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to allow work to start on the replacement of the original buildings with a modern structure. In January 2009, bus parking was transferred back to the main site following the completion of the works, with the site being designated as both Metroline's head office as well as the European headquarters of
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contract. The garage expanded in 1993 with the acquisition of a storage yard on Commerce Way from BRS Truck Rental. In November 2004, Armchair was bought out by ComfortDelGro, although the company continued to operate TfL buses separately under the Armchair name until being integrated into Metroline
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Cricklewood garage was rationalised in 1990, with Metroline's services and engineering based at the garage being moved to Edgware garage. Expansion work at Cricklewood, however, saw the garage turned back into a full-scale operation able to host bus services with upgraded facilities in 1992, at the
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The bus service in Harrow, north-west London, has become such a shambles since it was rescheduled last month that London Transport chiefs have been forced to step in and demand rapid improvements. Furious passengers say they have faced chaos, with queues, delays and cancelled services since Harrow
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Opened in 1930 at a cost of over £48,000 by the London General Omnibus Company subsidiary 'Overground', Potters Bar garage was nearly closed in the 1960s as it was too far north to be useful to the London Transport "red bus" network. It survived this attempt, however it soon faced closure again in
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in October 1994; operations would be subsequently rebranded to MTL London. In 1993, MTL London's Chalk Farm garage closed, and the resulting transfer of five routes into the garage meant Holloway was once again full. The garage passed to Metroline with the sale of MTL's London operations in August
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When privatised, Metroline adopted a livery of red with a dark blue skirt. This was briefly changed to light blue in the mid-2000s before the dark blue was reinstated. In June 2009, Metroline adopted an all-red scheme to comply with Transport for London requirements. In 2014, a blue, white and red
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After having trialled a system involving audio-visual alarms and reflective tape on the route in early 2018 as part of Transport for London's Bus Safety Innovation Challenge, 24 buses on Willesden's route 98 received "Vehicle Avoidance Lateral Lights" (VALLs) during 2018 as part of Transport for
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In 1984 a new 100-bus garage was built on old railway land at a cost of £4.5 million (equivalent to £18,269,000 in 2023). However in November 1992, Edgware garage was earmarked for closure, with buses due to be moved to Cricklewood as it was to become a fully functioning garage with new
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A planning application was submitted by Metroline in 2022 for the building of a new £19 million Brentford garage on the site of the current garage as part of the wider redevelopment of the Brentford Lock West area. Construction commenced shortly afterwards, with the new garage, capable of
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Following the Second World War, it was planned for Uxbridge garage to be rebuilt entirely. This, however, would remain shelved, with the garage instead extended over an open parking area during 1954. with a new garage planned shortly afterwards, although work would not begin until the 1980s.
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when Willesden was also used to provide major body overhauls for London Transport. The garage was largely rebuilt in 1975, expanding its capacity from 90 to 120 buses, and the garage would eventually pass to Metroline in April 1989 as a result of the break-up of London Regional Transport.
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The original Uxbridge garage was located around half a mile outside Uxbridge itself on the Oxford Road and was built by the London General Omnibus Company in 1921. The garage passed to Thames Valley a year later, eventually being handed back to London General on 31 December 1928. When the
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as opposed to using the CentreWest Buses brand. By 1995, Alperton was also performing most of the maintenance for the Centrewest operation and had also become the home of the training fleet. It would later be one of six First London garages that were sold to Metroline in June 2013.
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Arabs, and at one stage, these made up its complete allocation. Alperton garage was enlarged between 1976 and 1978, the extension of which encompassed an adjacent former Underground substation, as well as the site of London Transport's Lifts and Escalators department.
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A major fire broke out at Potters Bar garage on 22 May 2022, destroying six buses but resulting in no injuries. Drivers were able to move the majority of the garage's buses away from the fire. Two of the buses destroyed were
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Upon the break-up of London Regional Transport in April 1989, Potters Bar garage also passed to the London Northern subsidiary. The garage passed to Metroline with the purchase of MTL's London operations in August 1998.
