Maidstone trolleybus at the Wheatsheaf junction on Sutton Road, September 1966.
Operation
Locale
Maidstone, Kent, England
Open
1 May 1928 (1928-05-01)
Close
15 April 1967 (1967-04-15)
Status
Closed
Routes
2
Operator(s)
Maidstone Corporation Transport
Infrastructure
Stock
24 (maximum)
The Maidstone trolleybus system once served Maidstone, the county town of Kent, England. Opened on 1 May 1928 (1928-05-01),[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 15 April 1967 (1967-04-15).[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]
^ abcShort, Peter. "Former UK systems". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
^ abBruce, Ashley. "British Trolleybus Systems". British Trolleybuses website. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
^Zebedee, John (30 November 2010). "A List of Preserved Trolleybuses in the UK". British Trolleybus Society. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
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