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Ludlow Depot

Weeping Cross Lane, Ludlow.

• Steel framed, single bay garage with pre-frabricated exterior walling, with a capacity for nine vehicles.  Adjacent land for additional outdoor parking.
• Opened by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO — Midland “Red”) on 1^st January 1951, becoming the company's first new garage built after World War II.  Initial allocation of eight vehicles.
• Vehicle allocation of twenty-one by February 1967, made up of four double-deck and seventeen single-deck buses, most being stored outdoors due to insufficient space inside.
• Company renamed to Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited (MROC) on 29^th March 1974, with a depot allocation of 16 vehicles and approximately 38 staff at this time.
• Depot control passed to Midland Red (North) Limited when the Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited split up on 6^th September 1981.
• Depot closed on 20^th May 1983, with certain vehicles and services passing to Midland Red (West) Limited.
• Used for some time as an ATS depot, but later sold.