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Alperton passed to the CentreWest subsidiary with the break-up of London Regional Transport in April 1989. After CentreWest had become the first London Buses subsidiary to be privatised in a
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Opened by the London General Omnibus Company in October 1912, Willesden garage was used for major motorbus chassis overhauls until Chiswick Works opened in 1921. This role was revived in
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When Edgware garage was first opened by the London General Omnibus Company in 1925 it had space for 24 buses, but there was plenty of room adjacent to the then recently built
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facilities. The outdoor parking area and the bus station then became a midibus outstation in 1993, with a new bus wash and light maintenance facilities provided in the yard.
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following the closure. However, the garage reopened four years later on 6 August 2016. The garage was renamed to Perivale with the closure of Perivale West garage in 2022.
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On 10 July 2010, the King's Cross garage on Freight Lane opened to replace King's Cross (KX) garage on York Way. At the time of the garages' opening, it operated routes
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Shortly following its privatisation in December 1994, Metroline became the first ex-London Buses company to expand when it bought Atlas Bus & Coach, regaining
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London's Bus Safety Challenge, with audio-visual alarm systems and reflective tape installed in an attempt to reduce pedestrian injuries on Oxford Street.
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midibuses in an initiative by London Regional Transport. Buses based at the depot were rebranded from using CentreWest fleetnames to being branded as
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Perivale West transferred to Metroline with the purchase of Thorpes in 2004. Before its closure in March 2022, Perivale West garage operated routes
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Upon the breakup of London Regional Transport in April 1989, Holloway garage passed to the London Northern subsidiary, which was purchased by
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As of March 2023, the Metroline fleet consisted of 1,429 buses, making the company London's fourth largest bus operator by fleet vehicles.
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After passing to the CentreWest subsidiary in 1989, Uxbridge garage began operating the U-Line network of local routes using 16 seater
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On 10 September 2021, Alperton garage closed to make way for redevelopment, with a Farewell Open Day being held the following day.
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in July 2021, with hydrogen refuelling stations installed by Danish engineering firm Nel Hydrogen and fuel supplied Air Liquide.
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and occupying the lower ground floor of a multi-use development, would begin in 1979, with the new garage opening in late 1983.
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was created in 1965, Uxbridge was one of only three London Transport Central Area that fell outside the boundaries of the new
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RML3 was allocated to the garage in 1958, with the garage later home, albeit briefly, to the first production Routemasters on
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Metroline West Limited is the legal operating name for Metroline's bus garages that were acquired with the purchase of five
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in 2006. Thorpes and Armchair initially retained their existing names before being rebranded to Metroline in January 2007.
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Route SL8, the first Superloop service to commence operations in July 2023, is based from Metroline's Greenford garage
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garage, also known and coded as Spring Grove, opened on 27 July 2019 when Metroline took over the operation of
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with seven TfL bus routes and 86 buses. The coach business of Armchair was absorbed into ComfortDelGro-owned
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as part of the purchase, which it had earlier lost under tendering to Atlas. Metroline would later purchase
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Willesden garage was home to a handful of notable experimental vehicles in the Metroline fleet. Prototype
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expense of Edgware garage being earmarked for closure amid a rationalisation of operations by Metroline.
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with four TfL bus routes, a network of mobility bus services and 66 buses, followed by in November 2004
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and were launched at the garage following a delay due to manufacturing shutdowns as a result of the
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minibuses, however both types had a bad reputation and did not last long in the CentreWest fleet.
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double-decker buses, the first of the type to operate in England. These are operated on routes
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garage, originally known as Perivale East, first closed on 23 June 2012, with the garage's
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branded for the service in 1992. In 1994, the garage was allocated some of London's first
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1998, and today, the garage is almost at capacity levels with around 200 buses allocated.
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Buses for route 222 are stabled overnight at an outstation on Wallingford Road in
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In 2007, bus parking was temporarily relocated to a site on the opposite side of
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In 1987, Harrow Weald was the base for the new Harrow Buses operation set up by
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livery was introduced on buses dedicated to non-Transport for London services.
