Blochairn. Glasgow, relocated to Cumbernauld, approximately 12 miles ? And still under Stagecoach West Scotland..
Didn't ARRIVA shut down its Alnwick depot and relocate the old 505/515 to Ashington a few years ago, some 25 miles away?
Linlithgow depot closed 2012, with services being based at Larbert (9-11 miles away depending on route used). There seemed to be a lot of empty running initially, but I haven't seen so much more recently.
Surely these are not relocations of the depot but merely relocating operations to another existing garage?
That's the same scenario with Stagecoach. Closed the Crieff Outstation and relocated the ops 17 miles out to Perth.
Yeah but there's loads of examples of depot/outstation closing and the routes being relocated to an existing depot.
What the OP was asking was the relocation of a depot from one place to another location.
These ‘trivia’ threads always seem to veer off-topic before they reach page 2.
It's much better in Europe because they relocate in kms instead!I know.... the real question is how this affect First, Alex Hornby, Lothian, Greater Manchester franchising, the Verkehrsverbund in the Rhine-Neckar region, any form of contactless travel.... (rolls grenade )
Surely that's worse as 5 miles is 8 kms, as 8 is bigger than 5.....It's much better in Europe because they relocate in kms instead!
So it makes the relocation sound much bigger, bigger is better if you're after furthest!Surely that's worse as 5 miles is 8 kms, as 8 is bigger than 5.....
Not all services were taken over by Larbert, the 43 was sent to Livingston, who ran it until Stagecoach registered their service...which is now in the hands of Lothian Country.Linlithgow depot closed 2012, with services being based at Larbert (9-11 miles away depending on route used). There seemed to be a lot of empty running initially, but I haven't seen so much more recently.
Beat me too it!Kelvin Central Buses closed Old Kilpatrick Depot in the mid to late 90s and moved everything short term to the Strathclyde's Buses depot at Knightswood which is roughly 7 miles east until a new site was set up in Dumbarton which is approx. 12 miles west of Knightswood and 5 miles west of Old Kilpatrick.
First's Cumbernauld depot closing, with operations transferring to Caledonia. Depending on the route taken the distance is between 17 and 22 miles.
That’s not relocating the depot. That’s transferring the operations to another existing depot. If we’re quoting all those examples nationally, it’ll be a long and turgid thread.
Pretty sure Caledonia was built specifically to replace the depots at Larkfield, Cumbernauld and Parkhead so technically it is still relocating these depots even if it wasn't done at the same time. There is no other reason for them building a depot of that size other than to replace existing depots.
Pretty sure Caledonia was built specifically to replace the depots at Larkfield, Cumbernauld and Parkhead so technically it is still relocating these depots even if it wasn't done at the same time. There is no other reason for them building a depot of that size other than to replace existing depots.
Didn’t Cumbernauld close 18 months before Caledonia opened?
Caledonia was definitely designed with replacement of Larkfield and Parkhead in a phased transition.
Cumbernauld is rather stretching a point.
Didn’t Cumbernauld close 18 months before Caledonia opened?
Caledonia was definitely designed with replacement of Larkfield and Parkhead in a phased transition.
Cumbernauld is rather stretching a point.
Last October I caught a evening 38 Macclesfield to Crewe, but the ticket machine didn't work, so me and the driver had to the depot/outstation to change buses, then drive to Park Green to rejoin the routeArriva Macclesfield depot used to be at the old bus station in centre of Town, the new depot is on the edge of Macclesfield down a country lane around 2 & a half miles from Macc town centre