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Bus repairs to leave Aldenham?

26th November 1971
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• Preliminary investigations, says London Transport, have indicated that there may be advantages in transferring to Chiswick the bus overhaul work now undertaken at Aldenham and a more detailed survey is to be started immediately.

At present the Chiswick works is concerned mainly with reclamation and repair of mechanical and electrical components while Aldenham deals with body overhauls, chassis repairs, repainting, seat trimming and accident repairs.

The trade unions representing the staff of nearly 1000 employed at Aldenham have been told of the decision to, undertake the survey and of LT's intention to maintain full consultation with them.

The Aldenham factory came into existence over 30 years ago as a rail depot for the never-completed extension of the Northern Underground Line from Edgware to Aldenham. During the war the factory was used for the production of aircraft and later it was adapted and extended to deal with the overhaul of the then very large bus fleet. Subsequently, contraction of bus traffic, combined with the reliability of the buses then being produced, enabled the frequency of overhauls to be reduced and led to spare capacity at Aldenham. In 1967 about one-third of the works was divided off and leased to British Leyland.

The overhauls now being undertaken at Aldenham are much below the capacity of the factory and the load has been further reduced by the hiving off of the green buses to London Country Buses.

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