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Glenorchy, trolleybus # 235

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  GlenorchyTasmanian Transport Museum235????
  HobartMetropolitan Transport Trust 

City:Glenorchy   Australia
Operator/Facility:Tasmanian Transport Museum
Model:City Body Works
Chassis:BUT ETB1
Built:03.1952
Current state: In operation 
Purpose:Museum vehicle
Hobart had 41 BUT ETB1 buses, #s 201 — 241.
Chassis BUT ETB1

Number 235 was the last trolley bus to operate in Tasmania, and did so on 24 November 1968. It was quickly purchased by the museum, and later restored by the Metropolitan Transport Trust (MTT).

Seating B39D

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City:Glenorchy   Australia
Operator/Facility:Tasmanian Transport Museum
#:235
Purpose:Museum vehicle
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City:Hobart   Australia
Operator/Facility:Metropolitan Transport Trust
#:235
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
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Franklin Square
Huon Road

Hobart BUT #235 pauses at the city terminus on 24 Novemeber 1968 before running to Huon Road on the last day of trolleybus service. The bus is preserved at the Tasmanian Transport Museum.

Photo: Australian Electric Traction Association

Sunday, November 24, 1968
Posted by James Bradley

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1968
1950

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