Maidstone Corporation Tramways | |
Locale: | Maidstone |
Open: | 14 July 1904 |
Close: | 11 February 1930 |
Status: | Closed |
Propulsion System: | Electric |
Maidstone Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Maidstone in England between 1904 and 1930.[1]
Maidstone Corporation began operation on 14 July 1904 with the introduction of a tram service to Barming, supplemented by routes to Loose and Tovil by 1907.[2]
The company depot and offices were located on the north side of Tonbridge Road, about 50 metres east of its junction with Queens Road at, and a tramshed with a capacity of four tramcars was located near Pickering Street in Loose at .[2]
The tramway service closed on 11 February 1930 as part of a programme of conversion to trolleybus operation. Tramcar 18 survives and is in storage in Dover awaiting restoration.[3]