Trolleybuses in Southend-on-Sea . None of the former Southend trolleybuses is recorded as having been preserved. Trolleybuses in Southend-on-Sea The Southend-on-Sea trolleybus system once served the town of Southend-on-Sea, in Essex, England. Opened on , it gradually replaced Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways. By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Southend system was a moderately sized one, with a total of 4 routes, and a maximum fleet of 34 trolleybuses. The fleet included the only trolleybus built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. which was sold to the Corporation after it had been exhibited at the
Transport in Ipswich 'London Steamship Company', operated an excursion steamer service between Ipswich and London from before 1871 until 1887; in 1878 one of their ships, the "SS Princess Alice" sank with the loss of some 700 lives while on an excursion in the Thames estuary. Following the collapse of the 'London Steamship Company' in 1887 the 'London, Woolwich & Clacton-on-Sea Steamboat Company' was formed offering services between London and Clacton; an additional service to Ipswich started in about 1893. The "Woolwich Belle" acted as a feeder service between Ipswich and Clacton from where the London service operated. After two changes of ownership