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New Garage For. Greenslades
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A CCOMMODATION-, or 50 coaches
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is provided by the new garage and workshops brought into use by. Greenstades —fours, ,Ltd.; at the junction Of Willeys :Avenue and AlphingtOn •Street, EX:etei-, this week. The new pfernises, in the St. Thomas district of the city, were erected_ at , a cost of approkimately £50,000 and will replace a bUilding due
for demolition „in tlfe centre:. • Clad in brick, with steel framework, the building is of the three-bay type, with roofing in asbestos sheet and patent glazing. Timber sliding doors are pro
vided at the main entrance. The floor space is approximately 2,500 sq. yards,. and the concreted forecourt will provide additional parking space for a number of coaches.
Services installed in the building include paint shop, body repair shop and a large pit area. The last is designed to accept four vehicles at a time. Each pit has a wing bay and low level workbenches to deal with underfloor-engined chassis, Excellent woHcing light is provided by fluorescent tubes. The highpressure greasing system is by Tecalemit and is operated through hose reels. Waste oil is disposed of by swivel-arm drainers and compressed air, through piping laid in ducts in the floor to an underground storage tank outside the main building.
Oil-fired Heating Heating throughout garage, workshops, offices and stores is by an oil-fired lowpressure hot water system. Alongside the main shop, and, forming part of it, are the offices of the engineer, drivers' messroom, battery room, injector . service room, toilets and stores. The lofty building is very well lit by fluorescent tubes arranged longitudinally above the aisles between the parked vehicles. An additional greasing bay for a single coach adjoins the main parking area.
The old-established business of _Greenslades (founded in 1912) is a subsidiary of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., which it joined in 1953. The present fleet consists of 81 coaches, on A.E.C., Leyland and Bedford chassis. Coach work is largely by Harrington and Duple and is of 36-40-seater type.
A large catchment area, covering much of the South-West, has justified the establishment of depots • at Budleigh Salterton, Dawlish, Exmouth, Sidrnouth and Teignrnouth. Picking-up points are authorized for towns as far apart as Newton Abbot, Taunton, Bridgwater, Weston-super-Mare, Bath and Bristol.
Greenslades tours programme for 1961 includes 14 in England, Wales and Scotland, one coach/air holiday in Southern Ireland and six Continental tours to Switzerland, Italy, Austria. Spain . and Holland.