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base. The opening of Greenford garage led to the closure of another garage in
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Buses for route 83 are stabled overnight at an outstation on Athlon Road in
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branded in a red and white livery with a route map on each side of the bus.
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Originally opened as Holloway Tram Depot in 1907, it was the largest of the
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Cricklewood garage opened for service in May 1905 and was originally called
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services on 5 January 2025, Metroline will operate buses from garages in
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In March 2024, Metroline was awarded the final tranche operations of the
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Eventually, construction work on a new Uxbridge garage, located next to
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Before its closure in September 2021, Alperton garage operated routes
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garages in 2013. As of April 2024, it now operates three bus garages.
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tube station of the same name, was one of three garages built by the
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in 1959; Routemasters would be retained at Willesden until 2004 on
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for £73.8 million (equivalent to £156,899,000 in 2023).
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Greenford garage was the first bus garage in London to operate a
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worth £20 million (equivalent to £50,246,000 in 2023).
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in July 1998, and in February 2000, would eventually be sold to
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Before its closure in April 2017, Hayes garage operated route
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As of May 2024, Willesden Junction garage operates routes
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and is one of London's oldest bus garages. London's first
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On April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate
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in September 1994, buses based at Alperton were branded
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As of August 2024, Potters Bar garage operates routes
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As of April 2024, Harrow Weald garage operates routes
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on 15 July 2023. Buses allocated to the service are
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As of April 2024, Cricklewood garage operates routes
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The original Brentford garage was opened in 1990 by
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Metroline Travel Limited operates nine bus garages.
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It also operates bus services under contract to 2006:"London's First Ever Night Bus Ran 110 Years Ago" 1155:As of May 2024, Greenford garage operates routes 784:As of April 2024, Lampton garage operates routes 562:As of April 2024, Edgware garage operates routes 3739: 2164:Buses introduced its new network on 14 November. 2051: 1217:from the Greenford depot, using garage code EY. 705:As of May 2024, Holloway garage operates routes 2389:"Electric Metrodeckers grounded following fire" 1812: 1123:K8SRs in March 2016 for trial use on route 98. 518:. It was the first motorised depot used by the 2419:Lyons, Mark. "London bus garages: Willesden". 1963:Lyons, Mark. "London bus garages: Brentford". 1948:"Metroline brings back blue beyond TfL-land". 1016:bus garage as seen from Pound Lane, April 2015 658:Harrow Weald garage was opened in 1930 by the 428:housing over 100 buses, opening in July 2024. 3468: 3035: 2798: 2669:Lyons, Mark. "London bus garages: Alperton". 2621:Lyons, Mark. "London bus garages: Uxbridge". 2545:. No. 34. Peterborough: Emap. p. 14 2231:"Two new garages open but will others close?" 2127:. Temple Press. 