(25 Sep 2025, 5:06 pm)cbma06 wrote GNE in east Durham used to fill up there solos at the petrol station on the a19.

JHM travel used to fill there coach up at Gateshead  petrol station on there last journey going into Newcastle before doing there last journey of the day from Newcastle while doing the x90.

I’m sure George bell travel used to use the petrol station on pallion new Road to fill the minibuses?

Loads of bus independants used petrol stations in the 80’s before there got bought out and ran off the road

It's certainly not unheard of, I remember catching the Transpora North West service 26 in Blackpool once and the bus pulled into a garage for fuel part way through the journey, Scarlet Band often refuelled the buses on its Teesdale services in the few minutes layover between trips on service 85 at Morrisons in Bishop Auckland.

It's not just independents either, much of Go-Ahead's 'Go Cornwall Bus' operation uses petrol stations to fuel up, either between journeys on services or at the end of the day