Trolleybus No.50
Maker and role
British United Traction/Leyland, Manufacturer
Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company, Manufacturer
Associated Equipment Company, Manufacturer
Production date
1952-1953
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Object detail
Accession number
F1143.2003
Maker
Production period
Description
Trolleybus - Auckland Transport Board No.50. Chassis: British United Traction/ Associated Equipment Co. (UK), 43 seats. In service: 1953 - 1977. Bodywork: Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company. Electrical equipment: Metropolitan Vickers Motor: 135 hp MV210CX2 Light green coloured body with cream horizontal stripe around the trolley bus silver roof. Signange ontop of the trolley bus reads " HERNE BAY VIA PARNELL AND CUSTOMS ST 1". Interior dark brown leather seat, Advertising posters are still mounted inside the trolley bus, Compartments on the exterior bottom of the trolley bus. Trolley bus connection still mounted and attached to the bus.
Brief History
Trolleybus No.50 was a suburban Auckland trolleybus which operated throughout the city as replacements to the tram system. It was one of the first fleet of replacement buses used in Auckland.
Assembled from a kitset imported from England, No.55 was put together by staff from the Auckland Transport Boards Royal Oak workshop. It was operated by the Auckland Transport Board, and later the Auckland Regional Authority.
No. 55 remains the last of its original fleet.
Assembled from a kitset imported from England, No.55 was put together by staff from the Auckland Transport Boards Royal Oak workshop. It was operated by the Auckland Transport Board, and later the Auckland Regional Authority.
No. 55 remains the last of its original fleet.
Marks
AUCKLAND TRANSPORT BOARD Logo
Media/Materials
Credit Line
British United Traction/Leyland et al. 1952-1953. Trolleybus No.50, F1143.2003. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
![[Public transport vehicles on Symonds Street]; Graham Stewart; Dec 1956](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/50904/8c81de43e6e19f9871b3f926532c1f0a07ab8fec.jpg)
![[Trolley buses and buses outside Auckland Transport Board depot]; Graham Stewart; 1958](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/50990/9a666ae573a5ee98e62ea830e4fbb579a08d33ae.jpg)
![[Trams turning from Queen Street onto Wellesley Street East]; Graham Stewart; Dec 1955](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/51025/385b37d8458d4c8af2ec0671ae6b89df0c68fa71.jpg)
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