Created 4-Mar-22
Modified 8-Mar-24
Saltaire depot was built on the site of the small depot for Shipley's own horse tram service, which was none too successful. Following agreement that Bradford would take over Shipley's electric tramways, which had been operated by the Mid-Yorkshire Tramway Company, the new depot was built in 1904 to house the Bradford cars needed for the service to Nab Wood (later to Crossflatts) as well as serving as a replacement for the company depot in Exhibition Road. It was converted to a trolleybus depot in 1939 at the same time as the Crossflatts service was converted and its sole responsibility was to provide vehicles for that busy group of services. It ceased to be a trolleybus depot when the Crossflatts route was converted to motorbus in 1963. However, trolleybus wiring remained as a loop within depot, permitting trolleybuses on the long Saltaire via Thackley service to lay over there until that route was itself converted after 30th June 1971. As with Duckworth Lane and Bankfoot, this depot survived until 1977 when the new Central garage opened.
© David Beilby
