In this edition of “Still Standing!” we take a trip to the south coast and find ourselves in Brighton.
The building seen in the below photos is the former Brighton Corporation Tramways Depot on Lewes Road which was opened on 25th November 1901 and closed to trams on 31st August 1939. It was the sole depot of the tramway throughout its operating career which funnily enough covers exactly the same dates! At its peak the route length of the tramway was just short of 9.5 miles but despite this relatively small size it had a credible 165 double deck trams in the fleet, all of which would have been kept at this 6 track depot.
Upon closure of the tramway in 1939 the depot was converted for use by trolleybuses and buses with buses taking sole charge in 1960 and that is exactly what is still used for in 2021 as we see in these images.