The Premises and Facilities of Western National and Southern National Part 1

Over the period of its existence the Western National and Southern National companies used well over 150 different operating centres, ranging in size from depots holding up to 100 vehicles, down to small outstations with just one. Some of these still exist today but the greater majority have long since gone, or their use changed to something totally different. The depots and facilities of a bus company are an important ingredient to the whole operation and this book attempts to describe the locations, shape and size of each place, with the aid of original maps and official drawings, as well as photographs to illustrate them at various stages of their use. Arranged alphabetically, this volume covers places beginning with the letters A - L and a second volume will follow next year covering the rest from M to Y. This book contains 65 photos, 26 maps and 33 plans drawn from the WHOTT archive, most of which have not been published before.