Arriva London

Arriva London is a bus company operating services in London.

Ash Grove garage (AE)
Ash Grove garage operates Routes 78 and 254. This depot is shared with HCT Group.

History
On August 20th, 2011, Route 254 was moved to this garage from Stamford Hill garage.

On February 2nd, 2013, the Ash Grove allocation for Route 393 was moved to Clapton garage.

On April 27th, 2013, Arriva London started operating Route 106.

On 29 September 2014, the Ash Grove allocation for Route 38 was moved to Clapton garage.

On September 26th, 2015, Route 168 changed to Metroline.

On February 25th, 2017, Arriva London started operating Route 48.

On October 12th, 2019, Route 48 was discontinued.

On June 6th, 2020, Route 106 changed to Go-Ahead London.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis E40H 10.4m / Enviro 400H City (HA) for Route 78
 * New Routemaster 11.3m (LT) for Route 254

Barking garage (DX)
Barking garage operates Routes 150, 173, 175, 325 and 368 and school route 673. This depot is shared with Stagecoach London.

History
On March 6th, 2010, Arriva London started operating Route 325.

On October 16th, 2010, Arriva London commenced operating Route 150 and Route 675 changed to HCT Group.

On March 3rd, 2012, Route 275 passed to Stagecoach London.

On March 24th, 2012, Route 462 passed to Blue Triangle.

On March 31st, 2012, Arriva London started operating Routes 647 and 678.

On May 23rd, 2015, Route 135 passed to Docklands Buses.

On April 30th, 2016, Arriva London started operating Route 368.

On April 1st, 2017, Route 678 changed to Stagecoach London.

On October 14th, 2017, Arriva London started operating Route 175 and the school services on Route 150.

On October 12th, 2019, Route 128 changed to Stagecoach London.

Routes 173 and 673 will change to Stagecoach London from October 17th, 2020.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.2m (ENL) for Route 325
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.1m (T) for Routes 150, 173, 368 and 673
 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for Routes 175 and 368
 * Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Alexander ALX400 for driver training

Clapton garage (CT)
Clapton garage operates Routes 38 and 242 and night Routes N38 and N242.

History
On November 14th, 2009, Clapton garage reopened and routes 38, 242, 393 and N38 were transferred.

On February 2nd, 2013, the Ash Grove allocation for Route 393 was moved to this garage.

On September 29th, 2014, the Ash Grove allocation for Route 38 was moved to this garage.

On March 23rd, 2019, Route 393 passed to Metroline.

On June 15th, 2019, Arriva London started operating Route N242.

Bus types in use

 * Volvo B5LH 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 (HV) for routes 242 and N242
 * Wright New Routemaster 11.3m (LT) for Routes 38 and N38

Edmonton garage (EC)
Edmonton garage operates Routes 259 and W6, agent Routes 34 and 41, weekend night Route 158 and night Route N279.

History
On March 24th, 2012, this garage was closed and Route 20 changed to Blue Triangle.

On March 1st, 2014, Edmonton reopened, with routes 123 (Monday to Friday allocation), 125 (Monday to Saturday allocation), 184, 318, 382, 397, 444, 629, 657, W6 and W11 transferring to this garage.

On January 31st, 2015, Route 125 changed to Metroline.

On March 7th, 2015, Route 444 changed to Tower Transit and Route 657 changed to London General.

On November 8th, 2015, Routes 318 and W6 were transferred to Enfield garage from this garage.

On November 15th, 2014, Route 184 was moved from this garage to Wood Green garage.

On February 2nd, 2015, Route 629 was moved to Palmers Green garage.

On February 25th, 2017, Route 397 passed to HCT Group.

On March 4th, 2017, Route W11 changed to HCT Group.

On March 25th, 2017, Arriva London started operating Route 259.

On July 15th, 2017, Route 382 changed to Metroline.

On January 6th, 2018, most of the allocation for Route 149 was temporarily moved to this garage and part of the Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs (BG61SXK-BN61MYA) were moved to this garage from Tower Transit's Westbourne Park garage.

On March 17th, 2018, the Edmonton allocation for Route 149 was moved from this garage to Tottenham garage.

On March 2nd, 2019, Arriva London started operating Route 158, the Edmonton allocation for Route 123 was moved from this garage to Tottenham garage and part of the allocation for Route 41 was transferred to this garage at the same time.

On April 6th, 2019, Route N279 and the Tottenham (AR) allocation for Route 259 were transferred to this garage.

On November 9th, 2019, Arriva London started operating Route 34.

Route 184 will change to London General from February 6th, 2021.

Buses in use


 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for Routes 41 and 158
 * Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (VLW as a VN from Tower Transit) for Route 158
 * Volvo B5LH 10.5m & 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 (HV or as a 13 from Stagecoach London) for Routes 34, 158, 259 and N279

Enfield garage (E)
Enfield garage operates Routes 191, 192, 279, 313, 349, 377 and W6 and agent Route 121.

History
On June 1st, 2013, Route 491 changed to London General.

On June 8th, 2013, Route 327 changed to London General.

On October 5th, 2013, Routes 192 and 379 were moved to this garage from Lee Valley garage.

On November 8th, 2014, Route 192 temporarily changed to London General.

On November 8th, 2014, Routes 318 and W6 were moved to this garage from Edmonton garage.

