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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 ...
Maidstone Corporation Tramways began operation on 14 July 1904 with the introduction of a service to Barming, supplemented by routes to Loose and Tovil by 1907. [2] The Barming trams were replaced by trolleybuses in 1928, [ 2 ] and the Loose trams replaced in 1930. [ 2 ]
Maidstone & District Motor Services [1] was a bus company based in Maidstone, Kent. The company operated bus and coach services in Mid and West Kent and East Sussex from 1911 until 1998. The company's surviving operations were absorbed into Arriva Southern Counties .
Routes 44 and 150, the remaining services in the Grays area, are operated under contract to Thurrock Council. The buses used for these routes were transferred to Southend. As at September 2014, Dartford garage operated London routes 160, 428, 492, B12, B13 and B15. [47] Grays garage operated London routes 66, 346, 370, 375 and 499. [48]
As with the bus fleet, Boro’line operated a number of coach types without a standard vehicle. Some coaches were used for excursions, although many saw service in Maidstone on passenger routes, with some even fitted with bus seats. Several Maidstone Borough coaches received names: Maidstone Minstrel; Maidstone Monarch; Maidstone Maiden JKJ 278V
A wholly owned subsidiary of Maidstone & District Motor Services from 1935. See also Trolleybuses in Hastings. Maidstone Corporation Transport: Maidstone: 1 May 1928 15 April 1967 See also Trolleybuses in Maidstone. Portsmouth Corporation Transport: Portsmouth: 4 August 1934 27 July 1963 See also Trolleybuses in Portsmouth. Reading Corporation ...
[25] A further fleet of 12 new Scania N250UD Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC buses entered service on Wave route 99 between Eastbourne and Hastings in January 2018. [26] In June 2019, a new fleet of 24 Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC buses were introduced onto the Thanet Loop service which operates in a circular route on the Isle of Thanet. [27]
Boro'line London was a bus operator that operated bus services under contract to London Regional Transport. It was owned by Maidstone Borough Council who already operated Boro'line Maidstone . It experienced initial rapid success, gaining and operating some of the first services to be contracted out in the Bexleyheath area of South East London .