Docklands Buses

Docklands Buses
	Scania OmniDekka on route 425 at Stratford in February 2012
Parent	Go-Ahead London
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Merton
Service area	East London
Service type	Bus services
Routes	3 (March 2024)
Depots	1
Website	www.goaheadlondon.com

London General Transport Services Limited,^[1] trading as Go-Ahead London, is a bus company operating in East London. The Docklands Buses brand is a subsidiary of Go-Ahead London and operates services under contract to Transport for London.

History

Docklands Buses was formed by Harry Blundred's Transit Holdings in 1988 as Docklands Transit.^[2]^[3] It initially operated local commercial routes using Ford Transit minibuses, but these proved not to be viable so it switched to operating tendered Transport for London services.^[4] Stagecoach purchased the bus side of the company in 1997, and Docklands Transit continued operating private hire vehicles. In 2002, Docklands Buses commenced operating route 167, soon winning other contracts.

In September 2006 the company was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group.^[5] In August 2008, Go-Ahead's London bus operations all adopted the Go-Ahead London trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the logo on most buses.

Garages

Silvertown (SI)

As of March 2024, Silvertown garage operates routes 300, 376 and 473. Some buses are regularly shared with Blue Triangle's Henley Road garage.

Fleet

As at May 2015, Docklands Buses had a peak vehicle requirement of 76 buses.

References

^ Companies House extract company no 2328489 London General Transport Services Limited
^ Docklands Transit Limited Companies House
^ Blundred's minis to sail into docklands Commercial Motor 1 December 1988 page 5
^ McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 73. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
^ Annual Report 30 June 2007 Archived 23 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Go-Ahead Group plc

External links

Media related to Docklands Buses at Wikimedia Commons
Docklands Buses website

[1] Companies House extract company no 2328489 London General Transport Services Limited

[2] Docklands Transit Limited Companies House

[3] Blundred's minis to sail into docklands Commercial Motor 1 December 1988 page 5

[4] McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 73. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.

[5] Annual Report 30 June 2007 Archived 23 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Go-Ahead Group plc

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