Trams and Trolleybuses

Trolley bus control boxes

By Peter Ticehurst

How many people have noticed the black box in the grass area at the bottom of The Level?  It has survived the refurbishment of the area around the cafe and store shed (now an office) and is actually a control box from the old Corporation tramway system.

There were until quite recently two (as far as I know) trolleybus control boxes still in situ at the side of two roads in Brighton. There was one on the east side of Lewes Road, just south of the St Pauls Street bus stop, but this was removed 3 or 4 years ago when the street was "improved" with built out corners and crossings.

The last one has just disappeared from Ditchling Road, where similar road "improvements" have been taking place. This was on the east side, just south of the Semley Road bus stop (between Fiveways and Rugby Road) and looked to be in quite a bad state.