Lothian Buses: Central garage

Object location	55° 57′ 40.43″ N, 3° 11′ 16.73″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	55.961230; -3.187980

English: Central garage in Annandale Street, Broughton, is one of Lothian Buses' depot sites. As the name suggests, it's the one located in the city centre, a few hundred metres north east of the main New Town thoroughfare of Princess Street and the main railway station, Waverley. It was opened in 1922 as the Industrial Hall, before being converted into a bus garage in 1934. It's also the location of the company's headquarters, as well as that of parent company Transport for Edinburgh. It became the main city centre depot/HQ after the closure of Shrubhill depot, a few hundred metres to the east.

Main shed

The min shed is the former exhibition building. Aligned west-east, its facade is the east end, which fronts onto Annandale Street.

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  east end
  24 June 2011
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  east end
  25 September 2011
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  north side (Green Street)
  25 September 2011
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  west end (Drummond school)
  25 September 2011

Southern shed

A modern shed has been added, adjacent to the south side of the larger main shed. It has multiple doors in the east end, behind which are inspection pits.

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  east end (Annandale Street)
  25 January 2010
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  east end (Annandale Street)
  25 September 2011
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  interior
  25 September 2011

Open air parking

As a city centre site, there is little open air bus parking space - what little there is (in the south east corner of the site, and on the forecourt of the main shed) is used for staff car-parking. Space in the south east corner was increased with the demolition of a bathroom store building on Annandale Street.

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  SE corner car park
  25 September 2011
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  SE corner car park
  25 September 2011