page_title: Eastern Scottish
section_title: Depots
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern Scottish / History / Depots
caption_attribution_description: English: Two Alexander Y-Type bodied buses pictured in Kelso Bus Station in Kelso, in the Scottish Borders. They both presumably belong to the Scottish Bus Group subsidiary Lowland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd, which was incorporated on 1 March 1985 and had at this time pretty much a monopoly on bus services in the borders. The Lowland identity of yellow and green is nowhere to be seen here yet though. The bus on the left wears the green and cream of SBG Eastern Scottish, from which Lowland was created by hiving off its south eastern depots. The bus on the right is on loan from another SBG subsidiary, Western Scottish.
context_page_description: Eastern Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. was a bus and coach operator based in Edinburgh, Scotland and a subsidiary of the Scottish Bus Group. Eastern Scottish was formed in June 1985 from the main part of Scottish Omnibuses Ltd., which had itself traded as 'Eastern Scottish' since the 1960s. Following privatisation in 1990 the company traded as 'SMT' reviving the original name of the company. It operated until 1994, when it became part of GRT Bus Group plc.
context_section_description: Depot codes were introduced in the 1930s.  At the time of nationalisation the principal depots were:
  A Edinburgh (New Street)
  B Bathgate (Whitburn Road)
  C (formerly Dundee)
  D Galashiels (Duke Street)
  E Kelso (Roxburgh Street)
  F Linlithgow (High Street)
  G Dalkeith (High Street)
  H Clarkston Depot, Airdrie (Connor Street)
  I Broxburn (East Main Street)
  J Berwick-upon-Tweed (Marygate)
  K Peebles (Innerleithen Road)
  L (formerly Carlisle)
  W Musselburgh (Mall Avenue)
  In addition to these there were several sub-depots in the Borders area, including Biggar (North Back Street), Hawick (Dovecote Street), Jedburgh (Castle Gate), Melrose (Abbey Street) and Selkirk (Mill Street).  Changes to depots over the years comprised:
  1957: Hawick elevated to full depot status (code L)
  1960: new Baillieston (Station Road) depot opened (code C), partly to operate services taken over from Lowland Motorways
  1962: new engineering works and body shop opened at Marine Gardens (Seafield Road), Edinburgh
  1962: Victoria Depot, Airdrie (Gartlea Road) taken over with Baxter's business (code V)
  1963: Melrose sub-depot closed
  1964: Dunbar (Countess Crescent) depot (code S) and North Berwick (Tantallon Road) sub-depot taken over with Stark's business;
  1966: Dalkeith depot replaced by new combined depot/bus station at Eskbank Road (code G)
  1971: Selkirk sub-depot closed
  1979: Broxburn depot replaced by new combined depot/bus station at Livingston (Almondvale South) (code N)
  1979: Airdrie Victoria depot closed
caption: The depot at Kelso, pictured in September 1985 shortly after being transferred to a new company, Lowland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. On the left is a Seddon Pennine VII (YSG 639W), formerly S639 and still in Eastern livery, while on the right is an unidentified ex-Western Scottish Leyland Leopard. Both buses are Alexander Y Types.
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