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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bus operator in South London, England</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the bus company. For the former railway station, see <a href="/wiki/Central_railway_station_(London)" title="Central railway station (London)">Central railway station (London)</a>. For the geographical area, see <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">Central London</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/London_General" title="London General">London General</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">London Central</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SN18KMJ_Go_Ahead_London_Central_EH272_ADL_Enviro400MMC_Hybrid_(52520439460).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SN18KMJ_Go_Ahead_London_Central_EH272_ADL_Enviro400MMC_Hybrid_%2852520439460%29.jpg/250px-SN18KMJ_Go_Ahead_London_Central_EH272_ADL_Enviro400MMC_Hybrid_%2852520439460%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SN18KMJ_Go_Ahead_London_Central_EH272_ADL_Enviro400MMC_Hybrid_%2852520439460%29.jpg/375px-SN18KMJ_Go_Ahead_London_Central_EH272_ADL_Enviro400MMC_Hybrid_%2852520439460%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SN18KMJ_Go_Ahead_London_Central_EH272_ADL_Enviro400MMC_Hybrid_%2852520439460%29.jpg/500px-SN18KMJ_Go_Ahead_London_Central_EH272_ADL_Enviro400MMC_Hybrid_%2852520439460%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400H_MMC" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC">Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC</a> on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_36" title="London Buses route 36">route 36</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marble_Arch" title="Marble Arch">Marble Arch</a> in September 2022</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_London" title="Go-Ahead London">Go-Ahead London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-04-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Merton" title="London Borough of Merton">Merton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service area</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_London" title="South London">South London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service type</th><td class="infobox-data">Bus services</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depots</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.goaheadlondon.com/">www.goaheadlondon.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>London Central Bus Company</b> is a bus operator brand under <b>London General Transport Services Limited</b>, <a href="/wiki/Trading_as" class="mw-redirect" title="Trading as">trading as</a> <b>Go-Ahead London</b>. It is a subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_Group" title="Go-Ahead Group">Go-Ahead Group</a> and primarily operates services in <a href="/wiki/South_London" title="South London">South London</a> under contract to <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Central_Routemaster_bus_RML2596_(JJD_596D),_route_12,_Whitehall,_July_1997,_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/London_Central_Routemaster_bus_RML2596_%28JJD_596D%29%2C_route_12%2C_Whitehall%2C_July_1997%2C_cropped.jpg/220px-London_Central_Routemaster_bus_RML2596_%28JJD_596D%29%2C_route_12%2C_Whitehall%2C_July_1997%2C_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/London_Central_Routemaster_bus_RML2596_%28JJD_596D%29%2C_route_12%2C_Whitehall%2C_July_1997%2C_cropped.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/AEC_Routemaster" title="AEC Routemaster">AEC Routemaster</a> on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_12" title="London Buses route 12">route 12</a> on <a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a> in July 1997</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate <a href="/wiki/Privatisation_of_London_bus_services#Break-up_of_London_Buses" title="Privatisation of London bus services">business units</a>, one of which was the London Central Bus Company.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the <a href="/wiki/Privatisation_of_London_bus_services" title="Privatisation of London bus services">privatisation of London bus services</a>, in September 1994, London Central was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_Group" title="Go-Ahead Group">Go-Ahead Group</a> for £23.8 million (equivalent to £59,793,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2008, the Go-Ahead Group's London bus operations all adopted the <a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_London" title="Go-Ahead London">Go-Ahead London</a> trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the Go-Ahead London logo on most buses. London Central was among the three other Go-Ahead London operations to be brought under the <a href="/wiki/London_General" title="London General">London General</a> license in early 2017, however as before, the London Central name was retained on company logos.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Garages">Garages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Garages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>London Central operates five bus garages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bexleyheath_(BX)"><span id="Bexleyheath_.28BX.29"></span>Bexleyheath (BX)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bexleyheath (BX)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bexleyheath_Bus_Garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6213670.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bexleyheath_Bus_Garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6213670.jpg/220px-Bexleyheath_Bus_Garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6213670.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bexleyheath_Bus_Garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6213670.jpg/330px-Bexleyheath_Bus_Garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6213670.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bexleyheath_Bus_Garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6213670.jpg/440px-Bexleyheath_Bus_Garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6213670.