Travel Surrey was a bus company operating services in

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. It was a subsidiary of

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 ...

before being sold in May 2009 to NedRailways. In October 2009, it was rebranded as

Abellio Surrey 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 Surr ...

.NedRailways announces launch Abellio London and Abellio Surrey
NedRailways 30 October 2009

History

In June 2005,

purchased the London bus operations of

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 ...

and integrated them into their

Travel London Travel London was a bus company operating services in Greater London. It was a subsidiary of National Express before being sold in May 2009 to NedRailways. In October 2009, it was rebranded as Abellio London.

subsidiary. This sale also included Tellings-Golden Millar's

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depot. The legal company name was Travel London (West) Limited.Companies House extract company no 689260
Abellio West London Limited formerly Travel London (West) Limited formerly Tellings-Golden Miller Buses Limited It traded as Travel London. All vehicles underwent a repaint with the blue and white colours replaced with a livery of white with a red skirt. Travel London West DP1 LJ56 ONH

On 1 September 2007, the Byfleet service were rebranded as Travel Surrey. After National Express took over, some of the

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tender routes were lost or given up. However, many are now operated once again. An example of this is the 426/446 Woking - Staines service, which was operated by Flights Hallmark, trading as Surrey Connect. However, Flights wound up their operation, so Travel Surrey took over the routes and some vehicles. In November 2007 National Express announced plans to re-brand all of their operations under a new unified National Express identity. Travel Surrey was to be rebranded as National Express Surrey however this was shelved and all bus operations retained their existing identities. In May 2009 National Express sold Travel Surrey to NedRailways. The sale included 27

and

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routes. All vehicles, depots and staff were included.NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market
NedRailways 9 June 2009 On 30 October 2009 the businesses were rebranded as Abellio London and Abellio Surrey.

Garage

Travel Surrey operated one depot in

. It was in two parts, held 50 buses, and operated

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, 690. The parts were at either end of the Wintersells Industrial Estate.

Branded routes

A number of services were branded with buses running in special colours, and continue to be so under Abellio. *441 - Plane and Easy: This route is run between

Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport (), called ''London Airport'' until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow , is a major international airport in London, England. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others be ...

and

Englefield Green Englefield Green is a large village in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. It is home to Royal Holloway, University of London. The village grew from a hamlet in the 19th century, when much of Egham ( ...

via Staines, and is supported by BAA. It received new buses in 2006, with grey swoops at the rear. *426/446: These routes were branded with green swoops at the rear, it was notable in serving

Thorpe Park Thorpe Park Resort, commonly known as Thorpe Park, is an amusement park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, southwest of Central London. It is operated by Merlin Entertai ...

, which was included in the branding. *555/557: These routes were run with silver liveried buses, and were run with BAA support, between

Heathrow Central bus station Heathrow Central bus station is a large bus station that serves terminals 2 and 3 of Heathrow Airport, in London, England. It provides urban bus and long-distance coach services to destinations in London and to regional destinations across Br ...

and

Walton-on-Thames railway station Walton-on-Thames railway station is at the southern edge of the town of Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England and borders Burwood Park, Hersham. It is from and is situated between and . The station's main entrance borders the Ashley Park area ...

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