Portsmouth 201 was one of 15 prototype trolleybuses bought for evaluation purposes prior to a bulk order being placed.
Originally numbered 1 but in 1939, with the rest of the trolleybus fleet, had 200 added to its fleet number.
The trolley was withdrawn 1958 and sold locally in 1960 and presented to the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu where it was displayed in the open air as seen above. Unfortunately the body’s timber framework suffered from being outside and the trolley was acquired by Portsmouth City Museums Department in 1972 and is now kept under cover at the Milestones Museum in Basingstoke.
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