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South Road, TWICKENHAM, TW2 5NU

What's in a name. This is Brouge at The Old Goat. It's a bar specializing in Belgian food and beer ... (Brouge = Bruges, I suppose ?) Yeah, I had to think about it too .... Anyway, it looks nice enough, and Belgian beer is always worth a detour. It was the Jolly Blacksmith when I lived round here.

This is the Stanley Road entrance. There is a similar facade and large forecourt facing onto the A311 round the other side and the garage occupies most of the land in between apart from a fire station just to the left of this picture. That's the fire station tower behind the buses. It was originally built for trams by the London United Tramway Company hence the height of the doors which are considerably taller than a modern 2 deck bus. Facts for Bus historians on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulwell_Bus_Garage. The place now seems to be run by an outfit called Abellio which sounds more like the Italian for beer gut than anything to do with buses.

This sign proclaims the ownership of Twickenham bus garage by Abellio which in its publicity refers to the premises variously as 'Twickenham Depot' or 'The Old Tram Garage'. There is good reason for this since the Abellio garage here forms the eastern half of a former tram (and later trolleybus) depot operated by first London United Tramways and then London Transport. The separate western half of the premises is also a bus garage, operated in its case by London United Busways, a subsidiary of the French RATP Group.

Looking towards the junction with South Road and Sixth Cross Road

Parade of shops on Hampton Road, Fulwell

This garage is operated by Abellio London and occupies the eastern half of the former Fulwell tram and trolleybus depot whose western half is also a bus garage. The two garages are completely separate with the western half being operated by London United. The original premises were opened in 1902 as a tram depot whose conversion to trolleybuses began in 1931 and was completed in 1935. Motorbuses replaced trolleybuses here in 1962. The premises comprised a number of bays open at each end. Each of the five sheds they occupied was fronted by a pedimented brick tower three of which can be seen here with a fourth out of the picture on the left and a fifth replaced by a much newer structure on the far right. A family fun day was underway on the day I took the picture.

This garage is operated by Abellio London and occupies the eastern half of the former Fulwell tram and trolleybus depot whose western half is also a bus garage run by another operator. The original premises were opened in 1902 as a tram depot whose conversion to trolleybuses began in 1931 and was completed in 1935. They comprised five extensive sheds open at each end, one of which is seen here.

Situated in Wellington Road TW2 5NX, this bus depot was holding an Open Day to mark the 60th Anniversary of the ending of trolleybus operation from this depot on Tuesday 8th May 1962. It now has about 170 vehicles based here working on day routes 33, 65, 71, 85, 281, 290, 371, 481, 671, 681, and K3 plus night routes N33, N65, 85 and 281. Abellio also has a bus depot in Stanley Road adjacent to the RATP Dev depot which houses approximately 130 vehicles https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5121651 refers.