Arriva Midlands opens new Telford HQ

A new bus depot opened in Telford today. Arriva Midlands has ploughed £400,000 into new equipment and engineering workshops at the depot at Stafford Park 18.

The 2.5 acre site will house its operations and engineering teams – a total of 168 employees and 63 buses.

Bob Hind, regional managing director of Arriva Midlands, said: "The bespoke layout and design of the new site satisfies operational needs.

"It also reduces carbon footprint and provides greater cost efficiency to accommodate the business in the 21st century.

"The new site gives us the opportunity to grow the business by developing our core commercial services, our competitive tendering, our acquisitions, and our diversity.

"This is a great time for us to be moving up a gear," he added.

Telford MP David Wright was due to cut the ribbon on the new site today followed by a tour of the new facilities. The new depot will replace the current facilities in Charlton Street, Wellington.

Facilities include air conditioning units and a heat recovery ventilation system which provides intelligent heating, using a low energy heat exchanger.