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National Express National Express Group is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Birmingham, England. It operates bus, coach, train and tram services in the United Kingdom, Ireland (National Express operates Eurolines in conjunction ...

Abellio London Abellio London is a bus company operating services in Greater London. A subsidiary of Abellio, it operates services under contract to Transport for London (TfL). Until September 2018, services were operated in Surrey under the Abellio Sur ...

National Express National Express Group is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Birmingham, England. It operates bus, coach, train and tram services in the United Kingdom, Ireland (National Express operates Eurolines in conjunction ...

Travel West Midlands National Express West Midlands (NXWM) is a bus operator in the West Midlands that operates services in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Solihull, as well as limited routes outside of the general area of Birmingham, s ...

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Travel Surrey Travel Surrey was a bus company operating services in Surrey. It was a subsidiary of National Express before being sold in May 2009 to NedRailways. In October 2009, it was rebranded as Abellio Surrey.NedRailways. The sale included 66 routes, 36 Transport for London tendered services and 30

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and

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routes. All vehicles, depots and staff were included. On 30 October 2009 the businesses were rebranded as Abellio London and Abellio Surrey.

Travel London Limited

Travel London Limited operated garages at

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Cross, Queenstown (

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) and

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Road, operating 66, 82 and 98 buses respectively (246 in total) when the company was renamed. Beddington Cross operated London Buses routes 3, 152, 157,

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, G1, P13, and night route N3, and was opened by Connex in 2000 to house their newly won route 3. Queenstown operated routes 35, 156, 211, 452, C3, 24-hour route

344 Year 344 (Roman numerals, CCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leontius and Bonosus (or, less frequently, year 1097 ...

and night route N35. Walworth Road operated routes 40, 100, 129, 188, 343, 381, C1, night routes N343 and N381. Originally a site acquired by the

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for its electric trams, it was known as

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until 1950 when its name was changed to Walworth with the arrival of buses. This was to avoid confusion with Camberwell Garage located opposite the Walworth garage. Major rebuilding took place during the 1950s to repair bomb damage from the World War II during which time some buses were worked out of Camberwell. In the late 1960s the garage assumed operation of the Red Arrow routes with MBAs and later LSs until its closure in 1985. Following the closure of the Victoria and Ash Grove garages, from 1987 Walworth operated the Red Arrow routes for a short time until the Waterloo garage was ready. During the early 1990s the garage once again re-opened, this time for the Londonlinks operation of routes 78 and

176 Year 176 ( CLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Aper (or, less frequently, year 929 '' Ab urbe condita'') ...

. The

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and they leased it out. The garage lay dormant for the next six years until late 2003 when work started on refurbishing the garage for Travel London, who needed more garage space after some contract wins including routes 381, 452 and N381.Bus tender results Route 452
Transport for London 3 May 2006 Travel London won the contract for route 407, starting from 31 October 2009. This was used as the launch of the new Abellio name.

Travel London (West) Limited

Travel London (West) Limited operated the garages at Fulwell and

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, the Byfleet depot being rebranded

Travel Surrey Travel Surrey was a bus company operating services in Surrey. It was a subsidiary of National Express before being sold in May 2009 to NedRailways. In October 2009, it was rebranded as Abellio Surrey.235, 481, 490, H20, H25, H26, R68 and R70. Byfleet operated

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tendered routes 218, 400, 426, 438, 441, 446, 451, 461, 471, 472, 513, 514, 515, 515A, 555, 557, 564, 566, 567, 570, 571, 572, 574, 637, 662, 663 and 690. Fulwell garage also operated

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routes KU1, KU2, and KU3, until the contract was lost to

Tellings-Golden Miller Tellings-Golden Miller is a charter coach operator in England. It was a subsidiary of Arriva twice previously, but once again has returned to family ownership. The company is now a subsidiary of Falcon Coaches based in Byfleet, Surrey. History ...

in 2009.

Travel London (Middlesex) Limited

Travel London (Middlesex) Limited operated one garage in Hayes. It operated 19 buses on London Buses routes

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, 350, H28 and U7.

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{{NEXG National Express companies 1998 establishments in England 2009 disestablishments in England