 The opening of the Paignton extension saw the construction of a smaller tram depot at Preston.A depot for four buses was built in The Avenue, Newton Abbot in 1921 to house buses used on routes outside Torquay.The town council of Torquay did not want their seaside resort disfigured by the poles and overhead wires of a conventional electric tramway and so invited the Dolter Electric Traction Company to construct a tramway using their stud-contact system.