Edgware Bus Garage

Operator: Metroline
Subsidiary: Metroline Travel
Address: Station Rd, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 7AN
Garage Code:  EW
Opened: 1925 Rebuilt: 1984
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 80

• Link
• Mail
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• YouTube

Vehicle Types Operated

Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400EV
MCV EV/Volvo BZL
MCV Evoseti
Wrightbus Electroliner

Garage History

The original Edgware Bus Garage was constructed by the London General Omnibus Company, opening in 1925 with space to house 24 vehicles.

Following the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, London Transport constructed a new building adjacent to the original, allowing the LGOC garage to be demolished and replaced with Edgware Bus Station. The outdoor parking area was initially used to store new vehicles for the Trolleybus replacement programme.

Some reconstruction of the garage’s interior was carried out in the 1960s, but plans were drawn up in the early 1970s to replace it with a larger purpose-built structure.

However, it was not until 1982 that construction of the new facility commenced on the site of the former British Railways station adjacent to the Underground Station. The new building, costing £4.5 million, was opened in October 1984 with space for 100 vehicles.

In the run-up to privatising London’s Buses and creating 12 business units, Metroline took over the garage’s operation on 1 April 1989.

The takeover saw Cricklewood Garage rationalised and the engineering department was moved to Edgware. Following the completion of works at Cricklewood, the engineering department returned to its former home and Edgware was earmarked for closure in 1992. The garage building was closed but the outdoor parking area was used to operate midibuses, with a new bus wash and light maintenance facilities being provided.

After gaining a number of routes in northwest London during the tendering process, Sovereign London took a 10-year lease on half of the garage in 1999, investing over £250,000 on refurbishing the building and providing a 24-hour maintenance facility. With completion of the works, Sovereign closed their Borehamwood garage and relocated their entire fleet here.

Having undertaken a review of their services and requirements following theior sale to ComfortDelgro, Metroline returned to the other half of the garage in September 2000.