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Colin Rosenstiel · February 22nd 07, 10:45 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article .com,
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KOS wrote:
If we have to have some form of electric transport Trolley Buses
seem a far more attractive, cheaper and flexible option than trams.
Why is Ken so keen on trams rather than Trolley Buses?

Capacity. Switching from diesel to electric buses has no effect on
capacity, whereas trams can carry far more people along the same
route.

Not quite true. London trolleybuses carried 70 passengers in the days
when diesel buses carried 56. The only trolleybus replacements that had
higher capacity were the initial batch of 24 RMLs introduced in 1961. The
main RML build was long after the trolleys had gone.

In my recollection, trolleybuses had lower floors and larger rear
platforms.

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Colin Rosenstiel