(12 May 2013, 3:11 pm)Andreos1 wrote To be honest, with the new houses and school being built at Stanley, I would have thought this would have been an ideal time to sell the depot there.
Saying that, any spotters at the school will have prime views over the depot wall!
I was thinking once the new depot opens have half the Diamond/Red Kite buses move to the Riverside Depot, so basically like what Chester le Street/Stanley do with the Lime Renowns, then have the Pronto/OK WAY/OK Expressway move into Stanley Depot.
If it was me and site mentioned is free and no-one is using it, i'd take advantage of it. There is a big bit of land in Birtley not far from where the Ford Van Dealership is and all that has is a little park on it as an alternative. But I doubt GNE would want to folk out on building another new depot.