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Transdev London is one of many operators of London Buses and is owned by Transdev Group of France, an international transport group, who operate urban, tram and light railway networks worldwide.. Image File history File links Transdev. ...
An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ...
Transdev is a French transportation provider which operates one of the London Buses contracts. ...
Their main address is:
- Busways House
- Wellington Road
- Fulwell
- MIDDLESEX
- TW2 5NX
Company history
London United Busways was set up as a subsidiary of London Buses in 1989. The company was a "reincarnation" of the former London United Tramways, an operator of trams and trolleybuses in west and south west London absorbed by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. The company adopted the former tram company's device, based on the coat of arms of the City of London, as its logo. Upon privatisation in 1994, it was purchased by a management buyout and renamed London United. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The transport of London has, since 1933, been under a single control with various names. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...
Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ...
In 1995 the company purchased Stanwell Buses Ltd (trading as 'Westlink') and took on its routes, vehicles and two garages - located in Hounslow Heath, Middlesex and Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey.
In 1997 the bus company was purchased by French transport group Transdev.
In 2003 London United purchased struggling bus operator London Sovereign, part of The Blazefield Group, and has since adapted its livery and vehicles to a similar style to its own. The buyout came with around a dozen routes operated on contract to Transport for London (TfL) as well as two garages at Harrow and Edgware in Middlesex. Blazefield Group is one of the main bus groups in the United Kingdom. ...
In April 2006, the company commenced a rebrand of all of its vehicles with the Transdev name and logo effectivlely removing the London United name. This was completed in September the same year.
Overview Transdev London operate approximately 60 routes on contract to TfL (Transport for London) and employs around 600 staff. Transdev also operate services on behalf of Surrey County Council. Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in England. ...
Gallery The old London United logo Image File history File links London_united. ...
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| The new London United logo Image File history File links Transdev_united. ...
| The new London Sovereign logo Image File history File links Transdev_sovereign. ...
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London United Their legal name is London United Busways Ltd.
Garages They have six bus garages.
Fulwell Their address is: - Wellington Road
- TWICKENHAM
- TW2 5NX
This garage holds 107 buses, and runs London bus routes 71, 131, 216, 267, 290, 391, 24-hour routes 65 and 281, and school routes 371, 671, 681, and 691. Fulwell also operate shuttle buses to and from Twickenham Stadium on behalf of the RFU on event days. Twickenham Stadium, located in the Twickenham district of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the third largest stadium in the United Kingdom with a capacity of 75,000, bettered only by Old Trafford Football Stadium and, when it eventually opens in 2007, the new Wembley Stadium. ...
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History When new, the 11 acre site was described as one of the finest plants in the country and was the main depot of London United Tramways with 20 covered tracks. The garage is nowadays divided into two sections, 1 used by Transdev & the other by Tellings-Golden Miller. The TGM side has been used by the Grundy company (manufacturers of metal school dinner trays), London Buses Sales Department (to sell of surplus London vehicles until privatisation in the late 1980’s), and Kelly construction before TGM moved in. Fulwell was the first garage in London to receive trolleybuses, and together with Isleworth was the last to operate them some 31 years later. The last trams operated from the depot in 1935, although some of the tram tracks were, until recently, still visible in the cobbled entrance surface. The garage has never reached it’s capacity, even taking in much of the work from Twickenham (AB) when it closed in 1970, and in 2001 107 buses were allocated. In 1999 the garage housed 13 London Country buses after Arriva Croydon & N. Surrey shut its Leatherhead Garage. The buses on route 85 were operated from the forecourt with Arriva Drivers. Tellings-Golden Miller (TGM) was one of the many operators of bus services for London Buses. ...
Grundy is a town located in Buchanan County, Virginia. ...
Bus types in use The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
A Dennis Trident 2 owned by Stagecoach, UK. For 3-axle, longitudinal-engine Dennis Trident built for export, see Dennis Trident 3/Dennis Trident E500. ...
The Alexander ALX400 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...
Volvo Olympian owned by Kowloon Motor Bus. ...