13 September 1990. p. 20 2099:. No. 1098. Peterborough. pp. 28–32 2069:. No. 41. Peterborough: Emap. p. 14 1849: 1847: 1845: 255:, one of which was Metroline. As part of the 2636:"A facelift for LBL's first two Greenways". 1186:depot and was first used in March 1993 as a 2812: 2039:. Temple Press. 18 October 1990. p. 18 1917: 1915: 1880: 1878: 1001:, causing a nationwide recall of the type. 367: 212:is a bus company operating bus services in 3475: 3461: 3042: 3028: 2805: 2791: 2775: 2664: 2662: 2616: 2614: 2612: 2532: 2530: 2414: 2412: 2410: 2303: 2301: 2153:. Temple Press. 7 January 1988. p. 17 1842: 1784: 1782: 1365: 1300:, instead located in the former county of 259:, Metroline was sold in October 1994 to a 199: 2208: 2206: 1751: 1749: 1130: 1105:that had been imported from Singapore on 871:Perivale is home to Metroline's fleet of 530:between The Crown pub in Cricklewood and 2182:. Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 56–57. 1941: 1912: 1875: 1525:. The garage closed in 2017, with route 1454: 1146: 1019: 1008: 901: 692: 615: 435: 334: 281:In August 2004, ComfortDelGro purchased 235: 3758:Transport companies established in 1989 2659: 2609: 2563: 2536: 2527: 2407: 2298: 2175: 2086: 2084: 1779: 1409: 1330:Uxbridge garage also operated the busy 3740: 2683: 2459: 2203: 2060: 1921: 1746: 1666:"Newly-privatised bus firm buys rival" 1414:Upon commencement of tranche three of 3456: 3023: 2786: 2746:. Transport for London. 31 March 2023 2307: 2227: 2003: 1830:from the original on 14 December 2022 1564: 806:. The garage opened on the site of a 172:Diesel, Hybrid, Electric and Hydrogen 2712: 2589: 2537:Simpson, Richard (10 October 1992). 2386: 2081: 1672:. Harrow. 1 December 1988. p. 2 1536: 1481:The garage, located adjacent to the 1209:From late 2003 until 14 March 2009, 679:privatisation of London bus services 670:CH6s and the first diesel bus (ST). 611: 257:privatisation of London bus services 3050:Bus operators in South East England 2460:Wilson, Saffron (22 January 2020). 2090: 1884: 897: 13: 2684:Larkin, Nick (21 September 2021). 1796:. 26 November 2004. Archived from 1726:"Metroline sells to foreign buyer" 1702:. London. 2 July 1998. p. 105 1182:Greenford bus garage is part of a 431: 296:On June 2013, Metroline purchased 231: 14: 3774: 3482: 2762: 2668: 2620: 2418: 2061:Morgan, Mike (28 November 1992). 1962: 1640:"Metroline sold to MEBO for £20m" 1445: 1004: 375: 3105: 3004: 1855:"First confirms London sell-off" 1487:London Passenger Transport Board 1450: 1416:Transport for Greater Manchester 1243: 1142: 813: 688: 313:Transport for Greater Manchester 51: 42: 2733: 2715:"Abellio opens new Hayes depot" 2706: 2677: 2644: 2629: 2583: 2557: 2505: 2493:. Peterborough. 28 January 2020 2479: 2453: 2427: 2380: 2354: 2328: 2310:"Welcome to Potters Bar garage" 2272: 2250: 2221: 2169: 2139: 2111: 2023: 1997: 1971: 1956: 1763:. 6 August 2004. 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Peterborough. 16 April 2013 1625: 1516: 1358:with CentreWest branding for 1184:Ealing London Borough Council 3216:First Hampshire & Dorset 2713:Peat, Chris (13 July 2022). 2228:Lyons, Mark (18 July 2019). 2004:Noble, Will (19 July 2023). 1794:Bus & Coach Professional 1761:Bus & Coach Professional 1757:"Metroline snaps up Thorpes" 979:Hertfordshire County Council 963:Hertfordshire County Council 873:Wright StreetDeck Hydroliner 662:to replace the much smaller 417:Armchair Passenger Transport 287:Armchair Passenger Transport 7: 3011:London transport portal 2590:Toms, Adam (15 July 2023). 2387:Peat, Chris (23 May 2022). 2091:Day, James (31 July 2013). 2031:"Subsidiaries restructured" 1035:, were trialled on route 98 443:garage forecourt, July 2010 10: 3779: 3103: 2213:"MTL moves into capital". 1211:Ealing Community Transport 1119:, taking delivery of five 362: 18: 3719: 3693: 3644: 3627: 3611: 3507: 3490: 3429: 3403: 3357: 3306: 3265: 3249: 3193: 3162: 3114: 3055: 3001: 2975: 2821: 2176:Wharmby, Matthew (2009). 1224:express bus service when 675:London Regional Transport 330: 184: 176: 168: 160: 152: 144: 123: 105: 87: 77: 50: 41: 3411:Arriva Southern Counties 3314:Arriva Herts & Essex 3273:Arriva Southern Counties 3127:Arriva Southern Counties 2844:Arriva Southern Counties 2834:Arriva Herts & Essex 2513:"Metroline West Limited" 1588: 1580: 1462:bus garage in April 2016 532:Liverpool Street Station 368:Metroline Travel Limited 220:. 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