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St. Albans Road, WATFORD, WD25 9NP

Opened in 1952 with accommodation for 150 buses, Garston garage today operates around just a fifth of that total and will close altogether after the end of August 2018. For further details see Image

Situated in St Albans Road, this bus depot was opened on the 18th June 1952 replacing the one in Leavesden Road, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4625540 refers. It provides about 90 red buses for the Transport for London contracted services in North West London, in addition to the 40 or so turquoise buses for services in the Watford area. Mobile phone aerials can be seen on the roof of Marchwood House, whilst 5mph speed limit signs have been fixed to the gates of the North entrance to the bus depot. Update: this bus depot closed on Friday 31st August 2018 with routes and vehicles being transferred to other depots.

Garston Garage, in its later years sometimes known as Watford Garage, has since 1997 been operated by Arriva, now a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. The garage was opened in 1952 by London Transport for its Country Buses and Coaches operation with accommodation for 150 vehicles. The premises comprise a long two-storey administrative block and canteen facing St Albans Road separated from the running sheds behind it by a forecourt. Since the beginning of 2016 activity at the garage has been gradually reduced as a result of adminsistrative restructuring by Arriva and the loss of work to competing operators. Indeed the garage will close altogether after 31st August this year when its last remaining operations are taken over by London Sovereign.

Located at 934-974 St Albans Road WD25 9NN, this entrance is for the Arriva serving Watford office at Garston Bus Garage. However, it closed on Friday 31st August 2018 together with the rest of the bus garage. It is now planned to build on that site 165 new homes together with 150 car parking spaces, 165 cycling spaces and a communal landscaped area. This office entrance together with the bus garage will soon be a memory.

Garston Garage, in its later years sometimes known as Watford Garage, has since 1997 been operated by Arriva, now a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. The garage was opened in 1952 by London Transport for its Country Buses and Coaches operation with accommodation for 150 vehicles. The premises comprise a long two-storey administrative block and canteen facing St Albans Road separated from the running sheds behind it by a forecourt. Since the beginning of 2016 activity at the garage has been gradually reduced as a result of adminsistrative restructuring by Arriva and the loss of work to competing operators. Indeed the garage will close altogether after 31st August this year when its last remaining operations are taken over by London Sovereign.

Located at 934-974 St Albans Road WD25 9NN, this bus depot dates from 1952 and was owned by London Transport until it was transferred to London Country Bus Services Ltd on the 1st January 1970. It then became London Country North West Ltd, but since the late 1990s, Arriva the Shires have been operating vehicles from this depot. Mobile phone aerials can be seen on the roof of Marchwood House, whilst "No Entry" signs have been fixed to the South gates, indicating that vehicles can only exit through them. Update: this bus depot closed on Friday 31st August 2018 with routes and vehicles being transferred to other depots.

As late as 2015 Garston bus garage operated a significant number of routes in north-west London not to mention several more around Watford and its surrounding areas in Hertfordshire. Since then, following administrative restructuring by its owners Arriva and the loss of routes to other operators, its activities have been drastically reduced. Indeed the garage will close altogether at the end of August when its remaining operations are taken over by London Sovereign.