Maidstone Corporation in 1966

Principal bus services

Route Serving Monday to Fridays Saturdays Sundays
Barming (Bull) - Loose Trolleybus service Tonbridge Road, West Station, Town Centre, Loose Road Every 10 minutes Every 10 minutes Every 20 minutes

Barming (Bull) - Park Wood 

Trolleybus service

Tonbridge Road, West Station, Town Centre, Loose Road, Sutton Road Every 10 minutes Every 10 minutes Every 20 minutes
Shepway (Oxford Road) - Hackney Road Northumberland Road, West Park Road, Hastings Road,  Town Centre, West Station, Upper Fant Road Every 20 minutes Every 20 minutes Every 30 minutes
Shepway (Oxford Road) - Ringlestone Northumberland Road, West Park Road, Hastings Road, Town Centre, East Station, Sandling Road, Chatham Road, Calder Road Every 20 minutes Every 20 minutes Every 30 minutes
High Street - Westmorland Road (Blue Door) Loose Road, Plains Avenue, Oxford Road, Nothumberland Road Every 20 minutes Every 20 minutes Every 40 minutes
Park Avenue (Hatherall Road) - Tovil Foley Street, Holland Road, Sittingbourne Road, Town Centre, Hayle Road, Old Tovil Road Every 10 minutes Every 12 minutes Every 30 minutes
London Road (Allington Way) - Penenden Heath (Peel Street Hedges) London Road, West Station, Town Centre, East Station, Sandling Road, Boxley Road, Sandling Lane Every 12 to 15 minutes Every 12 minutes Every 15 minutes
High Street - Malling Terrace West Station, London Road, Queens Road Hourly Hourly 3 journeys
High Street - Palace Wood West Station, London Road, Poplar Grove 3 journeys 3 journeys No service
East Station - Barming (Banky Meadow) West Station, London Road, Queens Road, Heath Road 5 journeys 5 journeys No service

There were additional journeys on some routes, for example Depot journeys to Tonbridge Road (London Road buses ran via Queens Road to the Depot). Other journeys also operated including Tovil to Tillings Works (Maidstone Barracks Station), Oxford Road to Malling Terrace, Ringlestone to Palace Wood - these journeys were incorporated into the timetables for the main routes.

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The correct pronunciation of Loose is "lose" (as in to lose something).


Maidstone Municipal Transport
Maidstone Corporation in 1966
Maidstone Corporation in 1973
Maidstone Trolleybuses

Maidstone Municipal Transport History

This page was updated on 16 April, 2005