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath" title="Bexleyheath">Bexleyheath</a> garage from <a href="/wiki/A220_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A220 road">Erith Road</a>, July 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>As of January 2024, <a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath" title="Bexleyheath">Bexleyheath</a> garage operates routes <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_51" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 51">51</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_89" title="London Buses route 89">89</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_132" title="London Buses route 132">132</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_244" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 244">244</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_486" title="London Buses route 486">486</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_601" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 601">601</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_624" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 624">624</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_625" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 625">625</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_658" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 658">658</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_B11" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route B11">B11</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_B12" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route B12">B12</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_B13" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route B13">B13</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_B16" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route B16">B16</a>. Bexleyheath also operates the <a href="/wiki/Kent_Thameside" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent Thameside">Kent Thameside</a> portion of the <a href="/wiki/Fastrack_(bus)" title="Fastrack (bus)">Fastrack</a> <a href="/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit" title="Bus rapid transit">bus rapid transit</a> network on a temporary basis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_2">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bexleybus_bus_84_(A888_SYE),_2010_Cobham_bus_rally.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bexleybus_bus_84_%28A888_SYE%29%2C_2010_Cobham_bus_rally.jpg/220px-Bexleybus_bus_84_%28A888_SYE%29%2C_2010_Cobham_bus_rally.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bexleybus_bus_84_%28A888_SYE%29%2C_2010_Cobham_bus_rally.jpg/330px-Bexleybus_bus_84_%28A888_SYE%29%2C_2010_Cobham_bus_rally.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bexleybus_bus_84_%28A888_SYE%29%2C_2010_Cobham_bus_rally.jpg/440px-Bexleybus_bus_84_%28A888_SYE%29%2C_2010_Cobham_bus_rally.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Preserved <a href="/wiki/Bexleybus" title="Bexleybus">Bexleybus</a> <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Titan_(B15)" title="Leyland Titan (B15)">Leyland Titan</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wisley_Airfield" title="Wisley Airfield">Wisley Airfield</a> in April 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Built as a <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_London" title="Trolleybuses in London">trolleybus</a> depot by the <a href="/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board" title="London Passenger Transport Board">London Passenger Transport Board</a>, Bexleyheath was the only new garage built for trolleybuses, opening on 10 November 1935. The garage's trolleybuses were among the first to be withdrawn from service by London Transport in favour of motorbuses, with routes 696 and 698 replaced by <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_96" title="London Buses route 96">bus routes 96</a> and an extended <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_229" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 229">route 229</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsBX_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsBX-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bexleyheath garage is a large and imposing building, slightly set back from the main Erith Road to enable parking on the forecourt. This arrangement was used for the terminus for <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_122" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 122">route 122</a>. In August 1986, Bexleyheath was found to be one of a number of <a href="/wiki/London_Regional_Transport" title="London Regional Transport">London Regional Transport</a> (LRT) bus garages surplus to requirements as a result of bus route tendering reducing the LRT bus fleet, and as a result, Bexleyheath garage was closed, with work transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Catford_bus_garage" class="mw-redirect" title="Catford bus garage">Catford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumstead_bus_garage" class="mw-redirect" title="Plumstead bus garage">Plumstead</a> and Sidcup garages. The site, however, was retained by LRT for further development.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsBX_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsBX-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 January 1988, Bexleyheath garage reopened under the guise of <a href="/wiki/Bexleybus" title="Bexleybus">Bexleybus</a>, a low-cost unit set up by <a href="/wiki/London_Regional_Transport" title="London Regional Transport">London Buses</a> in preparation for the deregulation of London's bus services. Bexleybus had a varied fleet of 107 buses painted in a cream and blue livery, ranging from Robin Hood-bodied <a href="/wiki/Iveco_Daily#First_generation_(1978)" title="Iveco Daily">Iveco Daily</a> and integrally-constructed <a href="/wiki/MCW_Metrorider" title="MCW Metrorider">MCW Metrorider</a> <a href="/wiki/Minibus" title="Minibus">minibuses</a> to ex-LRT <a href="/wiki/Daimler_Fleetline" title="Daimler Fleetline">Daimler Fleetlines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leyland_National" title="Leyland National">Leyland Nationals</a> as well as 28 new <a href="/wiki/Northern_Counties_(bus_manufacturer)" title="Northern Counties (bus manufacturer)">Northern Counties</a>-bodied <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Olympian" title="Leyland Olympian">Leyland Olympians</a> leased to the operator.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move to set up the new company to tender for routes backfired, with low maintenance, supervisory and administrative staffing at Bexleyheath garage resulting in frequent service delays and vehicle breakdowns.