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British Bus Garages - A Portrait (Paperback)
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British Bus Garages - A Portrait (Paperback)
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Bus garages, or depots if that is your preferred nomenclature, come
in all shapes and sizes and have their origins in the tram depots
that were established by the various tramway companies of the
pre-electrification era. Tram depots were originally built for
horse-drawn and steam-hauled tramcars and, in the case of the
former, often had stables attached. Hardly any two bus garages were
the same as they varied in both size and type of construction.
Some, such as London Transport's Stockwell garage (which is still
in use) and Salford Corporation's Frederick Road tram/bus depot,
could be considered architectural gems. The capacity of a garage
could vary enormously; examples of this were Ribble Motor's
outstation at Bowness-on-Solway with space to garage just one bus
and Oldham Corporation's Wallshaw Street garage, which when built
was designed to hold 300 buses under one roof. There are still a
significant number of former tram depots functioning as bus
garages, but they are on the decline. The deregulation of bus
services in 1986 changed the course of the bus industry forever. As
undertakings were privatised and sold off during the 1990s, the new
operators moved out of their inherited garages and set up more
low-cost establishments. These generally consisted of a moderately
sized maintenance building and a large open-air parking area.
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