Maidstone Corporation Tramways

Maidstone Corporation Tramways
Tramlines in Barming
Operation
Locale	Maidstone
Open	14 July 1904
Close	11 February 1930
Status	Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion system(s)	Electric
Statistics
Route length	5.25 miles (8.45 km)

Maidstone Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Maidstone in England between 1904 and 1930.^[1]

History

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 TQ 7372 5510, and a tramshed with a capacity of four tramcars was located near Pickering Street in Loose at TQ 7630 5270.^[2]

Closure

The tramway service closed on 11 February 1930 as part of a programme of conversion to trolleybus operation. Tramcar 18 survives and is in storage in Dover awaiting restoration.^[3]

References

^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
^ ^a ^b Harley, Robert J. (1994). Maidstone and Chatham Tramways. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-40-5.
^ "Maidstone Corporation Light Railways 18 built 1909".

Historic tramways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man

England

East	Cambridge Colchester Great Yarmouth Ipswich Corporation Ipswich Lowestoft Luton Norwich Peterborough Southend Wisbech & Upwell
East Midlands	Alford & Sutton Chesterfield Derby Corporation Derby Company Glossop Ilkeston Lincoln Company Lincoln Corporation Leicester Tramways Leicester Corporation Mansfield & District Matlock Northampton Corporation Northampton Street Nottingham Corporation Nottingham & District Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire
London	Barking Croydon Kingsway London East Ham Erith Ilford Leyton London County Council London United Walthamstow West Ham
North East	Darlington Corporation Darlington Street Gateshead Hartlepool Electric Hartlepools Steam Jarrow Middlesbrough & Stockton Middlesbrough Corporation Middlesbrough, Stockton & Thornaby Newcastle South Shields Corporation South Shields Stockton & Darlington Steam Stockton & District Sunderland Company Sunderland Corporation Sunderland District Electric Tynemouth & District Tynemouth & District Electric Tyneside
North West	Accrington Accrington Steam Barrow-in-Furness Birkenhead Blackburn & Over Darwen Blackburn Corporation Blackpool & Fleetwood Blackpool Electric Blackpool Corporation Bolton Burnley Bury Carlisle Chester Corporation Chester Company Colne & Trawden Darwen Heaton Park Lancaster Liverpool Corporation Liverpool Company Lytham St Annes Manchester Morecambe Nelson Old Swan Preston Rawtenstall Rochdale South Lancashire Southport St Helens Stockport Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Wallasey Warrington Wigan
South East	Brighton Brighton & Shoreham Brill Chatham & District Dover Folkestone, Hythe & Sandgate Gravesend & Northfleet Gravesend, Rosherville & Northfleet Hastings Isle of Thanet Maidstone Oxford Portsdown & Horndean Portsmouth Reading Corporation Reading Company Ryde Pier Tramway Sheerness Southampton Corporation Southampton Company Wantage Wolverton & Stony Stratford
South West	Bath Tramways Bournemouth Bristol Camborne & Redruth Cheltenham Devonport Exeter Corporation Exeter Company Gloucester Corporation Gloucester Company Plymouth Corporation Plymouth, Devonport & District Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport Poole Seaton Swindon Taunton Torquay Weston-super-Mare
West Midlands	Birmingham City Birmingham & Aston Birmingham Corporation Burton-upon-Trent Burton & Ashby Coventry Dudley & Stourbridge Steam Dudley, Stourbridge & District Electric Dudley, Sedgley and Wolverhampton Kidderminster & Stourport Kinver Leamington & Warwick North Staffordshire Potteries South Staffordshire & Birmingham District Steam South Staffordshire Company Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Walsall Wolverhampton District Electric Wolverhampton Corporation Wolverhampton Company Worcester Electric Worcester
Yorkshire and the Humber	Barnsley & District Bradford Dearne District Doncaster Grimsby & Immingham Grimsby Halifax Huddersfield Hull Keighley Leeds Company Leeds Corporation Mexborough & Swinton Rotherham Scarborough funiculars Scarborough Sheffield Wakefield York Corporation York Company Yorkshire (Woollen District) Yorkshire (West Riding)