Leamington Spa Depot
Old Warwick Road, Leamington Spa
- Purpose built by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO—Midland “Red” Motor Services).
- Depot opened in April 1922.
- Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO—Midland “Red” Motor Services) acquire a controlling
interest in the Leamington & Warwick Transport Company Limited in November 1935, which
then operated as a subsidiary to BMMO.
- All services of the Leamington & Warwick Transport Company Limited are taken over by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO—Midland “Red” Motor Services) on Tuesday 30th September 1930. Control of Warwick garage at Emscote also passes to BMMO, who use it as an outstation, or “dormy garage,” for Leamington Spa depot.
All vehicles in the Leamington & Warwick Transport Company Limited fleet are withdrawn and replaced by BMMO built SOS “SON” single-deck buses at this time.
- Company renamed to Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited (MROC) on 29th March
1974, with a depot allocation of 79 vehicles and approximately 193 staff at this time (split between Old Warwick
Road site and Myton Road site).
- Depot closed on 31st May 1980, with the introduction of the “Leamington and Warwick”
MAP scheme, and the subsequent reorganising of services. Vehicles
relocating to Myton Road site.
- Buildings demolished in 2007.
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- Land for a new bus depot acquired by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO—Midland “Red” Motor Services) in July 1936, but construction delayed due to the war and subsequent rationing.
- Purpose built site in typical post-war Midland Red architecture, with a capacity for 65 vehicles.
- Opened by BMMO in September 1957, taking control of all vehicles and services from the Warwick garage outstation, or “dormy garage.”
- Company renamed to Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited (MROC) on Friday 29th March 1974, with a depot allocation of 79 vehicles and approximately 193 staff at this time (split between Old Warwick Road site and Myton Road site).
- Depot control passed to Midland Red (South) Limited when the Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited split up on Sunday 6th September 1981.
- Site scheduled for closure at the end of operations on Sunday 26th April 1987, but reprieved at the last minute and reduced in size with a number of services passing to G. & G. Coaches (Leamington Spa) Limited.
- Midland Red (South) Limited privatised and sold to Western Travel Limited on Thursday 10th December 1987.
- G. & G. Coaches (Leamington Spa) Limited passed to Midland Red (South) Limited parent company, Western Travel Limited, in January 1990. Company renamed to G. & G. Travel Limited.
- Site scheduled for closure at the end of operations on Saturday 16th June 1990 with all vehicles and operations moving to a new depot at Station Approach, Leamingtion Spa. Due to delays, site did not finally close until Site scheduled for closure at the end of operations on Sunday 27th January 1991.
- Demolished and now a retail unit.
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- New depot opening in mid-1990, taking over all Leamington Spa operations of Midland Red (South) Limited, following the closure of their Myton Road depot.
- All operations of G. & G. Travel Limited, Leamington Spa, moved to this site in early 1991.
G. & G. Travel Limited was a subsiduary of Midland Red (South) Limited parent company, Western Travel Limited.
- Midland Red (South) Limited parent company, Western Travel Limited, passed to Stagecoach on Friday 26th November 1993.
- Site closed and operations moved to new site at Trident Park, Warwick, from Saturday 29th April 2017.
- Station Approach depot demolished by the end of May 2017.
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