buses has been Central to the work horses of the Public Transport .

Freed from the constraints of the tracks, taking their power from overhead lines, provided that you have a clean, cheap and quick transport for the masses.

In Cardiff alone, More Than Six million trips in The First 12 months of The System -opening at the St David's day in 1942 .

Trollybuses were popular, quiet, clean, and fast, in contrast to trams, there were no tracks and trolley buses were short a trip to any

But The Boom in private car ownership during the 1960s would spell the beginning of the end. Electricity prices increased and rapidly growing cities, soon, through a network of overhead lines in desperate need of investment.

If the Cardiff trolleybus number 262 returned to the Newport Road depot for they marked the end of an era.

However, the local authorities in Wales could Turn Back The Clock , in the midst of concerns about the air quality in our towns and cities?

"It was a big mistake in the end, with the help of trolley buses," says Stuart Cole, professor of transport at the University of South Wales .

"they were quiet, clean and the technology would have improved, as we have seen, in many European cities.

"With the current thoughts on getting away from fossil fuels and the handling of air pollution in city centres, it is inevitable that you will come again, and A Number of local authorities are looking for this opportunity. "

Six million trips per year were transported to Cardiff for trolley buses in the 1940s and 1950s, The electric in San Francisco are almost free of pollution

battery-powered electric buses on Welsh roads. are already The First to be used on a permanent basis and 2020 will be the 16 new.

Cardiff Council to announce his transport vision for the next 10 years on Wednesday, included.

"electric buses are The Future - But the battery technology still has a long way to go," said Mr Cole.

"is not the beauty of The trolley buses that stop need to be recharged on the go, so you only need a place to generate The Power for The System . "

municipal-owned trolley buses remain extremely popular in Europe, particularly in Holland and in North America .

A group to help keep the memory of trolley buses on life in Wales, Cardiff and South Wales trolleybus project, which worked for 25 years in the renovation of old vehicles.

"you are magic - it's like a fairground Ride in the centre of Cardiff," said co-ordinator Keith Walker .

"anyone who traveled on you will know why we love them so much.

"for people to think that they were slow, But you could easily reach speeds of up to 60mph. "

Interactive , From flowering time, to a forgotten relic of The trolley was today destroyed under the renewal On The Streets of Cardiff

But a bus, and two others - The Last remaining models of its kind in the UK - were on The Farm , where they were stored.

memorabilia, including More Than 2,000 old photos were lost in the conflagration in Peter stone, in the vicinity of Newport, in October, and make your work from that of More Than one year.

"It was heartbreaking to see all The Hours of work, which we introduced, go up in smoke," said project chairman John Webb.

"at first we thought we had Lost Everything , and so we were grateful that we had something to save. "

years of hard work was lost in the fire

Now, The Society is calling for Wales to have a National Museum of Transport, as well as for the trolley buses.

"would fit in The vehicles, as well as now, than you did when you started," said Mr Walker.

"Transport heritage must not be lost, and the ambition would be a live circuit that could drive people. "

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Source of news: bbc.com