Maidstone & District

Company Name	Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd
Group	British Bus (later Arriva)
Based at	Maidstone, Kent
Operating area	Mid and West Kent, East Sussex
Livery	Dark green with cream relief (colours reversed on coaches). NBC livery was leaf green with white relief, this livery being retained after privatisation for some years when a modified version of the original livery was introduced.
Garages	Ashford (closed 1973), Bexhill (closed), Borough Green (closed), Dartford (closed 1933), Edenbridge (closed), Faversham, Gillingham, Gravesend (closed 1978), Hastings, Hawkhurst, Leysdown (closed), Little Common (closed 1927), Luton (Chatham), Maidstone, Northfleet (closed 1933), Northiam (closed 1923), Rye, Sheerness, Silverhill, Sittingbourne, Strood (closed 1921), Sutton Valence (closed 1927), Tenterden (closed), Tonbridge (closed), Tunbridge Wells * These depots subsequently passed to Hastings & District.
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Notes	Maidstone & District were the principal provider of bus services in mid and west Kent until British Bus became the Arriva group in 1998. Operations are now branded Arriva serving Kent & Sussex/The Medway Towns and form part of Arriva Southern Counties. Further information can be found in our M&D History
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	Albion Nimbus NS3N with Harrington bodywork SO308 seen at Showbus 1999.
	DH478 is a 1956 AEC Regent V with Park Royal bodywork. It is seen at Showbus 1999
	M&D purchased its first Atlanteans in 1958. DH558 (558LKP) has Metro Cammell H44/33F bodywork and is typical of the type ordered by the company.
	5614 (614LKP) a Maidstone & District Atlantean in NBC green livery, seen in Lower Stone Street Bus Station, Maidstone - date unknown. Photo: Leslie Chatfield
	M&D 3402 (UKE402H), a Leyland Leopard with Marshall B45F bodywork new in 1970. The bus is seen in Lower Stone Street Bus Station, Maidstone - date unknown. Photo: Leslie Chatfield
	3061 (originally DL61) is a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX with Northern Counties bodywork and was new in 1964. The bus is registered 61YKT and is seen at the Cannon, Maidstone in late 1976 still in traditional livery.
	Maidstone & District 5709 (FKM709L), a Leyland Atlantean AN68 with MCW bodywork, part of an order transferred from Midland Red to M&D in 1972. The bus is seen at Lower Stone Street Bus Station, Maidstone in the late 1970s. Photo: Leslie Chatfield
	Maidstone & District purchased large numbers of Bristol VRTs with ECW bodywork in the NBC era. 5810 is seen in Tunbridge Wells in August 1985 with a journey from Speldhurst.
	M&D were not particularly enthusiastic about the Leyland National but did purchase a batch of dual purpose examples such as 2903, seen in King Street, Maidstone on 26 July 1989 with a service 5 working to Hawkhurst.
	M&D purchased a batch of ECW bodied Leyland Olympians originally intended for Devon General. 5889 (A889 PKR) is seen at Hastings Station in the spring of 1983 with a service 4 journey from Maidstone.
	M&D acquired a number of GMT Leyland Atlanteans with standard Northern Counties bodywork after privatisation, which it fitted with destination equipment recovered from withdrawn Daimler Fleetlines. 5733 is seen in Maidstone in April 1991
	M&D introduced a version of its traditional green and cream livery shortly before Arriva changed everything. This Leyland Olympian with Northern Counties bodywork is seen at the Chequers Centre in Maidstone in 1999.
	Dennis Dart with Plaxton bodywork 3207 is seen at the Queens Monument, Maidstone in 1999.