Holloway bus garage
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Holloway bus garage by David Kemp as part of the Geograph project.
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Holloway bus garage
Image: © David Kemp Taken: 10 Aug 2013
In terms of the number of buses it sends into service each day, Holloway is London's biggest bus garage. It was opened by the London County Council as a tram depot in 1907. In 1938 most of its tram routes were converted to trolleybus operation through the trams themselves held on until 1952. The trolleybuses, albeit in ever-diminishing numbers, lasted until April 1961 and since then Holloway has operated motorbuses only. The garage has been owned by Metroline since 1989 and was known as 'Highgate' between 1950-71 to avoid confusion with the nearby Holloway motorbus garage which closed in 1971. This image shows the Pemberton Gardens frontage of the garage.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.561205
Longitude
-0.135383