CT Plus
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CT Plus is one of many operators of London Buses.
Their main address is:
- 2 Hertford Road
- Dalston
- LONDON
- N1 5SH
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[edit] History
Hackney Community Transport is one of the UK's largest and most successful social enterprises. It provides a variety of local community transport services in East London and runs three major London bus routes applying the company's CT Plus brand. CT Plus is consistently rated as a top service provider on the routes it manages for Transport for London. HCT has recently expanded the provision of its services outside London to West Yorkshire and is actively looking to maintain this trend.
[edit] Garages
They have 2 bus garages.
[edit] Ash Grove
Their address is:
- Mare Street
- South Hackney
- LONDON
- E8
This garage holds 28 buses, and runs London bus routes 153, 388, and 394.
[edit] History
One of three new garages opened in 1981 by London Buses at a cost of £3.5 million, it had space for 140 buses undercover and a further 30 in the yard. The roof was unusual in being carried by 10 35 ton triangular trusses, said to be the largest in the UK, supported on reinforced concrete columns. Although technically in Hackney, buses showed "CAMBRIDGE HEATH Ash Grove Garage" on their blinds. The garage on opening assumed Hackney's operation of Red Arrow routes 502 & 513 using brand new Leyland Nationals which had been stored at the garage, and also the entire Hackney and Dalston allocations. Unfortunately Ash Grove found itself in the London Forest operation, and also had a reputaion for staff militancy and closed in 1991.
[edit] 1990s
The garage re-opened in 1994 for use of Kentish Bus to house their Leyton area route gains, although they referred to it as Cambridge Heath. It was also used over the years to house stored vehicles for the LT museum, and again in 2000 to store additional RM's that had been acquired to supplement shortages in London.
[edit] 2000s
It also operationally re-opened again in 2000 for use by the London Buses company East Thames Buses which took over the former Harris Bus routes after that company ran into financial difficulties. Hackney Community Transport also moved into the garage yard in recent times to house it's routes won in the London area although East Thames Buses have now moved to new premises at Mandela Way (SE1) and were replaced at the garage by Arriva's new Citaro Articulated buses for route 38 following the conversion from Routemasters in November 2005.
[edit] Bus types in use
- Dennis Dart SLF/Caetano Slimbus (DCS)
- Dennis Dart SLF/Caetano Nimbus (HDC)
- Dennis Trident/East Lancs Lolyne 2 (HTL)
[edit] Dalston
Their address is:
- 1 Hertford Road
- Dalston
- LONDON
- N1 5SH
This garage is currently empty.
[edit] History
[edit] Bus types in use
[edit] See also
| Companies operating buses under contract to London Buses |
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Armchair | Arriva London | Arriva Shires & Essex | Arriva Southern Counties | Blue Triangle CT Plus | Docklands Buses | Ealing Community Transport | East London | East Thames Buses First London | London Central | London General | Metrobus | Metroline | NCP-Challenger Quality Line | Selkent | Sullivan Buses | Thorpes | Transdev London | Travel London | Uno |
| Also, see London's Bus Garages for operating codes. |
