East London Bus Group
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East London Bus Group, formerly Stagecoach London, once a subsidiary of The Stagecoach Group, is part of investment bank Macquarie Bank. It principally operates services in the English capital city of London, under contract to the London Buses arm of Transport for London.
Their main address is:
- 2-4 Clements Road
- ILFORD
- IG1 1BA
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[edit] History
Stagecoach London was created from the East London Bus & Coach Company Ltd (East London) and the South East London & Kent Bus Company Ltd (Selkent). Both companies were acquired by the Stagecoach Group from state-owned London Buses when its subsidiaries were privatised. Legally these companies still exist, and Stagecoach London's buses carried legal lettering for one or other of these companies.
Both the buses involved in the 7 July 2005 London Bombings and 21 July 2005 London Bombings belonged to Stagecoach London.
On 23 June 2006 The Stagecoach Group agreed to sell its London operations to Australian investment bank Macquarie. The sale was completed in August of the same year and the management remained the same. Stagecoach gave permission for Macquarie to use the Stagecoach London name for a limited time. Quickly the fleets both turned allover red again, and were given back their old logos, albeit in lower-case lettering rather than capitals.
[edit] Operation
East London Bus Group operates London contracted services under the brands East London and Selkent, but this brand tended to be overwhelmed by the much stronger London Buses brand.
They also operate a coaching operation under the brand East London Coaches.
[edit] East London Bus & Coach Company Ltd
- Main article: East London (bus company)
[edit] South East London & Kent Bus Company Ltd
- Main article: Selkent
[edit] See also
| Companies operating buses under contract to London Buses |
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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 | Transdev London | Travel London | Uno |
| Also, see Bus garages in London for operating codes. |
