What's your local depot? What's your favourite depot?

[MW]

Just thought I'd get the ball rolling in this area of the forum and see what depot is the 'favourite.'

Feel free to answer everyone:

My local depot: Acocks Green
My favourite depot: Acocks Green - simply because of the Wright Eclipses that are (or were) as close as unique, with only Perry Barr and West Bromwich operating them in the area.

What is yours? :)

[winston]

My local depot: Pensnett
My favourite depot: Quinton

Just thought I'd get the ball rolling in this area of the forum and see what depot is the 'favourite.'

Feel free to answer everyone:

My local depot: Acocks Green
My favourite depot: Acocks Green

What is yours? :)

[Rob H]

My Local Depot : Acocks Green
My Favourite Depot : Birmingham Central

Just thought I'd get the ball rolling in this area of the forum and see what depot is the 'favourite.'

Feel free to answer everyone:

My local depot: Acocks Green
My favourite depot: Acocks Green

What is yours? :)

[SMK]

Local: Wolves
Fave: Walsall

[don]

My local depot - Yardley Wood
My favourite depot - Hockley

[Stu]

Local depot: Acocks Green

Favourite depot? I suppose it would be Acocks Green too, for no other reason than when one of their technicians found my mobile phone which I'd lost on one of their buses and contacted me (indirectly), invited me to the garage and personally handed it back to me!  A credit to NXWM's staff! His name was Dave, I recall.

[KayP]

Local - WB
Favourite - PE

Local depot: Acocks Green

Favourite depot? I suppose it would be Acocks Green too, for no other reason than when one of their technicians found my mobile phone which I'd lost on one of their buses and contacted me (indirectly), invited me to the garage and personally handed it back to me!  A credit to NXWM's staff! His name was Dave, I recall.

[Ossie]

Local depot - Perry Barr

Favouite depot - fond memories of the old BCT Harborne and Quinton depots back in the days of the Guy Arabs .....

[Gareth]

My local depot is probably BY followed very closely by BC.

Favourite depot will always be WH.

With former WH routes now run by BC, BY, PB and AG, I dont really have a favourite depot anymore since LH closed.

Gareth

[cheshire exile]

My local depot - Arriva North West at Winsford, recently improved by 3 brand new Wright Gemini integrals - very smart and a joy to ride.

However as I spent the first 30 odd years of my life in the West Midlands my favourite depot has to be the old BMMO depot at Stourbridge. I grew up at school with FEDDs and I still remember the thrill of the AD2s JHA4-13 ( I think the fleet numbers were 3103-12 ) when they were introduced on the 130 to Birmingham which became the 9 when the original BCT 9 was extended from Quinton to Stourbridge. What memories! No doubt someone will correct me if my memory is failing.

Incidentally the 130 started in Navigation Street and if you went upstairs you could peer down into New Street Station and indulge ones' train-spotting interest. Never minded if it was a late departure.

Apologies for the nostalgia trip - back to topic..........

[Stu]

Nothing beats a little nostalgia! I grew up with the 120 route, and have seen it passed to and fro between garages, from Dudley, to Hockley, then West Bromwich and now Pensnett, that it almost brings a little tear to my eye now that it has finally received some new buses of its own! I've travelled on it with Metrobuses, Mercedes O405Ns, Volvo B10Ls, Volvo B6LEs, Plaxton Presidents and ALX400s, and yet I've not yet caught one of the new B7RLEs on it!

[KayP]

Yeah, I've used for the 120 now for about 10 years, I've seen almost every type of bus on that service, apart from omnilinks, geminis and tridents. I remember when routes like 128, 129, and even the 258 had doubles

Nothing beats a little nostalgia! I grew up with the 120 route, and have seen it passed to and fro between garages, from Dudley, to Hockley, then West Bromwich and now Pensnett, that it almost brings a little tear to my eye now that it has finally received some new buses of its own! I've travelled on it with Metrobuses, Mercedes O405Ns, Volvo B10Ls, Volvo B6LEs, Plaxton Presidents and ALX400s, and yet I've not yet caught one of the new B7RLEs on it!

[richie]

Local Depot Pensnett
Favourite Depot Pensnett

Its the one to watch!

[Tomjusttom]

Local Depot Pensnett
Favourite Depot Pensnett

Its the one to watch!

Same here!!!

[Stu]

Yeah, I've used for the 120 now for about 10 years, I've seen almost every type of bus on that service, apart from omnilinks, geminis and tridents. I remember when routes like 128, 129, and even the 258 had doubles

Since the 120 moved to Pensnett, West Bromwich only operate the 120 on Boxing Day. The one day of the year it gets treated to a Gemini!  ;D