Some more Leyland National action now, this time Loughton Garage on its last night of operation, 23 May 1986. See inside views of the garage, buses going through the wash, service buses arriving for the last time and shots of the dock area around the back and the FFD pit area with Titan's from West Ham and Barking. This garage was opened in 1953 replacing the ex LGOC one across the road (that still stands as a DIY store) and was a lot bigger in anticipation of the mini new town planned for the Debden Estate. Due to Green Belt legislation that never happened and Loughton was always underused. Part of it was used to store new RT buses when first opened and in later years was rented out to a private company. By 1986 LRT route tendering had caught up with the out-of-London operations which most of Loughton's work was and the garage lost all of it's work and so closed after service on Friday 23 May 1986. We see the garage on that day in the early part of the evening, with Leyland Nationals running in, a Leyton one picking up some bits & pieces for their allocation and a visiting RT dropping in. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!
9 май 2020