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the disruption, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_422" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 422">routes 422</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_492" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 492">492</a> were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Boro%27line_London" title="Boro'line London">Boro'line London</a> in October 1988,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the next round of London Buses route tendering in September 1990, only <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_B16" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route B16">route B16</a> was awarded to Bexleybus, whilst London Central won nine routes.<sup id="cite_ref-Bexleybus_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bexleybus-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London Central took control of Bexleyheath garage and its routes in January 1991, with the Bexleybus name being dropped and vehicles being returned to their lessors.<sup id="cite_ref-Bexleybus_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bexleybus-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent years, the garage has had a good utilisation figure, with up to 139 in 2001 parked at the garage necessitating parking in the rear yard and the forecourt.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Bexleyheath also houses one of London Central's iBus hubs, controlling routes for Bexleyheath, Morden Wharf, New Cross, and Peckham garages,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> as well as Go-Ahead London's private hire and rail replacement fleet, the former of which is painted in the style of the former London General company.<sup id="cite_ref-Bexleybus_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bexleybus-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Bexleyheath became the first bus garage in London to be equipped for 'opportunity charge' <a href="/wiki/Battery_electric_bus" title="Battery electric bus">battery electric bus</a> operation, whereby the bus is charged while terminating before starting its next journey. This was introduced on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_132" title="London Buses route 132">route 132</a> whose eastern terminus is at the garage.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A gantry was installed at the garage connecting with a <a href="/wiki/Pantograph_(transport)" title="Pantograph (transport)">pantograph</a> on the top of the bus, and on 9 July 2022, a fleet of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400EV" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV">Alexander Dennis Enviro400EVs</a> began to enter service on route 132.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 November 2024, Go-Ahead London began a 15-year <a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Council" title="Kent County Council">Kent County Council</a> contract to operate the <a href="/wiki/Kent_Thameside" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent Thameside">Kent Thameside</a> portion of the <a href="/wiki/Fastrack_(bus)" title="Fastrack (bus)">Fastrack</a> <a href="/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit" title="Bus rapid transit">bus rapid transit</a> network, which was originally operated by <a href="/wiki/Arriva_Southern_Counties" title="Arriva Southern Counties">Arriva Southern Counties</a>. The fleet of 28 <a href="/wiki/Battery_electric_bus" title="Battery electric bus">battery electric</a> <a href="/wiki/Irizar_ie_tram" class="mw-redirect" title="Irizar ie tram">Irizar ie tram</a> bus fleet used by Go-Ahead on the Fastrack network are based at Bexleyheath garage on a temporary basis until a new garage at the Crossways Business Park in <a href="/wiki/Dartford" title="Dartford">Dartford</a> is completed.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Camberwell_(Q)"><span id="Camberwell_.28Q.29"></span>Camberwell (Q)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Camberwell (Q)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Camberwell_bus_garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4647988.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Camberwell_bus_garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4647988.jpg/220px-Camberwell_bus_garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4647988.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Camberwell_bus_garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4647988.jpg/330px-Camberwell_bus_garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4647988.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Camberwell_bus_garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4647988.jpg/440px-Camberwell_bus_garage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4647988.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="736" /></a><figcaption>The former head office of <a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a> bus garage on <a href="/wiki/Camberwell_New_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Camberwell New Road">Camberwell New Road</a>, now used as <a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_London" title="Go-Ahead London">Go-Ahead London</a>'s training school, September 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>As of January 2024, <a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a> garage operates routes <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_1" title="London Buses route 1">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_12" title="London Buses route 12">12</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_35" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 35">35</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_40" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 40">40</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_42" title="London Buses route 42">42</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_100" title="London Buses route 100">100</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_108" title="London Buses route 108">108D</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_176" title="London Buses route 176">176</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_185" title="London Buses route 185">185</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_355" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 355">355</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_360" title="London Buses route 360">360</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_484" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 