In addition, the firm intends to reduce overnight parking to £10.Ĭhantrey Vellacott, Nightowl's administrator, insists the sale is a one-off, which was arranged between the haulage firm and the truckstop'slandlord.He adds:"We are reconstructing the rest of the business to put it back on its legs." However, the 37-bed motel, truck park, restaurant and bar will all be operational. This Oyes us another 10 acres."Įgerton says the truckstop will not sell fuel for the first two months until it undergoes a makeover in conjunction with a fuel company. "It's important to us, but we also have a shortage of storage space. Charles Egerton, refused to be drawn on how much the site was sold for, but it is thought it is in the region of 11 rn.Įgerton says: "We want to run it as it was, but slightly better obviously.We have a fleet of 160 wagons, of which 95 are based in Penrith.
#NIGHTOWL TRUCKSTOP DRIVERS#
The road signs would all be replaced to meet current truckstop standards.Keywords : Haulage, Oyes, Truck Stop, Business / FinanceĪ CUMBRIAN haulage firm has injected new life into Penrith truck services by buying the site from beleaguered operator Nightowl and vowing to continue offering parking to drivers Clifton-based AW Jenkinson finalised the deal last Friday and intended to be open on Tuesday (10 February). In addition, 100 HGV parking spaces would remain, which would be covered by CCTV and "secure".
#NIGHTOWL TRUCKSTOP UPGRADE#
The upgrade proposed for Barton Park includes a new Greggs, new truck wash, 50 car parking spaces (with a separate entrance), 5 electric car chargers, 9 caravan spaces and a 148 space park and ride service for Scotch Corner Designer Village. This became their formal proposal in May 2021, in which Scotch Corner would become a motorway service area that doesn't serve HGVs or caravans and Barton Park would be upgraded to meet modern truckstop standards. In 2020, Moto didn't rule out bringing the Great Northern motorway service area plan to fruition, but suggested that treating Barton Park and Scotch Corner as one item was "potentially a more sustainable solution". As part of the project, many (but not all) of all the road signs referring to "Barton Park services" were changed to "Barton Park truckstop". In the event, when the motorway opened in 2017, Scotch Corner was able to continue trading as normal, so the situation remains totally unchanged. They also suggested several possible outcomes, including co-signing Barton Park and Wetherby as lorry/car service areas respectively. When the new truckstop at Coneygarth was proposed in 2012, Moto stated several times that building Great Northern service area was still their intention.
No progress was made with the Great Northern plan, with Moto blaming "uncertainty over the A1 upgrade". This was soon stopped in favour of Moto corporate branding. With the popularity of Moto's site at Lymm (previously named Poplar 2000), Moto began to apply some Poplar 2000 branding to Barton Park. It also meant they would still have a presence even if Scotch Corner would have to close. This site was then purchased by Moto.Īs the owners of Scotch Corner, purchasing Barton Park meant that between the two Moto could now cater for all vehicle types. BP's business was sold to Nightowl Truckstops, who later went in to receivership. The site was purchased by Mobil, and when they merged with BP it was managed by their corporate truckstop business. Meanwhile, some road signs were placed on the A1 to advise lorry drivers (who can't use Scotch Corner) of the presence of the truckstop, though they called it "lorry services". They used the name Great Northern services, and signed an agreement with the Highways Agency. The motorway service area plan was approved in 1997, and carried forward until 2001 by Chartergate Estates Ltd. This, coupled with the recent deregulation of the industry, prompted Barton Park Ltd to propose upgrading the lorry park to a motorway service area.
In 1989, there was a proposal to continue the A1(M) south of here, which led to the assumption that the nearby service area at Scotch Corner would have to close. There was also a long-running plan to build an American-style motel here, an ambition which ran from 1965 until 1977. By the early 1970s, there were records of the quarry site being used as a lorry park.
The A1(M) Darlington Bypass opened in 1965. The truckstop is built on the Barton Limestone Quarry, part of which is still in use today.
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