(19 Jan 2014, 2:15 pm)citaro5284 wrote There is not really any pits, the vehicles, as Dan shows drive in and they can either be worked on at ground level or elevated up. There is plenty of storage trust me, it is just you cannot see it. A couple of pictures that Dan took, from where he was standing above is the storage area (which Dan will say, is pretty big), then apart from there, there are other areas dedicated for certain items (like tyres).
Most bus depots now are constructed like this, not just GNE. Oxford Bus Company's depot is the same, not just cheaper for construction, but the more building you have the more the local council wants from you.
Compared to what they have now, it is a vast improvement, and as always you cannot please all the people all of the time and some just like to pull everything apart!
I really like it, at first when it was getting built it didn't look as big as i thought it was going to be, now its completed it's massive, it looks really advanced to, hopefully all of GNE new depots are built like this in the future... that's if that ever happens.
Should be a good investment.
How is the route learning happening, with quite a few new routes for drivers - are they busy doing that now?