Saturday, 11 January 2014
Crosville Cymru UDM 445V
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2 comments:
I find a fascination about looking "out the back" of bus garages. I suspect that in the good old days the appearance (and safety) of the whole site was important to the operating company. Since the end of the NBC the areas out of public sight don't have the previous importance.
Knightrider
Crosville's garages were fairly no nonsence affairs usually clad in corrugated iron or asbestos sheeting but everything was kept in good order. I'm afraid not only do the areas we don't see look scruffy today even the frontages have boarded up windows and long forgotten enquiry offices. The overall dreary here-today-gone-tomorrow appearance is not helped by the paint of which Arriva's horrid aquamarine continues to depress the senses. Of course the notable exception is Stagecoach Group who has tidy well laid out yards too as it believes if something is worth doing it is worth doing properly or not at all.
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