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KHCT - 1950 to 1957
Potted History of Kingston Upon Hull Corporation Transport |
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1950 to 1957 |
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| 1950 | New Social & Recreational club opened in Norfolk Street during June. | ||||||||||||||
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| 1951 | City tours introduced on April 14th and
continued every summer until 1954.
A special service to visit the Festival of Britain ship Campania during June. August saw the first advertisements appearing on the exterior surfaces of trolleybuses. |
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| 1952 | Central Garage re-built following war damage. First mechanical bus cleaning machine built, at Central Garage, from a KHCT design. | ||||||||||||||
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| 1953 | First Coronation type trolleybus entered service, as a prototype, on 22nd January. | ||||||||||||||
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| 1954 | Two single-deckers modified at Liverpool
Street to be introduced on 18th January as the first one-man operated
motorbus.
Workmen's fares were abolished 28th February. Fifteen more Coronation type trolleybuses brought into service in November. |
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| 1955 | Longhill service 56 introduced 13th March.
Greatfield service commenced on 13th November. |
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| 1957 | Suez Canal crisis saw bus services being reduced due to fuel rationing during January to March. | ||||||||||||||
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