Arriva London Edmonton Bus Garage
Edmonton Bus Garage
Operator: Arriva London
Address: Towpath Road, London N18 3QX
Garage Code: EC
Opened: 1993
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 41
Vehicle Types Operated:
Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2
Wrightbus Eclipse New Bus for London (NB4L)
Garage History
The first Edmonton Bus Garage at this location was established in 1993 by London Suburban Buses to accommodate their new routes 4 and 271, and later Route 41 was added to their portfolio.
In 1995, MTL London Northern acquired London Suburban and relocated routes 4 and 271 to Holloway. The following year saw Cowie Leaside take over Route 41, and the garage was closed.
1996 saw County Bus & Coach acquired by Cowie Group, who re-opened the garage in early 1997 and merged County Bus with the Leaside Travel unit.
In the later part of the year, Cowie Group underwent a rebranding and became known as Arriva. As a result of this rebranding, the County Bus operation was integrated into Arriva East Herts & Essex, and the operations were relocated to Ware. At this time, the Edmonton garage was shut down.
Following the introduction of Mercedes Benz Citaro G Articulated vehicles by Arriva on Route 149, Edmonton was adapted and re-opened in 2005.
This operation lasted until September 2012 when articulated operation ceased and the garage was closed again.
The closure however only lasted for 2 years as the nearby Lea Valley garage was closed and all operations transferred to Edmonton.
Good evening,
My name is Tom Collier and I am the Head of School for West Lea Special Needs School in Edmonton. I write hoping you may be able to help with a request I have. At West Lea, our missing and ethos is all about becoming independent. We understand how important travelling on public transport is to our pupils as a gateway to independence. I have a dream of having a bus permanently on our site to enable pupils to become familiar with the protocols, rules and guidance needing to be adhered for everyday travel. These simple tings are executed seamlessly by the vast majority of London, but for our pupils this is a distant hope without our input and intervention.
If you are able to let me know if there is someone specific that would be good to contact for such an outlandish request and I really look forward to hearing back.
Yours hopefully,
Tom Collier
Hi Tom
Thanks for taking the time to contact me. Unfortunately I do not work in the bus industry so cannot help you directly. THere is however a bus sales company that may be willing to help. Their website is at https://www.ensignbus.com/bus-sales.html and their contact email address is [email protected]
I hope this is of some help.
Les Savine
LS Photography