Bus deport

Research section 1

Bus deports layouts and use cases

the gaol is to understand what is needed and where is gose and why, such as the new electrical buses, they will need a way to be powered overnight. Some deport's have gone for hanging cable on

Entry and exit

This is the key part i will cover walking and driving entry routes, covering diffrent layouts and looks as well and incorapeded with local road next work such as traffic nlights on a junction this is not that commen and can lead to more issues with moving buses in and out of the deport.

brloe are screenshots form google maps covering salisbiry deport , damroy deport and stoage ,

Salisbury reds deport in salisbury as one way in and one way out set up

Damroy Deport & Storage. This is used bus more bus, Salisbury red and damroy and othere and othere parts of go, south coast group

Empress Rd | Southampton deport

More bus deport Poole, and the main deport for go south coast

Salisbury - depot

Looking to Salisbury depot

The entry is on the left-hand side. The exit is on the right this allows for a loop to go in and out of the deport and to the side is parking for staff and if you go right to the end snd turn right there buses park along the back walls and in the middle holding upto 60+ buses and couaches with currently 3 EV bays for the BYD E200 MMCEV there has also been 30 new EV bays.

This depo has a 5 MPH speed limit. There's a central wall linked to the end of the main central building

Next will be the bus parking bays and how they are set up - todo

Damroy & storage - depot

over view

google street maps

Planning documents for Salisbury

This is usefule for me to look into how i might make my depot such as how the sheds might look and the design and sizing used as well

Site perimeter Salisbury depot

This shows how the space is being used and is something i can take into account when making my own depot such as finding a localtion thats not a set box and using this to model the depot

In side

This shows what goes in the inside of the shields and buildings and the spacing used as well

For my deport I will be taking this into account and looking at how i think it will work within my environment this is workshop where they fix the buses this will have higher hight and might be placed lower than the main depot hight such as down a ramp to follow the planning permission guild lines as well such as any hight restrictions

Looking to Damroy depot & Storage site, this is used by more buses, Salisbury red and Damroy and other parts of the GSCG (Go South Coast) group.)

Location

This can be found on the A354 heading to Blandford Forum, around 15 minutes away from the town centre and 30 minutes away from Salisbury. This can be found while travelling on route 20 from Salisbury ( used to extend to Weymouth on morning trips, but was cut due to lack of funding)

Entry and exit

Located next to the junction but not part of the junction exits onto the A354; however, it would be more efficient to use the minor road over the major road if the depot were ever busy enough. Adding 4-way lights for the junction and depot will make entry and exit safer

google maps view

This gives a clear layout

view from the main road

GOOGLE MAP STREET VIEW

google maps

Empress Rd | southampotn - depot

Looking at Empress Rd in southampton the main depot (there is also Tottren depot to note, as well as a Limington depot )

Location

This can be found on Empress Rd in Southampton. This is not that far form sawthing railway station

Entry and exit

This road is a minor road with the entry being on the left-hand side and the exit on the other side. This is an odd setup, but it looks like this was planned for a free-flowing loop with more room on the back side for buses to enter the inside, as well as parking bays being the first section for the buses to stop in, as well as being set up to expand or change the layout as the needs chagne

Poole bus - depot

Looking at Empress Rd in southampton the main depot (there is also Tottren depot to note, as well as a Limington depot )

Location

This can be found behind the bus station and shopping centre

Entry and exit

The entry is a slip road off Seldown Bridge. By following the signs and road signs saying buses only, this depot has more than one way in and out. The bus lane is used a over flow this is due to a lack of room to move buses around, so even with low levels of buses in the depo they still park buses outside of the depo

As you can see in this image form google maps, the bus lane has been used for the bus lane covers to 2 main entry and exit points; however, there is no outbound bus lane on this side due to this being a one-way road

Look at the BCP Register

3D Google Earth

Poole depot

This is a 3D view on google earth coving the depot behind the bus station and shopping centre with a carpark overhead . This will be used for a refences when making my own version in the image on the left is the plans there were submitted to BCP

Click the Link to planning to download a copy to view in full or visit bcp website

Bournemouth bus - depot

Street view

Google street maps view

Current entry point

Google street maps view

Form the new entry point

google maps

Looking down

Bournemouth depot layout planning submitted to BCP

Weston super mare depot for electric charging

First Bus builds depots for new electric buses at West sites - BBC News

what is needed to have a functioning bus depot ?

