Operator: Go Ahead London
Subsidiary: London Central
Address: Blackpool Road, Peckham SE15 3SE
Garage Code:  PM
Opened:  1994
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 61

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Vehicle Types Operated

Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200EV
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400 MMC
MCV Evoseti

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Garage History

The original bus garage, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners on nearby Bull Yard opened in 1951.

In the run-up to Privatisation, the garage was found to have severe problems with its roof. The repair costs, with the value of the land the garage occupied, led to the decision to close the garage in 1994.

On the day of closure a new facility, formerly a Council depot, was opened in Blackpool Road. The new facility operated on a low-cost basis and had a capacity of 75 vehicles.

The former 1951 garage was demolished in 1995 and the site became an extension to the local Safeway (now Morrisons) supermarket, as well as the site of Peckham bus station.

The new garage was the first in London to operate Alexander Dennis ALX400 bodied Volvo low-floor vehicles, starting on Route 63 in 2000.

Peckham won bus garage of the year in 2004, although this was a bad omen as it lost almost half of its workload in the following year’s tender awards.

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Operator: Go Ahead London
Subsidiary: London Central
Address: 208 New Cross Road, London, SE14 5UH
Garage Code:  NX
Opened:  1906
Vehicles Allocated: 171

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Vehicle Types Operated

Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200EV
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400H
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400 MMC
MCV Evoseti
Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 3
Wrightbus New Bus for London (NB4L)

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Garage History

New Cross Bus Garage was opened by the London County Council in 1906 as the second-largest tram depot in London (Holloway was slightly larger).

Amid the 1926 General Strike in support of the miners, the tram crews at New Cross joined the picket lines resulting in the use of strikebreakers to ensure that trams kept operating.

On 7th May of that year, a crowd of around two and a half thousand strikers blocking the depot entrance were baton charged by the Police, resulting in what was described at the time as ‘Rowdyism in New Cross’ by the Kentish Mercury newspaper.

Following the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, the London County Council relinquished control of its tram network to the new entity.

The LPTB decided to close the London Tram network and the last tram ran from Charlton to New Cross on Saturday 5th July 1952, with a large crowd of wellwishers at the depot to bid farewell.

The end of trams in London was not the end for New Cross Depot, as it re-opened on the following day as a motorbus garage, said to be the largest in London with capacity for 300 vehicles.

In the run-up to the privatisation of the London Bus network, London Buses was divided into 12 individual business units. New Cross garage was included in the London Central unit and operated under this subsidiary from 1 April 1989.

Privatisation saw the London Central unit purchased by Go Ahead Group in September 1994 and the garage continues to operate under this company.

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Operator: Go Ahead London
Subsidiary: London Central
Address: Morden Wharf Road, Greenwich SE10 0NU
Garage Code:  MG
Opened:  29 July 2017
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 93

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Vehicle Types Operated

Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200 MMC
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200 EV
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400
Mercedes Benz Citaro O530
Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2
Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 3
Wrightbus Streetlite

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Garage History

Morden Wharf was opened on 29 July 2017 as a replacement for Go Ahead London’s Mandela Way bus garage, which had ceased operation and closed the previous day.

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Operator: Go Ahead London
Subsidiary: London Central
Address: 1 Warner Road, Camberwell SE5 9LU
Garage Code:  Q
Opened:  1919
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 189

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Vehicle Types Operated

Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200EV
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400 MMC
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400EV
MCV Evoseti
Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 3
Wrightbus New Bus for London (NB4L)
Wrightbus Streetlite

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Garage History

Camberwell Bus Garage was constructed in 1914 but did not come into its intended use until 1919 due to being requisitioned for the war effort.

With the onset of World War II, Chiswick Works was required for use as an aircraft factory and Camberwell, along with 4 other central area garages (Chalk Farm, Elmers End, Muswell Hill, and Willesden) were selected to carry out body overhauls.

However, Camberwell was bombed in late 1940 resulting in 4 buses being destroyed and 13 seriously damaged, leading to the reduction in overhauls conducted here.

The garage underwent extensive modernisation in the early 1950s, with a new welfare and operational block constructed alongside an enlarged parking area. As part of the new building, a new workshop and pit area were provided in a separate block that undertook heavy maintenance for Camberwell and the adjacent Walworth garage.

In 2005, Camberwell became home to the first hybrid electric buses used in London when six vehicles were trialled on Route 360. Further examples arrived in 2010 and these vehicles were replaced with full electric buses in November 2017.

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Operator: Go Ahead London
Subsidiary: London Central
Address: 134a Erith Road, Bexleyheath DA7 6BX
Garage Code:  BX
Opened:  November 1935
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 114

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Vehicle Types Operated

Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200 MMC
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200 EV
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400
Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro400 EV City
MCV Evoseti
Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2

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Garage History

Bexleyheath Bus Garage was opened as the only new London Passenger Transport Board-constructed trolleybus depot on 10 November 1935.

The site was chosen due to its size, and that the LPTB could include a sizeable forecourt to park both trolleybuses and be used from September 1936 as a terminus for motorbus route 122.

In the early hours of 29th June 1944 a V1 ‘Doodlebug’ flying bomb landed in the centre of the depot causing extensive damage to the depot buildings and the trolleybus fleet either being completely destroyed or severely damaged.

Repairs to the depot were swiftly carried out and the fleet gained strength from other areas, along with several re-bodied vehicles damaged in the bombing.

However, Bexleyheath was the first casualty of Trolleybus withdrawal, ceasing operations on 3 March 1959 and converting to motorbus operation with an allocation of AEC Regent III vehicles.

In 1986 following the breakup of London’s bus network into several business units in preparation for privatisation, Bexleyheath garage was closed with its routes transferring to Catford, Plumstead and Sidcup garages.

The closure lasted for 2 years before Bexleybus, a new low-cost business unit formed by London Buses commenced operations of 17 routes in the area and reopened the garage.

The Bexleybus operation was beset with operational and staffing issues from its beginning and quickly lost two routes by the end of 1988.

The remaining routes followed in January 1991 when the next round of route tenders was announced, leading to Bexleybus ceasing operations and the London Central business unit taking ownership of the garage.

Following privatisation of the London Bus network, The Go Ahead Group purchased London Central, its fleet and garages as their first acquisition in London in September 1994.

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