484">484</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N1" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N1">N1</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N15" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N15">N15</a> (additional workings only) and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_SL6" title="London Buses route SL6">SL6</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_3">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although opened by the <a href="/wiki/London_General_Omnibus_Company" title="London General Omnibus Company">London General Omnibus Company</a> in June 1914, Camberwell garage was not used as a bus garage until 1919 as it had been requisitioned by the <a href="/wiki/War_Department_(United_Kingdom)" title="War Department (United Kingdom)">War Department</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Camberwell garage was bombed twice: the first bombing occurred on the night of 31 October 1940, resulting in four buses being destroyed and 13 seriously damaged, followed on 16 April 1941 by an <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Incendiary bomb">incendiary bomb</a> being dropped on the garage, destroying one bus. During the war, Camberwell garage was equipped for bus body overhauling in 1940, and a fleet of sixteen buses were converted to run on <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>-fuelled <a href="/wiki/Producer_gas" title="Producer gas">producer gas</a> to combat <a href="/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom#Fuel" title="Rationing in the United Kingdom">fuel rationing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsQ_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsQ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early 1950s, Camberwell garage underwent heavy modernisation, which saw the garage's welfare and operational block reconstructed and bus parking area extended. The new building also incorporated a newly-developed pit and workshop layout in a separate self-contained block, all being grouped together in order to reduce the effort required by maintenance staff. As a result, Camberwell was able to undertake heavy maintenance for both itself and <a href="/wiki/Walworth_bus_garage" class="mw-redirect" title="Walworth bus garage">Walworth garage</a> as part of an engineering grouping of London Transport bus garages.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The allocation at Camberwell decreased slightly over the years from 165 in 1952, until the closure of <a href="/wiki/Walworth_bus_garage" class="mw-redirect" title="Walworth bus garage">Walworth garage</a> in 1985 increased the allocation to 142.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> When London Regional Transport's bus operations were split on 1 April 1989, Walworth was designated as the head office for the London Central Bus Company.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsQ_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsQ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between September 1992 and early 1993, Camberwell garage took delivery of 24 <a href="/wiki/Optare_Spectra" title="Optare Spectra">Optare Spectra</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/DAF_DB250" class="mw-redirect" title="DAF DB250">DAF DB250s</a> to replace AEC Routemasters on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_3" title="London Buses route 3">route 3</a>, these being the last new buses delivered to London Buses before privatisation.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LyonsQ_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsQ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The purchase of London General by the Go-Ahead Group in 1996 saw the merger of the two companies' operations, resulting in London Central's head office moving away from Camberwell. The office building was left mothballed until 2001, when it was refurbished and opened as Go-Ahead's London recruitment and training centre. This centre was refurbished and reopened again in March 2019 as a facility to train over 1,000 bus drivers a year under a new apprenticeship programme, also expanding its scope to drivers working for the wider Go-Ahead Group.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsQ_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsQ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Camberwell garage is today one of the United Kingdom's largest bus garages, having a vehicle authorisation of 242 and employing 650 drivers as of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-LyonsQ_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyonsQ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After having been previously been the garage for <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Citaro" title="Mercedes-Benz Citaro">Mercedes-Benz Citaro</a> <a href="/wiki/Articulated_buses_in_London" title="Articulated buses in London">articulated buses</a> on the route between November 2004 and November 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/New_Routemaster" title="New Routemaster">New Routemasters</a> were introduced at Camberwell on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_12" title="London Buses route 12">routes 12</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_68" title="London Buses route 68">68</a> between 2015 and 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 42 charging points were installed at the garage during 2021 to facilitate the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro200EV" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV">Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV</a> <a href="/wiki/Battery_electric_bus" title="Battery electric bus">battery electric buses</a> on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_100" title="London Buses route 100">routes 100</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_360" title="London Buses route 360">360</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_484" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 484">484</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morden_Wharf_(MG)"><span id="Morden_Wharf_.28MG.29"></span>Morden Wharf (MG)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Morden Wharf (MG)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of September 2023, Morden Wharf garage operates routes <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_108" title="London Buses route 108">108</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_178" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 