British Trolleybuses - Maidstone
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The photograph on this page of British Trolleybuses - Maidstone by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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British Trolleybuses - Maidstone
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 10 Sep 1966
Maidstone was the smallest British trolleybus system to survive into the 60s. It was basically a single route from Barming in the west to Sutton Road in the south with a branch off the latter to Loose. This resulted in the splendid destination display to be seen in this picture. This trolleybus is arriving at the Loose terminus which was a few hundred yards short of the old village itself, at the top of Old Loose Hill. The surroundings appear to be little changed, although the pub sign pole (at the left) no longer appears to be there. For a slide show of British Trolleybuses in the late 60s http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=1773236&displayclass=slide
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Image Location
Latitude
51.242731
Longitude
0.519819