Docklands Buses

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Docklands Buses
GAL Docklands Buses 300 SE104.jpg
Parent Go-Ahead London
Founded1988
Headquarters Merton
Service area East London
Service typeBus services
Routes4 (July 2025)
Depots1
Fleet Alexander Dennis Enviro200
Fuel typeDiesel
Website www.goaheadlondon.com

Docklands Buses is a bus operator brand under London General Transport Services Limited, [1] trading as Go-Ahead London. It operates services in East London under contract to Transport for London.

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History

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Scania OmniDekka on route 425 at Stratford in February 2012

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 July 2025, Silvertown garage operates routes 300 and 376 [6]

Fleet

As of December 2024,Docklands Buses had a peak vehicle requirement of 9 buses for route 300.

References

  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
  6. "Who runs your bus". Transport for London. Retrieved 2 September 2025.