A
bus garage, also known as a
bus depot,
bus base or
bus barn, is a facility where
buses are stored and maintained. In many conurbations, bus garages are on the site of former car barns or tram sheds, where
trams (streetcars) were stored, and the operation transferred to buses. In other areas, garages were built to replace horse-bus yards or on virgin sites when populations were not as high as now.