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for £46 million. These two companies subsequently developed in much the same way, both establishing a livery of red with a charcoal skirt and yellow relief band, and splitting orders for new buses.
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invited bids for the sale of their own bus operations which ran under the
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Metrobus buses.
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Go-Ahead London welcomes
Metrobus garages into fold
581:"Go-Ahead to buy First's Northumberland Park Depot"
510:. Go-Ahead Group. 19 September 1996. Archived from
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315:contracted services passing to the control of the
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311:business, with the management of the
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234:is a large transport group based in
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587:. Peterborough: Emap. 20 March 2012
489:"London General sell to Go-Ahead".
424:"Train man to head Go-Ahead London"
293:arm of Go-Ahead London's business.
250:, which had been sold in 1994 to a
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620:"Metrobus within Go-Ahead London"
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555:"Go-Ahead London - Homepage"
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848:Transport UK London Bus
784:RATP Dev Transit London
99:18 Merton High Street,
1178:(through 65% share in
1077:Swindon's Bus Company
491:Bus & Coach Buyer
1335:London bus operators
1309:Connecting Stockholm
585:Coach & Bus Week
517:on 23 November 2012.
476:Coach & Bus Week
453:Transport for London
366:Current subsidiaries
313:Transport for London
278:Transport for London
220:Transport for London
1088:Oxford Bus Company
981:Brighton & Hove
321:Brighton & Hove
298:Northumberland Park
131:Number of employees
81:September 1994
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1097:Oxford Bus Company
637:"Go-Ahead London"
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1229:Anglian Bus
826:East London
774:Hotel Hoppa
591:13 December
430:3 September
399:(June 2007)
109:Area served
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1292:Thameslink
1234:Aviance UK
804:RATP Group
410:References
352:Greenhithe
121:Key people
1035:Konectbus
957:Globalvia
836:Thameside
779:Metroline
565:13 August
539:13 August
360:Gravesend
356:Ebbsfleet
276:In 2009,
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103:, England
59:Southwark
1202:European
1191:Southern
1131:Overseas
1057:Bluestar
986:Metrobus
862:National
609:Bus Talk
403:Fastrack
385:Metrobus
344:Dartford
336:Fastrack
309:Metrobus
18:Bus Talk
1082:Unilink
1062:Morebus
874:Megabus
869:FlixBus
831:Selkent
459:28 July
426:. Buses
226:History
185:Website
88:1994-09
86: (
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