Models of various maidstone district buses in historical liveries. East kent road car company wikimili, the best wikipedia. In those days my father and i travelled to the traditional festival weeks at the wells, maidstone, gravesend and canterbury on the special double decker buses laid on by the maidstone and district motor services ltd. Gloriously restored, it sports its postwar harrington body, and we are fortunate to have it still around today. The companys surviving operations were absorbed into arriva southern counties. Now in preservation, the knightrider was a one off coach built in 1951 reg. This book by david toy and ray stenning delves into the character, style and substance of this. Maidstone borough buses 19741992 amberley publishing. Some maidstone and district scanned slides taken over several visits to the area in the late 1980s and early 1990s plus a couple taken on a 1983 visit to london.
Thank you for your patience while we retrieve your images. Huntingdon and district a brief bus company history. The company operated bus and coach services in mid and west kent and east sussex from 1911 until 1998. The districts reading specialist, missy bousley, was amazed to hear what was happening. Designated internally as lc1 luxury coach 1, the name is probably a play on the company hq at the time, knightrider house in knightrider street, maidstone, and. By the mid 1950s, bus patronage was beginning to show signs of serious decline, and the traffic commissioners were empowered to grant dispensation for the use of buses with more than the traditional 202630 seats on.
In the uk, our buses are organised into regional units, each of which has a fascinating story of its own. Books dealing with both buses and trams, in particular histories of municipal transport systems, and books dealing with public transport in a particular area, are also listed here. The company operated bus and coach services in mid and west kent and. The companys surviving operations were absorbed into arriva southern counties history. Maidstone is a town in kent, england, of which it is the county town. Although much of the network in northwest kent was transferred to the lptb on the latters creation in. Maidstone and district was an early user of the leyland atlantean, taking both normal and lowheight examples classified dh and dl respectively, from 1959 until 1963, when the daimler fleetline became the favoured choice.
The trams were replaced between 1928 and 1930 mainly by trolleybuses, which were themselves replaced by buses in 1967. In 1993 it was one of the first companies to be acquired by the stagecoach group, which eventually rebranded the operation as stagecoach in east ken. Buy maidstone district buses and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Books on the bus invented in southern door wisconsin. May 26, 2011 maidstone and district bus from the vintage bus show msloverbunny. The capitals red buses were still to be found in dartford.
Photos of arriva vehicles should not be posted here. Maidstone and district bus fleet list january 1975. By the mid 1950s, bus patronage was beginning to show signs of serious decline, and the traffic commissioners were empowered to grant dispensation for the use of buses with more than the traditional 202630 seats on what was then called omo operation. Our programme starts in the morning as the vehicles take up their positions on the showground and in the newly completed. Kent buses buses, trams and commercial vehicles transport. Maidstone corporation tramways began operation on 14 july 1904 with the introduction of a service to barming, supplemented by routes to loose and tovil by 1907. P lease consult the how to order section before ordering any books. History of bristol buses and tramways by transport historians and employees, produced at the time of the company centenary in 1974. For a general history of buses built and operated in the united states, this is a good place to start. The east kent road car company ltd was a bus company formed in 1916 and based in canterbury, kent. It was bousley that decided we should publicize it right away, and that really probably was the main feature of it exploding like it did.
Maidstone and district bus from the vintage bus show youtube. I was particularly fond of the bet style leopards which. Oct, 20 1m csx train goes into emergency with two scary bangs, hull auburn ga, 09242015 mbmars01 duration. Historically, the river carried much of the towns trade as the centre of the agricultural county of kent, known as the garden of england. Invictaway was an express commuter coach service from kent to london in the 1980s and 1990s, and was also a holding company for the emerging arriva group. Maidstone and district dh451, a bristol k5g from 1941 which was rebodied with a weymann 56 seat body in 1951, it was delivered to chatham and district and spent most of its life based at luton depot in chatham. Maidstone corporation transport followed a traditional course, and like many other towns around the country it began by running trams in 1904 and then buses in 1924. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. But our roots are in sunderland, in the north east of england, in a secondhand motorcycle shop opened in 1938 by the cowie family. New listing the british motor bus an illustrated history by gavin booth. Designated internally as lc1 luxury coach 1, the name is probably a play on the company hq at the time, knightrider house in knightrider street, maidstone, and the nonstandard livery it was finished in. The capital s red buses were still to be found in dartford. Maidstone district motor services ltd was a bus company based in maidstone, kent. The company operated bus and coach services in kent.
East kent road car company wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Maidstone borough buses 19741992 ebook by eric baldock. To find out more about the history and growth of arriva plc please visit the arriva group website. Because the topic is so broad, author donald wood cannot go into great detail into specific models of buses. Decorated in the companys signature twotone green with contrasting silver trim, the gold lettering denotes it as being deployed in the service department where no doubt it played a key role in keeping the buses on the road. Aug 15, 2019 the capital s red buses were still to be found in dartford. Services recommenced in 1946, and new vehicles were purchased to replace the ageing, and sometimes warworn prewar fleet. Cfn 104, a preserved east kent road car company leyland tiger ps1park royal the east kent road car company ltd was a bus company formed in 1916 and based in canterbury, kent. Maidstone east railway station stop o 101 155 x1 maidstone west railway station stop a1 28 71 72 79c 570 774 785 maidstone west railway station stop a2 3 6 6x 7 8 22 26 78 88 266 558. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles 51 km eastsoutheast of london. In 1993 it was one of the first companies to be acquired by the stagecoach group, which eventually rebranded the operation as stagecoach in east kent, and made it. Just a note to say most of the photos on the page that i post are ones that i have been. The maidstone and district motor services ltd and subsidiaries an illustrated. The maidstone to canterbury route which started in november 1930 was unnumbered until it became 67 around 1935 the route that was numbered 65 from 1931 was initially gillinghamallhallows, later extended to stoke from 1933 and eventually grain from 1952.
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