The Incredible Stockwell Bus Garage
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Published 2024-05-14
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Great article on the Beauty of Transport website for further reading : thebeautyoftransport.com/2014/07/02/vaulting-ambit…
My thanks to Go-Ahead and everyone that we met on the day.
All Comments (21)
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Yellow being on time, green being too late, and red being too early is INSANE, who designed that??
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Geoff may be doing more bus videos but I'm all here for it!
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On one of my trips to London, my AirBnB was a couple blocks away from the Bus Garage, as I was walking to Stockwell Tube Station the first time, I passed by and stopped and looked at awe at all the buses and the magnificent Concrete Roof. (retired Civil Engineer here) After a brief moment of wonder, I was shocked back to reality by a very close and loud bus horn and the realization I had chosen a bad spot to stop and gawk.
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That is a gorgeous space - I've never seen a bus garage look so light and airy.
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It’s truly a cathedral for buses!
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Thankyou Geoff, for documenting London's various forms of transport.
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I remember my year group in primary school having a trip here. As a bus-mad child the London General (as it was then) staff gave me a tie, maps and two sets of destination blind rolls. Greatest treat ever
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Shame I missed you walking around my home garage. My training bus is the broken-down one that was in several shots. It is a stunning garage and I love to start my working day admiring its immense openness. Never gets boring.
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It might sound like hyperbole, but it is a sort of" bus cathedral." Well worth it for the view of that magnificent roof. Were that a railway station we'd have all heard of it.
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4:40 I think you'll find, as the video clearly shows, the easiest way to get under a bus is to be a pigeon 🐦
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Loving the bus content, they’re so under-appreciated, our buses and drivers. Great video, and I’m only a minute in
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6:14 In New York, those rotation sheets are called Run Sheets, and each run (rotation) corresponds to a driver. Interlining is common here, even on busier routes, so a driver may do two trips (for one roundtrip) on one route, then switch to another. Interesting seeing headway management in action; a passenger might get the impression that nothing is being done to fix gaps, but someone actually is paying attention to them.
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You don’t have to be into buses to like this his building. Magnificent is the word! Thanks for the guided tour!
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And a quick homage to Lukes puddle shots, very slick.
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So that's why Luke's Instagram had some great photos of buses!
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I have always admired this building (I even delivered parts there a couple of times for Volvo Bus & Truck). What I wonder now is why, as this is undoubtably the best layout for such an operation, more were not constructed in this manner. Thornton Heath and South Croydon garages were built around the same time, following Blitz damage during WW2, and yet they remain box and pillar types.
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"I'll 'ave you Butler!". Fascinating video on the buses. Thanks 👍
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Hats off to everyone keeping our busses running!
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That early shot (0.21) of Regent IIIs and Routemasters. Magnificent!
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Great to see Luke in another video Geoff! Always a welcome collab 👍🏼
