Stagecoach to close Blackwood depot
Services operating from site to move to new Cwmbran and Caerphilly sites
Stagecoach is closing its Blackwood depot in south Wales.
Blackwood depot will close and services will operate from the new £7m Cwmbran depot instead, which has additional capacity, and from the Caerphilly depot. The changes come into effect from Sunday 5 February. The operator assures customers they will see no bus service reductions as a result of the depot changes.
The change will see employees who wish to remain with the company relocating to other Stagecoach South Wales depots with Stagecoach providing staff with assistance to relocate.
“Customers will see no reduction to their bus services as a result of this, and all the drivers and maintenance staff who wish to remain with Stagecoach are relocating to our other depots in South Wales with assistance from Stagecoach” – Nigel Winter, Managing Director for Stagecoach South Wales
Nigel Winter, Managing Director for Stagecoach South Wales, said: “We were pleased to open our brand new £7m depot at Cwmbran last year, which has extra capacity to keep and maintain our buses. We have now carried out a review of our depot arrangements and moving forward, all the buses that currently operate from Blackwood depot will be moved to either the new larger depot at Cwmbran or to Caerphilly depot.
“Customers will see no reduction to their bus services as a result of this, and all the drivers and maintenance staff who wish to remain with Stagecoach are relocating to our other depots in South Wales with assistance from Stagecoach.
“We would like to thank all our people for their help and support as we transfer our services from Blackwood depot.”