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Coalville Depot

Coalville Garage, Ashby Road, Coalville, Leics. LE67 3LF

• Purpose built by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO — Midland “Red”), including an Enquiry and Booking Office.
• Opened on 6^th December 1925, using depot code CE.
• Extended in 1930, with housing in James’s Terrace demolished to give room an extra bay and entrance.
• Allocation of 47 vehicles by 1934, made up of 44 single-deck and 3 double-deck buses.
• Extended in July 1938, to bring the capacity to 75 vehicles.
• In 1940, part of the building and land to the rear was requisitioned by the War department for the storage of heavy machinery and other equipment.
• Allocation of 48 vehicles in 1947.
• Allocation of 59 vehicles in 1965, increasing to 73 vehicles in June 1968 when Markfield depot closed and vehicles and services transferred to Coalville.
• Depot allocation of 55 vehicles in February 1967, made up of 21 double-deck and 33 single-deck buses, with 1 coach.
• Company renamed to Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited (MROC) on 29^th March 1974, with a depot allocation of 48 vehicles and approximately 155 staff at this time.
• Control to Midland Red (East) Limited when the Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited split up on 6^th September 1981.
• Company renamed to Midland Fox Limited on 24^th January 1984.
• Depot code changed to CV.