Westlink was an English bus operator. A subsidiary of

London Regional Transport London Regional Transport (LRT) was the organisation responsible for most of the public transport network in London, England, between 1984 and 2000. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and operatio ...

, it was established in August 1986, being

privatised Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

in January 1994, and sold to London United in September 1995.

History

Westlink was formed in 1986 by

to operate tendered services in South West London and

West London West London is the western part of London, England, north of the River Thames, west of the City of London, and extending to the Greater London boundary. The term is used to differentiate the area from the other parts of London: North London ...

. Routes operated included 81,

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, 117, 131, 203, 216, 371, 411, H20, H23, K1, K2, K3, K4 and K6. Garages were operated in

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and Kingston. On 19 January 1994, Westlink was

in a

management buyout A management buyout (MBO) is a form of acquisition in which a company's existing managers acquire a large part, or all, of the company, whether from a parent company or individual. Management-, and/or leveraged buyout became noted phenomena of 1 ...

. It was quickly sold to

West Midlands Travel 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 ...

. The business was included in the April 1995 sale of West Midlands Travel to

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, who sold it in September 1995 to London United.Development of Organised Transportation in London
Transport for London January 2013 It continued to operate independently for a period, before being integrated into the London United business and the name fell out of use.

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