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Toddington Services partially opened at Whitsun in the spring of 1964; the rest of the main 800-seat restaurant opened on 8 March 1965. The section of M1 it is on opened in November 1959. When opened, it was the first service area on the journey north from London on the M1, and the UK's largest.
Moto's second new build services, at M6 junction 1 in Rugby, opened on 30 April 2021. The site introduced a new logo and corporate style - the first full update in the company's history. [8] Moto is currently in the development stage for its third new build service area at a site located near Sawtry, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire on the A1(M).
Only 20 motorway services in the UK remain in the ownership of the Department for Transport and let on 50-year leases to private operating companies. [1] The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto , Welcome Break and Roadchef and a developing chain of stations being constructed by Extra .
Newport Pagnell Services was the one of the first two service stations to be opened in the UK, when both it and Watford Gap opened for fuel (only) on 2 November 1959. [citation needed] It was the first to open catering facilities: the northbound café opened on Monday 15 August 1960, [11] and the southbound restaurant followed on 17 September 1960.
An earlier collision on the M1 southbound carriageway in Bedfordshire is also causing delays between junction 13 and junction 12. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds , Facebook ...
English: M1 Motorway under construction. The original M1 nearing completion, at Chalton south of Toddington Services: view NNW just south of stretch where Midland Main Line runs parallel just to the east. Note also the HT Grid pylons and chimneys of Sundon Brickworks.
Watford Gap services are motorway services on the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire, England. They opened on 2 November 1959, the same day as the M1, making them one of the oldest motorway services in Britain. The facilities were originally managed by Blue Boar, a local company that had run a nearby petrol station before the M1 opened.
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