Stagecoach London is a major bus operator in

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. It is a subsidiary of

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and operates services under contract to Transport for London mostly in East and South East London as well as some services into Central London. It is the largest subsidiary of Stagecoach group with 314.5 million passengers journeys in 2015-16 and a fleet of nearly 1300 buses.

History

Stagecoach London bus 23022 (LX03 HDF) route 453 May 2005

In 1994

purchased the

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and

Selkent Selkent (an acronym of South East London & Kent) is a bus company operating in central and south London and some parts of north-west Kent. It is a subsidiary brand of Stagecoach London and operates services under contract to Transport for Lond ...

operations during the

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. Both continued to trade under their existing names until November 2000 when Stagecoach consolidated its London operations under the Stagecoach London brand with both remaining as separate legal entities. In August 2006 Stagecoach sold its London bus operations to

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. The new owner restored the East London and Selkent trading name logos. In September 2008 Thameside was established to operate route 248.Companies House extract company no 6667411
East London Bus Limited In October 2010 Stagecoach reacquired its old London operations with all operations once again rebranded as Stagecoach London. In May 2022, Stagecoach announced it would takeover

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Lea Interchange garage for 20 million pounds. The takeover was completed on 25 June 2022. Stagecoach operates the garage under the Lea Interchange Bus Company Limited legal entity.

Operations

Stagecoach London operates services under contract to Transport for London. These are operated by 4 legal entities which all exist but under the Stagecoach London brand: *

(East London Bus and Coach Company) *

(South East London and Kent Bus Company) * Thameside (East London Bus Company) *Lea Interchange Bus Company (former

operations at Lea Interchange) In 2000 Stagecoach's standard bus livery of a dark blue skirt and orange and light blue swirl at the rear with the standard white replaced by red was introduced. After the sale to Macquarie Bank, an all red livery was introduced. A coach operation traded under the brand East London Coaches ceasing in February 2007 and a Travelshop which closed in March 2009 that was based at the company's then Ilford head office. The head office is now at the

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depot.

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London Buses website
{{london bus operators London bus operators Stagecoach Group bus operators in England 1994 establishments in England

History

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