A Metrobus Scania OmniDekka in Croydon A Scania Omnidekka in Kensington The Scania OmniDekka is a double decker bus built by Scania of Sweden for sale in the UK. The model is based on the N94UD chassis and is currently sold in the UK with a body by East Lancashire...
Hounslow Their address is: - Kingsley Road
- HOUNSLOW
- TW3
This garage holds 120 buses, and runs London bus routes 9, 27, 81, 110, 111, 120, 203, 222, H32, H37, H98, 24-hour route 27, and Night bus N9. London Buses route 9 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. ...
History Hounslow garage was opened by the LGOC in 1913 on the former site of the District Railway's Hounslow Town station. The garage along with many others was requisitioned in the First World War. Hounslow was the subject of two firsts in 1925 and 1930 with the first Pneumatic tyre buses and the original Dennis Dart were allocated respectively. The garage had one problem though, the roof was too low and only open toppers and single deck vehicles could use the depot until the mid 1930s when the roof was raised. A London Transport survey in 1947 found that 92 vehicles were allocated to Hounslow, a garage with a capacity of 72!! This was mainly achieved by parking buses on a plot of land behind the garage that was also used to stand vehicles terminating there on layover. The garage was rebuilt in the early 1950s and included a new bus station in front of the garage. The planned allocation was now up to 120 vehicles, although the allocation in 2002 was 127. With the allocation still high Hounslow runs a number of night services on behalf of other LU garages to enable it to fit the buses into the garage. AV was also the first garage in London to operate a low-floor bus with the arrival of Dennis Lance SLF/Wright Pathfinder LLW1 direct from the Coach & Bus show. Hounslow Town station was built in early 1883 at the western terminus of the Hounslow & Metropolitan Railway Companys line from Acton to Hounslow. ...
Bus types in use The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
A Stagecoach Pointer Dart on service in Portsmouth. ...
The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
A Stagecoach Pointer Dart on service in Portsmouth. ...
A Dennis Trident 2 owned by Stagecoach, UK. For 3-axle, longitudinal-engine Dennis Trident built for export, see Dennis Trident 3/Dennis Trident E500. ...
The Alexander ALX400 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
The Alexander ALX400 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
Plaxton President is the name of a double-decker bus body built by Plaxton from 1999 to 2005 in the United Kingdom. ...
Hounslow Heath Their address is: - Unit 6 Pullborough Way
- Green Lane
- HOUNSLOW
- TW4
This garage holds 57 buses, and runs London bus routes 116, 411, H22, H23, H91, 24-hour route 285, and school route 641.
History Hounslow Heath was the original operating base of Stanwell Buses, a company set up by London Buses just prior to de-regulation. They traded as Westlink, hence the garage code WK, and initially operated routes 116/117/203 which were all joint London/Surrey contracts. Stanwell Buses was taken over by London United in 1999 and recoded HH. The depot has also been extended over the former Travellers Coaches yard next door.
Bus types in use The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
A Stagecoach Pointer Dart on service in Portsmouth. ...
The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
A Stagecoach Pointer Dart on service in Portsmouth. ...
Shepherd's Bush Their address is: - Wells Road
- LONDON
- W12
This garage holds 111 buses, and runs London bus routes 49, 24-hour routes 72, 94, 148, 220, and Night bus N97.
History
Bus types in use The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
The Alexander ALX400 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
A Wright Eclipse Gemini-bodied Volvo B7TL low floor double decker bus owned by London General. ...
Stamford Brook Their address is: - 72-74 Chiswick High Road
- LONDON
- W4
This garage holds 77 buses, and runs London bus routes 9, 27, 272, 283, 391, and 440. London Buses route 9 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. ...
History Stamford Brook opened as a bus garage in 1980 after a 2 year project costing some £2Million started in 1978. Originaly built as Chiswick Tram depot, it had lately been used to operate the British Airways bus service between Heathrow Airport and the West London Air Terminal in Kensington. The original plan was to create a temporary home for the R (Riverside) buses and staff whilst that garage was re-built with a view to taking on the workload from Mortlake and Turnham Green which were to close. However this idea was changed and the garage took on the work from Turnham Green which closed and also inherited the garage code V. Following service reductions, Mortlake & Riverside closed in 1983, with some of their work moving to Stamford Brook. British Airways (LSE: BAY, NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ...
