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brand. Go-Ahead London were selected as the preferred bidder and assumed full responsibility for 10 routes and two depots in
October that year. The East Thames Buses brand was replaced with the Go-Ahead London brand. The East Thames Buses operations were initially absorbed under the
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for £46 million. These two companies subsequently developed in much the same way, both establishing a livery of red with a charcoal skirt and yellow relief band, and splitting orders for new buses.
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A corporate image for Go-Ahead London bus routes started to appear in August 2008, when a new Go-Ahead London logo was unveiled.
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for £23.8 million. In May 1996, it added another former London Buses subsidiary,
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with all routes brought under the London
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The current subsidiaries of Go-Ahead London are, in order of acquisition:
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invited bids for the sale of their own bus operations which ran under the
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November 2024, Go-Ahead London will take over the
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On 1 April 2014, the Go-Ahead Group restructured its
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on 25 April 2014 to accommodate the
Metrobus buses.
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Go-Ahead London welcomes
Metrobus garages into fold
570:"Go-Ahead to buy First's Northumberland Park Depot"
499:. Go-Ahead Group. 19 September 1996. Archived from
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304:contracted services passing to the control of the
255:. With these purchases, Go-Ahead London surpassed
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300:business, with the management of the
318:Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
223:is a large transport group based in
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576:. Peterborough: Emap. 20 March 2012
478:"London General sell to Go-Ahead".
413:"Train man to head Go-Ahead London"
282:arm of Go-Ahead London's business.
239:, which had been sold in 1994 to a
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609:"Metrobus within Go-Ahead London"
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544:"Go-Ahead London - Homepage"
44:Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV
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463:"GAG buys London Central".
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709:Arriva Herts & Essex
837:Transport UK London Bus
773:RATP Dev Transit London
88:18 Merton High Street,
1167:(through 65% share in
1066:Swindon's Bus Company
480:Bus & Coach Buyer
1324:London bus operators
1298:Connecting Stockholm
574:Coach & Bus Week
506:on 23 November 2012.
465:Coach & Bus Week
442:Transport for London
355:Current subsidiaries
302:Transport for London
267:Transport for London
209:Transport for London
1077:Oxford Bus Company
970:Brighton & Hove
310:Brighton & Hove
287:Northumberland Park
120:Number of employees
70:September 1994
23:
16:London bus operator
1132:Go-Ahead Singapore
1086:Oxford Bus Company
626:"Go-Ahead London"
524:on 6 November 2006
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688:Bus operators in
271:East Thames Buses
241:management buyout
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1272:(65% Govia)
1218:Anglian Bus
815:East London
763:Hotel Hoppa
580:13 December
419:3 September
388:(June 2007)
98:Area served
1313:Categories
1281:Thameslink
1223:Aviance UK
793:RATP Group
399:References
341:Greenhithe
110:Key people
1024:Konectbus
946:Globalvia
825:Thameside
768:Metroline
554:13 August
528:13 August
349:Gravesend
345:Ebbsfleet
265:In 2009,
225:Newcastle
92:, England
48:Southwark
1191:European
1180:Southern
1120:Overseas
1046:Bluestar
975:Metrobus
851:National
598:Bus Talk
392:Fastrack
374:Metrobus
333:Dartford
325:Fastrack
298:Metrobus
1071:Unilink
1051:Morebus
863:Megabus
858:FlixBus
820:Selkent
448:28 July
415:. Buses
215:History
174:Website
77:1994-09
75: (
67:Founded
704:Arriva
697:London
690:London
130:Parent
90:London
1254:Govia
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