178">178</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_188" title="London Buses route 188">188</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_225" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 225">225</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_286" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 286">286</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_291" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 291">291</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_386" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 386">386</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_469" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 469">469</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_4">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 July 2017, Morden Wharf garage commenced operations at the site of a sugar refinery on the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Peninsula" title="Greenwich Peninsula">Greenwich Peninsula</a> after <a href="/wiki/London_General" title="London General">London General</a>'s Mandela Way garage closed,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving an official opening on 12 March 2018. Housing 125 buses and 310 drivers, Morden Wharf initially operated routes 108, 129, 180, 188, 225, 286 and N1.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Cross_(NX)"><span id="New_Cross_.28NX.29"></span>New Cross (NX)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: New Cross (NX)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Looking_into_New_Cross_Bus_Garage_(geograph_7787441).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Looking_into_New_Cross_Bus_Garage_%28geograph_7787441%29.jpg/220px-Looking_into_New_Cross_Bus_Garage_%28geograph_7787441%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Looking_into_New_Cross_Bus_Garage_%28geograph_7787441%29.jpg/330px-Looking_into_New_Cross_Bus_Garage_%28geograph_7787441%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Looking_into_New_Cross_Bus_Garage_%28geograph_7787441%29.jpg/440px-Looking_into_New_Cross_Bus_Garage_%28geograph_7787441%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a> garage forecourt, June 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>As of April 2024, <a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a> garage operates routes <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_21" title="London Buses route 21">21</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_36" title="London Buses route 36">36</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_108" title="London Buses route 108">108</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_129" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 129">129</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_171" title="London Buses route 171">171</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_172" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 172">172</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_321" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 321">321</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_343" title="London Buses route 343">343</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_436" title="London Buses route 436">436</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_453" title="London Buses route 453">453</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N21" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N21">N21</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N89" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N89">N89</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N136" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N136">N136</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N171" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N171">N171</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_N343" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route N343">N343</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_P4" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route P4">P4</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_5">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Central_MAL46_on_436.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/London_Central_MAL46_on_436.JPG/220px-London_Central_MAL46_on_436.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/London_Central_MAL46_on_436.JPG/330px-London_Central_MAL46_on_436.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/London_Central_MAL46_on_436.JPG/440px-London_Central_MAL46_on_436.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2219" data-file-height="1245" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Citaro" title="Mercedes-Benz Citaro">Mercedes-Benz Citaro</a> <a href="/wiki/Articulated_buses_in_London" title="Articulated buses in London">articulated bus</a> on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_436" title="London Buses route 436">route 436</a> at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_bus_station" title="Victoria bus station">Victoria bus station</a> in April 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Said to be the largest of London's bus garages with space for over 300 buses, New Cross garage was originally a tram depot and opened in 1906. In 1952 with the trams withdrawn, the depot was converted into a bus garage. The garage allocation has fluctuated over the years, from 191 in 1966 to 132 in 2001; New Cross has never been even close to its capacity due to the close proximity of other garages, but has at various times been used to store surplus vehicles.