The Maidstone trolleybus system once served

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, l ...

, the

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. Opened on , it gradually replaced the Maidstone tramway network. By the standards of the various now defunct

trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

systems in the

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, the Maidstone system was a small one, with just two routes, and a maximum fleet of only 24 trolleybuses. It was closed on . Three of the former Maidstone trolleybuses are now preserved, two of them at

the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft is a transport museum which specialises in the preservation of trolleybuses. It is located by the village of Sandtoft, near Belton on the Isle of Axholme in the English county of Lincolnshire. Description Th ...

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, and the other at the

East Anglia Transport Museum The East Anglia Transport Museum is an open-air transport museum, with numerous historic public transport vehicles (including many in full working order). It is located in Carlton Colville a suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk. It is the only museum ...

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References

External links

SCT'61 website
Photos and descriptions of Maidstone Corporation trolleybuses and early motorbuses

including route map Maidstone

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