Docklands Buses

Docklands Buses
	East Lancashire Coachbuilders bodied Scania OmniDekka on route 425 at Stratford in February 2012
Parent	Go-Ahead Group
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Merton
Service area	East London
Service type	Bus services
Routes	6 (May 2021)
Depots	2
Website	www.docklandsbuses.co.uk

Docklands Buses is a bus company operating in East London. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and operates services under contract to Transport for London.

History[]

Docklands Buses was formed by Harry Blundred's Transit Holdings in 1988 as Docklands Transit.^[1]^[2] It initially operated local commercial routes using Ford Transit minibuses, but these proved not to be viable so it switched to operating tendered Transport for London services.^[3] Stagecoach purchased the bus side of the company in 1997, and Docklands Transit continued operating private hire vehicles. In 2002, Docklands Buses commenced operating route 167, soon winning other contracts.

In September 2006 the company was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group.^[4] In August 2008, Go-Ahead's London bus operations all adopted the Go-Ahead London trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the logo.

Garages[]

Silvertown (SI)[]

As at May 2021, Docklands Buses operates routes 276, 300, 376 and D7.

Henley Road (DS)[]

As at July 2021, Docklands Buses operates routes 15, 69,115 ,649, 650, 651and N15^[5]

Docklands Buses took over the operation of route 135 on 23 May 2015. ^[6]

Fleet[]

As at May 2015, Docklands Buses had a peak vehicle requirement of 76 buses.^[5]

References[]

^ Companies House extract company no 2212346 Docklands Transit Limited
^ Blundred's minis to sail into docklands Commercial Motor 1 December 1988 page 5
^ McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 73. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
^ Annual Report 30 June 2007 Archived 23 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Go-Ahead Group plc
^ ^a ^b Carr, Ken (May 2015). The London Bus Guide (5 ed.). Boreham: Visions International Entertainment. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-9931735-3-0.
^ "Another tendered route loss for Arriva London" Buses issue 716 November 2014 page 10

External links[]

Media related to Docklands Buses at Wikimedia Commons
Docklands Buses website

[1] Companies House extract company no 2212346 Docklands Transit Limited

[2] Blundred's minis to sail into docklands Commercial Motor 1 December 1988 page 5

[3] McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 73. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.

[4] Annual Report 30 June 2007 Archived 23 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Go-Ahead Group plc

[KCarr119-5] Carr, Ken (May 2015). The London Bus Guide (5 ed.). Boreham: Visions International Entertainment. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-9931735-3-0.

[6] "Another tendered route loss for Arriva London" Buses issue 716 November 2014 page 10

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