Dudley Depot
6 Birmingham Road, Dudley (depot code: DY)
- Two bay, steel-framed red brick garage, purpose built by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO—Midland “Red” Motor Services), with a capacity for 50 vehicles. The site also included a Booking and Enquiry Office.
- Opened on Friday 2nd August 1929.
- A new Bus Station in Dudley was officially opened on Saturday 27th September 1952, with most services moving to the new site from that date, but a few local routes did not move there until the following month. The Bus Station was located mostly along both sides of the south end of Birmingham Street, but also had departure stands in adjoining Fisher Street and Porters Field.
With Birmingham Street being on a hill there were a number of issues with runaway buses over the following years, and a new bus station off Fisher Street built perpendicular to the original site, and opened in 1986.
- Full control of the depot, along with all staff and vehicles, passed to the West Midland Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) on Monday 3rd December 1973, as part of the transfer of services in the West Midlands County.
See the “Transfer of BMMO Services and Assets to the West Midlands PTE” page in the “History” section of this website for further details of the transfer.
- Dudley depot closed on Saturday 28th August 1993. Operations moved to new depot at Pensnett.
- Buildings demolished by 1999, now the site of a roundabout on the Dudley bypass.
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