LT trolleybuses Nos. 1554 & 1268 in Pancras Rd.

An old small (just 3" x 2") amateur photograph taken in Pancras Road, of London Transport (LT) trolleybus No. 1554 (registration FXH554) showing '615 - Parliament Hill Fields via Kentish Town' destination blinds, and No. 1268 (registration EXV268) showing a '513?' destination blind.

In the background is a building marked 'ABC', which is the 'Aerated Bread Company' (spent ages looking for an ABC cinema in that area!) who operated tea rooms, to its right is 'Argyle House'.

Modern day google maps street view:-
goo.gl/maps/QSaugxnQM4fQoziT8

Old/new side by side overhead maps view:-
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18.0&lat=5...

Class M1 trolleybus No. 1554 was built comprising an AEC 664T triple axle chassis and a Weymann body seating 70 (H40/30R). It went into service Jan 1940 and was withdrawn in Nov 1961, going to George Cohen & Sons (a dealer) for scrap the same month.

Class K1 trolleybus No. 1268 was built by Leyland Motors with their own triple axle chassis and LPTB70 body seating 70 (H40/30R). It went into service Jun 1939 and was withdrawn in Feb 1961, going to George Cohen & Sons (a dealer) for scrap in the April.

The last of the London trolleybus routes closed in May 1962.

🚎 Thanks to JB (KK 69521) for this information:-
"513 and 613 were each U shaped routes in one direction only - 513 was Hampstead - Holborn - Parliament Hill Fields and 613 vice versa. (Except on Sundays when 613 didn't run and 513 was Hampstead - Holborn - Hampstead - apart from a few early morning journeys for homeward print workers.)
615 became bus 214 on 1 February 1961 when the Hampstead trolleybus routes were converted to bus, the 513 / 613 were replaced by extensions of existing bus routes 39, 45 and 63.
more at www.londonbuses.co.uk/routes/tb-replace.html ". 🚎

If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.

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Taken in: UK / England / Camden / King's Cross (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1950

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