25/12/2013

Route 235 Extension 08/12/13

Christmas Day. This is the Christmas Present from the WLTMTB. *Insert generic Christmas greeting*.

Route 235 finally gets the extension to Brentford, Great West Quarter. But after a long wait, the blinds say "North Brentford Quarter". Of which, it is not in North Brentford at all, it's in East Brentford! Also, the development is Great West Quarter, by Barratt Homes. It was formerly Wallis House, used by Simmonds Aerocessories then Beecham (now Glaxo SmithKline) before being vacated by 2005. The car park behind it, as well as the art-deco building itself has been re-developed into a housing development. Inevitably, a bus route had to go there due to it being part of the plan. Route 235, after much deliberation, and even registering the change very early with Surrey County Council, finally was extended to Brentford, Great West Quarter on the 7th December 2013.

Abellio 8575 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter
Abellio 8575 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter (Au)

Firstly, Au covered it in the morning of the 8th December - one day after the extension happened:

Abellio 8581 on Route 235, Brentford Ealing Road
Abellio 8581 on Route 235, Brentford Ealing Road (Au)

Abellio 8578 on Route 235, Brentford Ealing Road
Abellio 8578 on Route 235, Brentford Ealing Road (Au)

Abellio 8450 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter
Abellio 8450 on Route 235, Great West Quarter (Au)

Abellio 8575 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter
Abellio 8575 on Route 235, Great West Quarter (Au)

235 to North Brentford Quarter
Close-up of the side blind showing the new destination (Au)

Abellio 8575 on Route 235, Brentford County Court
Abellio 8575 on Route 235, Brentford County Court (Au)

Lewis also got some shots later on in the day:

Great West Quarter - Route 235
Abellio 8578 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter (LJN)

Great West Quarter - Route 235
Abellio 8809 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter (LJN)

It doesn't terminate here any more [2]
It doesn't terminate here any more...
Abelluo 8807 on Route 235, Brentford County Court (LJN)

Later on still, Au got more observations at Great West Quarter:

Abellio 8809 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter Abellio 8809 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter
Abellio 8809 on Route 235, Brentford Great West Quarter (Au)

And just the bus stop for the sake of it (Au):

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It also had no panel timetable yet when the photo was taken.

Merry Christmas from the WLTM Transport Blog Team.

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