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.

[3] The Maidstone trolleybus system was expanded with development of new housing until 1963, when the decision was made to convert to buses.

[2] As of 2009 the site had become a residential development named the Coach Yard, but some of the original tramway tracks and setts have been left visible in a preserved central section of its accessway and car park.

A smaller tramshed (capacity 4 trams) was located in Pickering Street, Loose, and was also later used by the trolleybuses.

[8] In the film The Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller's (Matthew McConaughey) Los Angeles apartment is decorated with route signs from Maidstone Corporation Transport buses.