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High Street, POTTERS BAR, EN6 5BE

Taken on the occasion of the annual garage open day, hence the number of people, sales stands and vintage buses.

These four vintage buses (RM 857, RT 1702, RML 2620, RML 2731) wait in the shadows for a call of duty that will never again come. Ironically they will probably spend more years in retirement than they ever spent in revenue earning service.

Showing the east wall of the garage and its south-east exit. This image was taken on the occasion of the annual garage open day, hence the presence of the general public and a number of sales stands. The site was first used for the garaging of buses in 1928 when temporary premises were opened by Overground, a subsidiary of the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC). Two years later, in 1930, the LGOC completed the construction of the buildings seen here. The garage is currently operated by Metroline.

Showing the north elevation of the garage.

Located on the High Street, Potters Bar Garage was an anomaly in London Transport days, being firmly in the London Country area yet providing red bus services - I believe that it is the only 'London Transport' garage outside of the M25 motorway. One of its routes, the 84, still travels out as far as St. Albans - though Oyster Cards are only valid to Cranbourne Road, Potters Bar. It has faced closure in the past but is currently an important part of the Metroline empire. It provides vehicles for the 82, 84, 217, 234, 263, 383, 384, W8, W9 and 626 routes. A short history of the garage can be found on Wikipedia.

Metroline operate out of here.

A trio of buses parked up on a Saturday lunchtime. From left to right they are an Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 for the 263 route, a Transbus Trident with Transbus President body for the 217 and an Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 for the 84 route. The latter has a dot matrix route display and is thus prohibited from Transport for London routes, on which standard destination blinds are a requirement. As Potters Bar driver Peter Horrex explained - 'These DEL buses do have dot matrix blinds but the 84 route is not a TFL route, it's a commercial operation by Metroline, with support from Hertfordshire County Council and support from TFL over the Barnet to Potters Bar section, therefore it is not part of the TFL network and as such is not a tendered / contract service and is not subject to TFL's rules, which do indeed prohibit dot matrix destination blinds.'

Parkfield in Potters Bar has two small pools this is the larger of them. They are very pleasantly landscaped with overhanging trees and circuitous walks around them. Oakmere Park adjoining this park on the other side of the High Street has two much larger pools.

Parkfield is the continuation on the western side of Potters Bar High Street of Oakmere Park which was originally the grounds of Oakmere House. Parkfield's pools are on a much smaller scale than those of its neighbour. The local council does a good job of keeping the parks here in fine condition.