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Swadlincote Depot

Midland Road, Swadlincote.

• Swadlincote area served by Midland “Red” buses from the mid-1920s, using vehicles operated from Tamworth depot and later Coalville depot.
• Purpose built steel-framed garage with brick built offices and workshops.  Initial capacity was for 39 vehicles with limited additional parking available outside.
• Opened by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO — Midland “Red”) in September 1931, with an initial allocation of 25 vehicles.
• Vehicle allocation of 40 vehicles by 1960.
• Company renamed to Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited (MROC) on 29^th March 1974, with a depot allocation of 42 vehicles and approximately 127 staff at this time.
• Depot control passed to Midland Red (East) Limited when the Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited was split up on 6^th September 1981, renamed to Midland Fox Limited on 24^th January 1984.
• Depot control passed to Stevensons of Uttoxeter in 1987, when Midland Fox Limited is privatised in a management buy-out.
• Stevensons of Uttoxeter is acquired by British Bus Group Limited in June 1994, with the depot and operations subsequently passing to the control of Midland Red North Limited.
  Note: Midland Red North Limited was already a British Bus Group subsidiary at this time.
• British Bus Group Limited acquired by the Cowie Group plc. on 1^st August 1996.
• Cowie Group plc renamed to ARRIVA plc. on 6^th November 1997, with the Midland Red North and Stevensons of Uttoxeter operations becoming ARRIVA Midlands North Limited soon after.