The AEC Routemaster is a front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The first prototype was completed in September 1954 and the last one was delivered in 1968. The layout of the vehicle was conventional for the time, with a half-cab, front-mounted engine and open rear platform, although the coach version was fitted with rear platform doors. Forward entrance vehicles with platform doors were also produced as was a unique front-entrance prototype with the engine mounted transversely at the rear.
The London Bus is a London transportation system used for multiple decades. Considered to be an icon of London, the London Bus operates by day and night on many different routes and lines. The main image of a London Bus is an arched, double-decker, red-painted bus which can carry a large number of passengers.
Reading Buses is a bus operator serving the towns of Reading, Bracknell, Newbury, Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead, Wokingham, Fleet, Didcot, Henley-on-Thames and the surrounding areas in the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Hampshire, England, as well as parts of Greater London. The operating company is officially known as Reading Transport Limited, and is owned by Reading Borough Council.
Arriva London is a bus company operating services in Greater London. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus and operates services under contract to Transport for London. It was formed in 1998 from a fusion of previously separate Arriva subsidiaries Grey-Green, Leaside Buses, Kentish Bus, London & Country and South London Transport. Operations are split between two registered companies, Arriva London North Limited and Arriva London South Limited.
Blue Triangle is a bus company operating services in East London. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and operates most services under contract to Transport for London. It is the operator of the East London Transit service.
Sullivan Buses is a bus company based in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1998, it operates local bus services in and around Hertfordshire and north London including school services, rail replacement bus services in and near London, bus links in Surrey to and from Thorpe Park and vehicle hire for television programmes.
First London was a bus company operating services in east and west Greater London, England. It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup and operated buses under contract to Transport for London. It was formed in the late 1990s through the acquisition of three London bus operators. First London's garages were sold off between December 2007 and June 2013 with the last closing in September 2013.
First Essex is a bus company operating services in the county of Essex. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup.
London Country Bus Services was a bus company that operated in South East England from 1970 until 1986, when it was split up and later sold as part of the bus deregulation programme.
GHA Coaches was a bus and coach operator serving North East Wales, Cheshire, and Shropshire. It also operated bus services extending into Telford & Wrekin, Staffordshire, Gwynedd, and Merseyside.
Countryliner was a bus and coach operator, based in Uckfield, England. It ran over fifty bus services, mainly operating in Sussex and Kent with some operations into Hampshire. On 8 October 2012, it was placed in administration. It continued other services under a different licence trading as SwiftBus, this ceased trading on 18 January 2013.
Eastern National was a bus company operating in south east England from 1929 to the 1990s.
Ensignbus is a bus and coach operator and bus dealer based in Purfleet, Essex.
The privatisation of London bus services was the process of the transfer of operation of London Buses from public bodies to private companies.
Carters Coach Services was a bus operator based in Ipswich in Suffolk, England, operating over a wide area in both Suffolk and Essex. On 27 May 2016, the company was taken over by Ipswich Buses and the Carters brand was phased out.
SM Coaches was a bus and coach operator based in Harlow, Essex. SM Coaches mostly operated local services around Harlow, as well as school services and private hire. Olympian Coaches, which was part of the business, operated school services, private hire, and commuter services into London. Many of their bus services operated in competition with Arriva routes. Some of the bus services were operated under the trading name Roadrunner Coaches. In 2016, operating licences of Townlink Buses, Roadrunner Buses, and Olympian Coaches were revoked by the Eastern Traffic commissioner, resulting in the ceasation of their services.
First Northampton was a bus company in Northampton. It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup and part of the First Midlands division. It ceased operating on 14 September 2013.
London Country North East was a bus operator in South East England and London. It was formed from the split of London Country Bus Services in 1986 and operated a fleet of around 350 buses from six garages, with its headquarters located in Hatfield.
London Coaches was a former bus and coach operator operating open top tourist services in London and commuter services from Kent to London.
D&G Bus is a local bus operator owned by Centrebus and based in Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
