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Farnborough Hill, ORPINGTON, BR6 6DA

Seen at its junction with Green Street Green High Street and Sevenoaks Way. Before the building in the 1920s of Farnborough Way (which runs behind the buildings in the background) Farnbrough Hill, along with Green Street Green High Street (which comes in on the left of the photo) was the main London to Hastings route. Farnborough Way bypassed Green Street Green and Farnborough, starting at Green Street Green roundabout (see Image). In the background is Green Street Green Bus Garage (see Image).

Situated by the exit to the Metrobus bus garage (see Image).

This notice was displayed at the Open Day held at Orpington Bus Garage on Saturday 23rd September 2023. It has the following wording: Welcome to Orpington Garage 40th Anniversary Open Day 1) For your safety, please ensure that you stay within the cordoned off areas and supervise any children in your group at all times during your visit. 2) Please note that filming and photography will be taking place during the day to record the event. 3) Toilets are available ... [location] 4) If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Event Marshals. GoAhead London

Commentary on sign in Image

At the junction of Sevenoaks Road and Farnborough Hill. The sign depicts the symbol of Kent and the brewery that once stood nearby. See Image for further details.

This photo shows the entrance to Orpington Bus Garage in Farnborough Hill where an Open Day was being held. It opened in September 1983 on the site of Oak Farm and Metrobus began operating there with six buses and six drivers. Over the years, Metrobus expanded its operation and in 1999, it was sold to the Go-Ahead Group. In 2013, a management restructure saw Orpington garage passing to Go-Ahead London's management. Today, it has over 170 buses running on routes in the Orpington area and into south east London. These include ten electric double-deckers working on route 353. Also, twenty e-tram type single-decker vehicles are due this year at Orpington garage for working on route 358 between Crystal Palace and Orpington via Bromley .

This photo shows the depot building together with a few buses parked outside. To the left is an ADL E40D double-deck bus with ADL Enviro 400 bodywork while beside it is WS56 (SM15 VKA) a 2015 Wrightbus Streetlite WF with Wrightbus 28-seater bodywork. The double-deck bus to the right of the photo is driving training vehicle E81 (LX57 CKL), an ADL Trident 2 with ADL Enviro 400 bodywork. The ADL Trident 2 was the predecessor to the ADL E40D vehicle. The barriers have been positioned so that a bus using the washer inside the depot can proceed along its side without being hindered. An Open Day was being held on the day this photo was taken and the public were able to travel on a double-deck bus through this bus washer.

Confusingly there are two Green Street Greens in this area, one between Dartford and Longfield, and this one to the south of Orpington. The village sign is at the junction of Farnborough Hill and Sevenoaks Road. To see the sign in its setting go to http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3203339