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Original Text (Annotation: epw052781 / 2027165)
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Highgate Village High Street & South Grove, Terminal point of route 611 trolleybuses from Moorgate. Introduced on 10th December 1939 and ran till 19th July 1960. Because Highgate Hill was 1 in 10 the trolleybuses were fitted with coasting and runback brakes, a compulsory stop having to be made to engage the brake [similar to operations at Crystal Palace on route 654]. '