The route was temporarily converted to motor bus operation on 11 April 1948 while Liverpool Street was rebuilt.

[1] Sydney's trolleybus routes were as follows: For the commencement of operations in the Eastern Suburbs, two single deck three-axle AEC 663Ts were purchased.

They were later joined by three AEC 761T double deck vehicles, one bodied by Park Royal and two locally by Syd Wood.

For the commencement of the Kogarah services, 11 Leyland TTB4 and 10 AEC 664T double deck three-axle buses were bodied by Ritchie Brothers, Auburn.

After the trolleybuses ceased in 1959, it was used by the New South Wales Police as a storage area for recovered stolen vehicles before passing to the Housing Commission.