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 Stagecoach LondonAlexander Dennis Enviro400H City onroute 388 atStratford City bus station in July 2025 | |
| Parent | Stagecoach |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | West Ham, London, England |
| Service area | |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Depots | 9 |
| Fleet | 1,488 (March 2024)[1] |
| Operator | East London Selkent Thameside Lea Interchange Bus Company |
| Website | www |
Stagecoach London is a major bus operator inGreater London. It is a subsidiary ofStagecoach and operates services under contract toTransport for London mostly in East and South East London, as well as some services running into Central London.
It is the largest subsidiary of theStagecoach Group, with 283.4 million passengers journeys taken on Stagecoach London buses between May 2018 and April 2019, and as of March 2024, the fleet consisted of 1,488 buses.[1]
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In 1994,Stagecoach purchased theEast London andSelkent operations during theprivatisation of London bus services. Both continued to trade under their existing names until November 2000 when Stagecoach consolidated its London operations under the Stagecoach London brand with both remaining as separate legal entities.[2][3]
In August 2006, Stagecoach sold its London bus operations toMacquarie Bank.[4][5] The new owner restored the East London and Selkent trading name logos.
In September 2008,Thameside was established to operateroute 248.
In October 2010, Stagecoach reacquired its old London operations with all operations once again rebranded as Stagecoach London.[6]
In May 2022, Stagecoach announced it would takeoverTower Transit'sLea Interchange garage for £20 million.[7][8] The takeover was completed on 25 June 2022,[9] with Stagecoach operating the garage under the Lea Interchange Bus Company Limited legal entity.[10]
Following negotiations between the two operators while its regional operations were shut down ahead of entry intoadministration,[11] in August 2022,social enterprise operatorHCT Group's Transport for London operations, consisting of 17 bus routes, were purchased by Stagecoach London. The deal saw around 500 members of staff and 160 buses transfer to Stagecoach's East London operation, along with leases on the HCT Group's Ash Grove and Walthamstow Avenue garages.[12]
Stagecoach London operates services under contract toTransport for London. These are operated by 3 legal entities which all exist but under the Stagecoach London brand:
In 2000, Stagecoach's standard bus livery of a dark blue skirt and orange and light blue swirl at the rear with the standard white replaced by red was introduced. After the sale to Macquarie Bank, an all-red livery was introduced.
A coach operation trading under the brand East London Coaches, which ceased in February 2007, and a Travelshop, which closed in March 2009, were both based at the company's then-Ilford head office. The head office is now at theWest Ham depot.
Lea Interchange garage operates routes58,97,135,236,276,308,339,488,678,D8,W13 andW14.
Lea Interchange was opened byFirst London in 2007 to replace its Waterden Road,Stratford garage that closed as part of the development of theOlympic Park for the2012 Olympic andParalympic Games.[citation needed] The garage was one of three sold by First in June 2013 toTower Transit,[13] later being sold as Tower Transit's last-remaining garage in May 2022 to Stagecoach London.[8] The garage today operates as a standalone Stagecoach London subsidiary, trading under the legal nameLea Interchange Bus Company Limited.[10]
In 2023,Waltham Forest Council proposed the construction of eight high-rise residential towers, capable of housing up to 5,000 residents, in theLeyton area. One of these towers would be situated on the site of Lea Interchange garage, which is planned to be rebuilt as an all-electric garage at the base of a tower housing 650 apartments.[14][15]
As of March 2023, the Stagecoach London fleet consisted of 1,488 buses.[1]
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