Trolleybuses in Maidstone explained

Maidstone trolleybus system
Locale:	Maidstone, Kent, England
Status:	Closed
Routes:	2
Operator:	Maidstone Corporation Transport
Stock:	24 (maximum)

The Maidstone trolleybus system once served Maidstone, the county town of Kent, England. Opened on,^{[1] [2]} it gradually replaced the Maidstone tramway network.

By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Maidstone system was a small one, with just two routes, and a maximum fleet of only 24 trolleybuses.^[1] It was closed on .^{[1] [2]}

Three of the former Maidstone trolleybuses are now preserved, two of them at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, and the other at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, Suffolk.^[3]

See also

• History of Maidstone
• List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom

Further reading

• Book: Harley, Robert . Maidstone Trolleybuses . 1997 . Midhurst, West Sussex, UK . Middleton Press . 978-1-901706-00-0 .
• Book: Kain . Daniel . Coates . Malcolm . The trolleybuses of Maidstone: a survey of the history of the Maidstone Corporation trolleybus system with fleet details and record of sold vehicles . 1972 . Reading, Berkshire, UK . British Trolleybus Society . 0-901792-02-0 .
• Book: Lewis, Richard . 75 years of municipal transport in Maidstone . 1979 . M&D&EKBC .
• Book: Scotney, D J S . The Maidstone Trolleybus . 1972 . Guildford, Surrey, UK . National Trolleybus Association, Publications Dept . 0-85024-004-2 .

External links

• SCT'61 website Photos and descriptions of Maidstone Corporation trolleybuses and early motorbuses
• Maidstone Corporation Trolleybus historical site, including route map
• National Trolleybus Archive
• British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading
• National Trolleybus Association, based in London

Notes and References

1. Web site: Former UK systems. Short, Peter . British Trolleybus Society. 19 March 2011.
2. Web site: British Trolleybus Systems. Bruce, Ashley . British Trolleybuses website. 19 March 2011.
3. Web site: A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK. Zebedee, John. 30 November 2010 . British Trolleybus Society. 19 March 2011.