Central Scottish - Depots and Works

Depots and Works

Central SMT and Central Scottish operated from the following depots:

• Airbles depot, Motherwell (opened 1962, closed by First Glasgow 2007 when replaced by a new facility in Blantyre);
• Burnbank depot, Hamilton (closed 1962, replaced by Airbles)
• Carluke depot (closed in 1976)
• Clarkston depot, Airdrie (ex Scottish Omnibuses in 1985, closed by First Glasgow);
• Clydesdale depot, Hamilton (closed April 1988)
• East Kilbride (original small depot replaced by a new depot in 1956, once SBG's most profitable depot, but closed by Kelvin Central Buses in December 1990);
• Gavinburn depot, Old Kilpatrick (opened 1936 to replace various small outstations, passed to Kelvin Scottish 1985, closed by Kelvin Central Buses May 1996)
• Harthill depot (closed in 1962 as part of a minor re-organisation of services between Central SMT and Scottish Omnibuses);
• Muirkirk depot (a small outstation of Carluke, closed in the 1970s)
• Traction House, Motherwell (replaced as depot by neighbouring Airbles in 1962, but retained as head office and central works. Closed by Kelvin Central Buses);
• Wishaw (closed by Kelvin Central Buses December 1990)