London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ...
Later that year Stamford Brook took on the A1 & A2 'Airbus' routes following the withdrawal of the existing British airways services from London - Heathrow Airport. These vehicles were transferred in 1994 to West Ramp (which became an outstation of V) leaving the garage with an allocation of MRL's, M's, L's and Darts.
The garage closed in 1996 and became a store for unlicensed vehicles for possible future use, and reopened in 1999 when it was reutilised to cater for increased demand in the area. In 2001 the allocation consisted entirely of Dennis Darts. When route 9 was converted form Routemaster to one person operation, it was moved from Shepards bush to Stamford Brook, and double deckers re-apered at the garage. First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ...
Bus types in use The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
A Metrobus Scania OmniDekka in Croydon A Scania Omnidekka in Kensington The Scania OmniDekka is a double decker bus built by Scania of Sweden for sale in the UK. The model is based on the N94UD chassis and is currently sold in the UK with a body by East Lancashire...
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
Tolworth Their address is: - Kingston Road
- SURBITON
- Surrey
- KT5 9NU
This garage holds 100 buses, and runs London bus routes 57, 265, 371, 406, 418, 467, K1, K2, K3, K4, K5 and school bus routes 613 and 665.
History One of the newest bus garages and built on the site of a former coal yard behind Tolworth railway station. Tolworth railway station in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London, is one of the stations on the Chessington branch, part of the London suburban network of South West Trains, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. ...
Tolworth was originally planned in the late 1990s following the closure of Kingston Garage and the announcement that the site was to be part sold off and part converted into the new bus station. A recruitment centre was opened on Tolworth Broadway long before building work ever started.
The sale of the site was brought forward somewhat, and this appeared to catch out the operator as Tolworth Garage was not yet ready. Buses were temporarily parked in a car park in Kingston until the new 100 capacity bus garage finally opened in early 2002. In recent times the yard has been used to store Routemaster's coming out of service. First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ...
Bus types in use The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
A Dennis Trident 2 owned by Stagecoach, UK. For 3-axle, longitudinal-engine Dennis Trident built for export, see Dennis Trident 3/Dennis Trident E500. ...
The Alexander ALX400 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...
Volvo Olympian owned by Kowloon Motor Bus. ...
London Sovereign Their legal name is London Sovereign Limited.
Garages They have 2 bus garages.
Edgware Their address is: - Station Road
- Edgware
This garage holds 62 buses, and runs London bus routes 13, 114, 183, 292, and Night route N13. London Buses route 13 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. ...
History When Edgware garage was first opened by the LGOC in 1925 it had space for 24 buses, but there was plenty of room adjacent to the Underground station which had recently been built. In 1939 a new building was built next to the original building which was to become the new Bus Station, while the remaining open parking area was used to store vehicles for the trolleybus replacement program. In 1984 a new 100 bus garage was built on old railway land at a cost of £4.5 Million, However in 1992 Edgware garage was planned for closure, as Cricklewood garage was to become a fully functioning garage with new facilities. The outdoor parking area and the bus station then became a midibus base in 1993, with a new bus wash and light maintenance facilities provided in the yard. Then in 1999, London Sovereign, who had won some recent tenders in the North-East London area, took on a 10 year lease on half of Edgware garage and invested in new maintenance facilities which was to replace it's former base at Borehamwood. In late 2000 Metroline moved back into the other half of the garage, making it one of the few garages to be shared by two operators. Edgware tube station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in north London. ...
Metroline, owned by ComfortDelGro Corporation of Singapore, is one of more than 20 companies operating bus services in London under the management of London Buses. ...