I have found the following online.

The core reason for a bus depot is to store buses overnight, as well as washing and inspecting them to see if they are fit for use, so what makes a bus depot then?

To understand this, we need to first look at the two types of depots and what they do. You have the smaller depots for a small local bus company, and the larger bus company's overall set-up is mostly the same; however, the larger depots do more in-house

Route Contract: Gross Cost / Infrastructure Requirements / Bus Depots

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Textures and look

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Gound textures

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Extranal ground - Not inside any buildings where you can drive into

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.Looking into concrete, gravel, stone and asphalt - I want to cover all the different types of ground you can have, as unless the bus depot was made within the last year, there will be a little mismatch of ground types. I also want to look into adding different looks as well, such as sand, mud, etc., that might have been dragged in by buses

If this were in a town like Weymouth, you would find sand on the buses, and when cleaning the buses at the end of the day, you would end up with sand building up on the floor over time, and the same with mud if it's been raining

You can find a fully listed work document on used textures on the final eval page and at the end of this page
textures found online that I might use and there webistes to find them :
Google search link : https://www.google.com/search?q=asphalt+texture&oq=aspthal+texture&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgkIARAAGA0YgAQyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQABgNGIAEMgkIAhAAGA0YgAQyCQgDEAAYDRiABDIJCAQQABgNGIAEMgkIBRAAGA0YgAQyCQgGEAAYDRiABDIJCAcQABgNGIAEMgkICBAAGA0YgAQyCAgJEOkHGPxV0gEMMTE5MTkxNTBqMGoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on

This will be used when making the layout, such as whether it is used a lot, and if it's not, then the ground will have an overall better look to it, such as a new road, it will look very nice, and if it's not used that much, it will last longer with there being fewer cracks. How will i use the textures i will mostly use the paint tool in Unreal Engine, and also custom road assets.

ToDo add images of textures used the most later ----P2*

Below are a few of the main textures used

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perimeter and walls

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Fancing

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.Fencing around the perimeter of the depot, which can be made out to be either wood, metal or even stone, will cover the perimeter of the depot and make use of any building, as well as keeping visitors away from risk, controlling the routes they must walk and removing the need for PPE(Personal Protective Equipment) wooden fances can be used within the depot perimeter where as stone or metal can be used form the depots perimeter wall .

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Fancing

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.Fencing updated i have tested fencs in unreal engine coveing the use of splins to allow for a curved fance around the depot as i want to go for modren soft futerist look i will add screen shots to this late i will also add the gate has been modled as well more details to come around the 23rd of march .

production - starting Friday the 20th of march 2026 09:00 AM GTM

Planning

Untitled spreadsheet

End of week reflection - 1

What did I do this week?

started my pitch in keynotes and presented it, where I was given feedback at the end (see the tab labelled pitch for more). The feedback I was given has allowed me to work out what I need to improve on. The key highlight was the branding direction, and to do more research on this.
I have started work on making the fence and gate, and I have now moved on to the bus shed. This is where buses would be parked when being fixed or awaiting new parts
My To-Do list for the next week ;
Work on finishing the bus shed blockout. Start the depot layout road outside of the depot - inc junction layoutStart office
This will be reflected upon at the end of the week.

Week 4 reflection

What has happened over the last 2 weeks?

Blockout of the bus depot has been completed

Main building blockout

todo list,

make signs and texture them

bus depot layout

The depot blockout is done, and fances have been made with some more details; however, they are due for signage to be added. The depot is also ready for the parking bay layout

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