Bus garage

A bus garage or bus depot is a place where buses are stored and repaired. Bus garages can also be called a bus depot but in some countries a bus depot can also mean a bus station. In many areas, bus garages are on the site of former tram sheds, where trams were stored, before they were replaced with buses. In other areas, garages were built to replace horse-bus yards.

The largest bus depot in the world is Millennium Park Bus Depot In Delhi India.

Most bus garages will contain:

Internal parking - Buses and recovery vehicles will be parked inside the garages
External parking - Staff cars and some buses can be parked outside of the bus garages
Fueling point - For putting petrol or diesel in buses
Fuel storage tanks - For storing fuel
Engineering section - To fix and repair buses
Inspection pits - A pit in the ground, To look under and fix under buses
Bus wash
Brake test lane - To test the brakes on buses
Staff canteen/break room
Administration office

Garages may also contain recovery vehicles.

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Category:Bus transport