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Garages/outstations that closed and reopened on the same site
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TheGrandWazoo
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- Crosville closed their Crewe depot and it was mothballed before reopening.
- A few London ones have closed and reopened at various times
- Bexleyheath,
- Stamford Hill,
- Ash Grove,
- Stamford Brook,
- Clapton,
- Clapham,
- Walworth all at various times.
- Cumbernauld - closed by First but reopened by Stagecoach.
- Redditch Church Road - closed by Midland Red, reopened by Diamond (or was it Go WM?).
- Summercourt - closed when Western Greyhound folded and reopened by First Kernow.
- Peterlee - closed by Arriva North East, reopened temporarily for Talls Ships, and now Pygalls Coaches?
- Mablethorpe - closed by Lincolnshire, reopened by Grayscroft
- Bude - closed by Western National, reopened by W.O.Jennings
- Olive Grove - closed by SYPTE/Mainline, reopened by Mainline
- Halfway - closed by First Sth Yorks, reopened by TM Travel
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Bus Lightyear
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Didn't First close Todmorden and reopen it?
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Cowdenbeath closed by Stagecoach and reopened by Rennies
TheGrandWazoo
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Didn't they just take the roof off it?
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Bracknell. I believe First Berkshire left the area and Courtneys moved in.
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Special mention should be made, I feel, of Brixton Hill tram depot, purpose designed and built by London County Council in 1923, although operationally I believe it was always an annexe, or outstation if you will, of Telford Avenue a quarter mile or so up the road. It closed in 1951 when the trams in the area were withdrawn and, surplus to requirements, was let go of. The building still not only remained intact, though, but the tram lines within it too, and it was repurchased by London Buses during Ken Livingstone's time as Mayor and is once again used to garage vehicles (this time buses, of course) by Arriva as an overflow to the mighty Brixton, Telford Avenue (code BN) garage, known on bus blinds these last twenty years or so as Streatham Hill, Telford Avenue.
In May Coldborough House depot on Market Street closed again for good. Bracknell Forest Council want the land for new housing as it's in the middle of the town centre. Courtney Buses has relocated to Unit 3 The Maple Centre, Downmill Rd.
TheGrandWazoo
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That was aka Clapham?
Iirc, wasn’t it also reopened when Streatham depot was rebuilt in the mid 1980s?
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Machynlleth - closed by Crosville Wales, now used by Lloyd's Coaches.
TheGrandWazoo
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They also have Dolgellau!
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No, not too far away but that was a different depot, used to store new buses after the trams left (Stockwell was the replacement bus garage.) Then sometime in the 1960s it became the Museum of British Transport, although rather a grand title for what it contained which was mainly the small collection of vehicles preserved by the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) and its successors LPTB and London Transport. It closed in 1969 (?) after losing money and the London stuff got transferred eventually to Syon Park which opened as the London Transport Collection, long before Covent Garden was a glint in anyone's eye!
You're right that it re-opened as a bus garage when Streathm got rebuilt, then almost straightaway Streatham buses and crews were replaced by Norwood ones while that too got rebuilt. Although it had code CA iirc no buses ever carried it, continuing showing AK or N codes. AK was shortsightedly closed down not many years after rebuilding in a time when (as now) London Buses were in retrenchment.
robertclark125
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didn't the now defunct Pennine of Gargrave once use the former Ribble depot at Skipton?
221129
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Not quite the same but Tiverton had an out station for Stagecoach Wellington which closed when the local town routes were taken over by Exeter depot and Stagecoach have now opened a new out station right next door.
TheGrandWazoo
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They did - think it closed in 1976 and they bought it but didn't use it for >10 years.
robertclark125
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Where in Skipton was the Ribble garage that Pennine bought? They rented it out to a double glazing firm, and only moved into it 20 years after they bought it!
robertclark125
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Another one for you. The Wallsend depot of Go Ahead Northern closed, and was taken over by Metro Taxis, which was owned by Go Ahead, and did run some buses. Now all closed, and in use by a different business.
No, they did move out when they turned it from a covered depot to an open yard, but it was only temporary
TheGrandWazoo
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Sunderland (Toward Road) might be a better example? Vacated by United, later taken on by Wear Buses
TheGrandWazoo
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Broughton Road - main road in from Gargrave.
madannie77
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Halfway depot which was originally the Booth & Fisher depot was used by SYT after they bought B & F and remained in use by First until closure in May 2007. Not too long after that TM Travel started using the depot and continue to do so.
madannie77
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East Bank garage in Sheffield was closed by SYT in 1988 but re-opened by Mainline (same company renamed) in 1994 and remains in use by First. It is now known as Olive Grove
TheGrandWazoo
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Already got it - #3
One little interesting nugget from Sheffield. East Bank depot was closed and mothballed but then reopened as Olive Grove. Not just that, but it was expanded by taking on the site opposite which was the former SUT/National Travel East Charlotte Road depot.
madannie77
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Oops - missed Halfway in the list. At least I added a bit more detail.
East Bank is mentioned in the post above yours.
A bit off-topic, but I remember using Charlotte Road depot in the early 1980s when it was the Sheffield Connection coach interchange. Charlotte Road had plenty of operators over the years, with it being Sheffield United Tours and then National Express East. I seem to think Sheffield & District used it briefly before moving to a new base in Handsworth and it was certainly used by the "new" SUT and Sheafline.
TheGrandWazoo
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We posted simultaneously
It is >30 years ago but think you’re right about S&D (the Caldaire spin off) using Charlotte Road. Then NTEast was sold to ATL and the site used for the new SUT.
madannie77
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It is that >30 years ago and not living in the area at the time which makes me sometimes doubt my memory 
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It seemed to be changing so rapidly in Sheffield back then that I am not sure I ever knew exactly was going on (no change there, then!)
. It seemed to be changing so rapidly in Sheffield back then that I am not sure I ever knew exactly was going on (no change there, then!
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