Trolleybuses in Walsall
| Walsall trolleybus system | |
|---|---|
A Walsall trolleybus at Mossley Estate, October 1970. | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Walsall, Staffordshire (now West Midlands), England |
| Open | 22 July 1931 |
| Close | 3 October 1970 |
| Status | Closed |
| Routes | 6 |
| Operator | Walsall Corporation Transport |
| Infrastructure | |
| Stock | 60 (maximum) |
The Walsall trolleybus system once served the town of Walsall, then in Staffordshire, but now in West Midlands, England. Opened on 22 July 1931, it gradually replaced the Walsall Corporation Tramways network.
By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Walsall system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 6 routes, and a maximum fleet of 60 trolleybuses. It was also one of the last to be closed, on 3 October 1970.
In its final years, the Walsall system had a very diverse fleet of trolleybuses, many of which had been acquired secondhand from already closed trolleybus systems elsewhere in England.
Three of the former Walsall system trolleybuses are now preserved in their pale blue Walsall livery. Two of them are at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, and one is at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. One of the vehicles bought from Cleethorpes is also preserved at Sandtoft, where it will revert to its Grimsby-Cleethorpes livery.