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>New Cross was a garage where two special bus services were based. In 1972, New Cross ran a preserved ex-Tilling ST-type <a href="/wiki/AEC_Regent_I" title="AEC Regent I">AEC Regent I</a> on London Transport's new route 100 sightseeing service, running between <a href="/wiki/Horse_Guards_Avenue" title="Horse Guards Avenue">Horse Guards Avenue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>, the <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End of London</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Embankment" title="Victoria Embankment">Victoria Embankment</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this service was revived during 1977 as part of commemorations for the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second service, launched in January 2000 as part of the '<a href="/wiki/List_of_guided_busways_and_BRT_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom#Abandoned_proposals" title="List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom">Millennium Busway</a>' project, used a fleet of 17 <a href="/wiki/East_Lancs_Myllennium" title="East Lancs Myllennium">East Lancs Myllennium</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/DAF_SB220" title="DAF SB220">DAF SB220s</a>, three of which were <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas" title="Liquefied petroleum gas">LPG</a> gas-powered, for <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Dome" title="Millennium Dome">Millennium Dome</a> shuttle services M1 and M2,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the former of which was relaunched with the same buses as <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_486" title="London Buses route 486">route 486</a> in early 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 February 1996, a London Central <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Titan_(B15)" title="Leyland Titan (B15)">Leyland Titan</a> based from New Cross garage and working on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_171" title="London Buses route 171">route 171</a> was destroyed when a <a href="/wiki/Aldwych_bus_bombing" title="Aldwych bus bombing">bomb</a> detonated prematurely in the lower deck as it drove along <a href="/wiki/Aldwych" title="Aldwych">Aldwych</a>, killing <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional IRA</a> member <a href="/wiki/Edward_O%27Brien_(Irish_republican)" title="Edward O'Brien (Irish republican)">Edward O'Brien</a> and injuring eight others inside and outside the bus. Driver Robert Newitt, one of three seriously injured, was left permanently <a href="/wiki/Deaf" class="mw-redirect" title="Deaf">deafened</a> by the explosion.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2003, New Cross garage began operating 30 <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Citaro" title="Mercedes-Benz Citaro">Mercedes-Benz Citaro</a> articulated buses on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_436" title="London Buses route 436">route 436</a>, the third such London bus route to be converted to <a href="/wiki/Articulated_buses_in_London" title="Articulated buses in London">articulated buses</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2005, New Cross garage withdrew its last <a href="/wiki/AEC_Routemaster" title="AEC Routemaster">AEC Routemasters</a> when <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_36" title="London Buses route 36">route 36</a> was curtailed from <a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a> to <a href="/wiki/New_Cross_Gate" class="mw-redirect" title="New Cross Gate">New Cross Gate</a> in favour of the 436 and ahead of the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/London_congestion_charge" title="London congestion charge">congestion charge</a>, with one-person operated double-decker buses taking over on the 36.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 436's articulated Citaros were themselves withdrawn and replaced by double-deckers on 21 November 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peckham_(PM)"><span id="Peckham_.28PM.29"></span>Peckham (PM)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Peckham (PM)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peckham_Bus_Garage_(3074825153).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Peckham_Bus_Garage_%283074825153%29.jpg/220px-Peckham_Bus_Garage_%283074825153%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Peckham_Bus_Garage_%283074825153%29.jpg/330px-Peckham_Bus_Garage_%283074825153%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Peckham_Bus_Garage_%283074825153%29.jpg/440px-Peckham_Bus_Garage_%283074825153%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a> bus garage from Blackpool Road, November 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>As of December 2023, <a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a> garage operates routes <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_37" title="London Buses route 37">37</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_78" title="London Buses route 78">78</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_197" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 197">197</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_P12" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route P12">P12</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_6">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the original Peckham bus garage, which opened in 1951,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was closed in 1994 due to both operational expenses and concerns about the garage's <a href="/wiki/Ferro-concrete" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferro-concrete">ferro-concrete</a> roof, London Central took over a local authority maintenance depot and opened a new Peckham bus garage at the site with a capacity for 75 buses.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In January 2000, Peckham garage put London's first <a href="/wiki/Volvo_Buses" title="Volvo Buses">Volvo</a> <a href="/wiki/Low-floor_bus" title="Low-floor bus">low-floor</a> double-decker buses, in the form of part of an order of 46 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_ALX400" title="Alexander ALX400">Alexander ALX400</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_B7TL" title="Volvo B7TL">Volvo B7TLs</a>, into service on <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_63" title="London Buses route 63">route 63</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peckham won Bus Garage of the Year in 2004, although this turned out to be a poisoned chalice for the garage, losing almost half of its work including <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_381" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 381">routes 381</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_P13" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route P13">P13</a> in the next year's tender awards.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of December 2019, London Central had a peak vehicle requirement of 676 buses.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (November 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_Central&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/6th-april-1989/20/lrt-launches-11-fleets-for-dereg">"LRT launches 11 fleets for dereg"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Motor" title="Commercial Motor">Commercial Motor</a></i>. 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