London Sovereign can trace its roots back to independent Borehamwood Tranvel Services (BTS), which ran a series of ex-Kelvin Central MCW Metrobuses, as well as new Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties Palatines and a collection of other vehicles. In 1994 it won its biggest London Buses contract, to operate the 13 (Finsbury Park - Aldwych) with leased AEC Routemasters in its orange livery. It then sold out in 1994 to The Blazefield Group's Sovereign subsidiary, and it became Sovereign London. In 2003 it was sold to The Transdev Group, which turned it into London Sovereign. Kelvin Central Buses Ltd was a bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group formed in July 1989 from from the merger of Kelvin Scottish and Central Scottish in perparation for privatisation, and operated until July 1998 when it was renamed First Glasgow (No. ...
MCW Metrobus is a double decker bus model manufactured by MCW from 1977 until 1989. ...
The Leyland Olympian was a double-deck bus built by British Leyland in United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. ...
An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ...
Finsbury Park is a place in London, at the junction of the London Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and Hackney. ...
Aldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London. ...
First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ...
Blazefield Group is one of the main bus groups in the United Kingdom. ...
Transdev is a French transportation provider which operates one of the London Buses contracts. ...
Bus types in use Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
Plaxton President is the name of a double-decker bus body built by Plaxton from 1999 to 2005 in the United Kingdom. ...
A Metrobus Scania OmniDekka in Croydon A Scania Omnidekka in Kensington The Scania OmniDekka is a double decker bus built by Scania of Sweden for sale in the UK. The model is based on the N94UD chassis and is currently sold in the UK with a body by East Lancashire...
Volvo Olympian owned by Kowloon Motor Bus. ...
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
Harrow Their address is: - 331 Pinner Road
- Harrow
This garage holds 39 buses, and runs London bus routes 398, H9, H10, H11, H13, H14, and H17.
History
Bus type in use The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
See also
| Companies operating buses under contract to London Buses | | Armchair | Arriva London | Arriva Shires & Essex | Arriva Southern Counties | Blue Triangle An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ...
Armchair is one of many private operators of London Buses and operates 9 routes in West London with 215 drivers. ...
Arriva London is a division of Arriva. ...
Arriva Shires & Essex is one of many private operators of London Buses. ...
Arriva Southern Counties is a bus operator in London, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. ...
Blue Triangle is one of many operators of London Buses. ...
CT Plus | Docklands Buses | Ealing Community Transport | East London | East Thames Buses CT Plus is one of many operators of London Buses. ...
Docklands Buses is a bus company who operates buses deep in the heart of the London Docklands. ...
Earling is one of many operators of London Buses. ...
East London was once a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group under the names Stagecoach East London and Stagecoach London, but is now part of investment bank Macquarie Bank. ...
East Thames Buses is the only government owned bus operator (via Transport for London) of London Buses. ...
First London | London Central | London General | Metrobus | Metroline | NCP-Challenger First London is one of many operators of London Buses and owned by First Group. ...
London Central is one of many operators of London Buses and owned by Go-Ahead Group. ...
London General is both a modern bus operating company and, as the London General Omnibus Company or LGOC, a very significant name in the history of transport of London, England. ...
Metrobus (a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group) operates local bus services in south and south-east London, and parts of Surrey, Kent, West Sussex and East Sussex. ...
Metroline, owned by ComfortDelGro Corporation of Singapore, is one of more than 20 companies operating bus services in London under the management of London Buses. ...
NCP-Challenger is one of many operators of London Buses. ...
Quality Line | Selkent | Sullivan Buses | Thorpes | Transdev London | Travel London | Uno Epsom is one of many operators of London Buses. ...
Selkent was once a subsidiary of The Stagecoach Group under the names Stagecoach Selkent and Stagecoach London, but is now part of investment bank Macquarie Bank. ...
Sullivan Buses is one of many operators of London Buses. ...
Thorpes is one of many operators of London Buses and owned by Metroline, making them part of the ComfortDelGro Corporation of Singapore. ...
Travel London is an operator of buses in London. ...
Uno was set up by the University of Hertfordshire as UniversityBus in 1992 to provide student transport to the expanding university from local areas as well as improving east-west travel across the county and opening up new links from North London. ...
| | Also, see London's Bus Garages for operating codes. | Every garage operating services that form part of the London Bus network is given an official London Bus garage code. ...
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- London Sovereign
- Transdev plc UK
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