Huge New Bus Depot for Leeds
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LAST week Sir Josiah Stamp, G.C.B., opened the new depot in Torre Road, Leeds, for the transport department of that city. It is unusual, in that it combines accommodation for both buses and trams, taking 112 of
the former and 80 of the latter. '
It will house trams used for the enclosed sleeper-track express system. The .building covers nearly 92,000 sq. ft. It permits both classes of vehicle to operate on the gyratory system, with separate entrances and exits.
Referring to the bus section...immediately inside the entrance is a Laycock high-pressure washing plant for three vehicles. They can be washed and refuelled at the rate of one every four minutes. A fume-extracting plant with air ducts beneath the flooring has been supplied by Hall and Kay, Ltd., Ashton-under-Lyne. The petrol and oilsupply columns are by Dowson and Mason.
Oiling and greasing are effected by Tecalemit equipment ; oil filtration by Stream-Line plant, and brake testing by an elaborate Bendix-Cowdrey machine. The lighting is by Philips B42 Philora sodium lamps. There are five inspection pits, two reserved for lubrication, and tanks to accommodate 15,000 gallons of oil fuel and 5,000 gallons of petrol. Apart from water and sand, Phomene !fire extinguishers are available.
The general manager and chief engineer, Mr. W. Vane Morland, M.I.Mech.E., and his staff are to be congratulated upon the excellence of the layout and equipment, but even this new building will be filled immediately, and further accommodation, for which there is ample room, will soon have to be added.
In performing the opening ceremony, Sir Josiah Stamp said that the railways are not hostile to any road development that is made in the light of transport interests as a whole, and, so far as the wider ranges of transport' are concerned, sonic of the railway experiments in joint ownership with cities have been most happy. Everyone has benefited and it has encouraged the railways to find new settlements in other road problems that seem equally confused.