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Details: In July 2019 Abellio opened a new bus garage on Armstrong Way within the Great Western Business Park at Southall (very near the site of the old AEC bus factory). The new garage was coded GW and allowed the closure of the garage at Bridge Road, Southall (code AB), which Abellio had used only since 2017. With a new edition of the SUP booklet in production for LOTS, I wanted to know which service vehicles had moved from old Southall to new Southall, so I paid a visit on 8th August. It was quite a long walk, the new garage being rather remote from any bus route. But I was glad I went because I found it to be quite an enthusiast-friendly location, in as much as that the whole of the large yard could be seen from the public road. Crew ferry vehicles (and staff cars) park at the front, near to the admin block. However, by walking around the corner you can see a further parking area beyond the engineering block. Among the vehicles here was Ford Transit crew van YT56XNF, last reported working from Fulwell/Twickenham a couple of years ago. Also here was an unmarked Ford Fiesta van, NH06AEX. Abellio did have a few Fiesta vans of this vintage but it is not known if this was a company vehicle. Not including this, I noted ten service vehicles here in total. Slightly annoyingly, the majority had transferred from other Abellio garages than AB (4 were from Fulwell, 2 from Beddington and 1 from Hayes). This means that there are still 7 vehicles for which the latest known allocation is AB. Perhaps I should try Fulwell! |
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