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Maidstone Corporation Transport was the operator of trams, trolleybuses and motorbuses in Maidstone, Kent from 1904 to 1974. [1] The operations of Maidstone Corporation passed to Maidstone Borough Council Transport in reorganisation of local government in 1974, expanding the Borough boundaries.
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]
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 .
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 ...
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
[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]
On 21 January 2008 Southend Area Bus Users' Group and Councilor Steve Aylen successfully campaigned for improvements to Service 6A [11] after having been withdrawn in 2005. [12] On 31 March 2008, service 7 was extended at the suggestion of Great Wakering Parish Council and the Rochford Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, who are ...
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