,E50,000 Norwich Station Opened
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THE new bus station and garage at Norwich, which has been erected at a cost of £50,000, was opened on Tuesday by the Lord Mayor of the city (Mr. W. A. Riley). The premises occupy an area of 103,000 sq. ft. in the heart of the city and have been built to the order of the Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd.
The garage will comfortably accommodate 170 buses, and the unrestricted floor space is 52,000 sq. ft. The 19 covered loading platforms for the public total 800 sq. ft. There is ample waiting-room accommodation, whilst up-to-date loud-speaker equipment keeps the public informed of the movements of the buses.
The work of the station• is governed from the control tower and at night the premises will be floodlit.
Four buses can be thoroughly washed in 21 minutes, or the whole fleet in two hours. The offices are equipped with the latest electrical machines for producing statistical records. There are a comfortable canteen and a mess-room for the staff. Approximately 470 drivers and conductors will operate from the station,. whilst the garage and clerical staff will number nearly -100.
Mr. J. Worssam, general manager,. received the guests at the opening ceremony. The Lord Mayor paid tribute to the courtesy of drivers of heavy vehicles. He mentioned that the new station had one of the largest single-span garages in the country, the maximum clear space being 180 ft. by 360 ft., that arrivals and departures of. buses would total 180,000 and• the passengers between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 in a year.