On December 12th, 2015, Route 307 passed to Metroline.

On March 11th, 2017, Route 379 changed to London General.

On March 30th, 2019, Route 317 changed back to Metroline.

On April 6th, 2019, Route N279 was moved to Edmonton garage.

On November 9th, 2019, Arriva London started operating Route 192 again.

On June 6th, 2020, Arriva London started operating Route 191 and Route 318 was moved from this garage to Stamford Hill garage.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.8m (ENX) for route 313
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.2m (T) for routes 279 and 313
 * Alexander Dennis E20D 9.0m / Enviro 200 MMC (ENN) for routes 192 and 377
 * Alexander Dennis E20D 9.7m / Enviro 200 MMC (ENS) for route W6
 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for routes 121, 191 and 349

Grays garage (GY)
Grays garage operates Routes 66, 103, 347, 370, and 375.

History
On January 1st, 2016, Arriva London took over the operations of Grays garage.

On October 1st, 2016, Route 346 changed to Blue Triangle.

On October 14th, 2017, Arriva London commenced operating Route 103.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.2m (ENL) for Route 347 and 375
 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for Routes 66, 103 and 370

Palmers Green garage (AD)
Palmers Green garage operates Routes 141, 329, 340, 24-hour Route 102 and weekend night agent Route 34.

History
On December 22nd, 2007, Arriva London started operating Route 634.

On March 24th, 2012, Route 34 was moved to this garage.

On August 31st, 2013, Route 634 changed to Metroline.

On March 1st, 2014, the Lee Valley allocation of Route 34 was transferred to this garage.

On November 8th, 2014, Route 34 changed to Metroline and Route 141 and the Wood Green allocation of Route 329 was moved to this garage.

On January 31st, 2015, Route 125 passed to Metroline.

On February 2nd, 2015, Route 629 was transferred to this garage from Edmonton (EC) garage.

On April 1st, 2017, Route 629 changed to Sullivan Buses.

On September 2nd, 2017, the Wood Green allocation of Route 141 was transferred to this garage.

On June 9th, 2018, Route 340 was transferred to this garage from Watford garage.

On November 9th, 2019, Arriva London started operating Route 34 again and the 10.5m Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LHs were moved to this garage from Stagecoach London's Plumstead garage.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.1m & 10.2m (T) for Route 329
 * Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (HV) for Route 141
 * Volvo B5LH 10.5m & 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 (HV or as a 13 from Stagecoach London) for Routes 34, 102 and 141
 * Wright StreetDeck 10.5m & 10.6m (SW) for Route 340

Stamford Hill garage (SF)
Stamford Hill garage operates Routes 73, 253, 318 and night routes N73 and N253.

History
On September 3rd, 2011, Route 73 was transferred to this garage from Lee Valley garage.

On April 27th, 2013, Arriva London commenced operating Route 67.

On November 4th, 2017, the Tottenham allocation for Route 67 was transferred to this garage.

On June 6th, 2020, Route 67 passed to London General and Route 318 was moved to this garage from Enfield garage.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 8.9m (EN) for Route 318
 * Wright New Routemaster 11.3m (LT) for Routes 73, 253, N73 and N253

Tottenham garage (AR)
Tottenham garage operates Route 19, agent Route 41, 24-hour routes 149, 243 and 341, weekend night Route 123 and night Routes N19 and N41.

History
On October 16th, 2010, Route 149 was moved to this garage from Lee Valley garage.

On April 27th, 2013, Arriva London started operating Route 67.

On June 22nd, 2013, Arriva London started operating Route 230. Tower Transit was born at the same time.

On March 1st, 2014, Route 341 was moved to this garage from Lee Valley garage.

On March 25th, 2017, Route 76 passed to London General and Arriva London started operating Route 259.

On April 1st, 2017, Arriva London started the operation Routes 19 and N19 again.

On December 23rd, 2017, the Tottenham (AR) allocation for Route 67 was moved to Stamford Hill garage.

On January 6th, 2018, most of the allocation for Route 149 was temporarily moved to Edmonton garage.

On March 17th, 2018, the Edmonton (EC) allocation for Route 149 was transferred from Edmonton garage to this garage.

On March 2nd, 2019, the Edmonton allocation for Route 123 was transferred from Edmonton (EC) to this garage and part of the allocation for route 41 was transferred to Edmonton (EC) garage.

On April 6th, 2019, the Tottenham (AR) allocation for Route 259 was transferred to Edmonton garage.

On June 20th, 2020, Route 230 changed to London General.

Bus types in use

 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for Routes 41 and 123
 * Volvo B5LH 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 (HV) for Routes 123, 243, 341 and N41
 * Wright New Routemaster 11.3m (LT) for Routes 19, 149 and N19

Trivia

 * Routes 19 and N19 are the nearest bus routes in Notting Hill.

Wood Green garage (WN)
Wood Green garage operates Routes 29, 144, 184, 221, W4 weekend night Route W3, and night Route N29.

History
On November 26th, 2011, Routes 29 and N29 were moved to this garage from Edmonton garage.

On February 4th, 2012, Route 298 changed to Sullivan Buses.

On February 25th, 2012, Route 382 was transferred to this garage from Edmonton garage.

On March 1st, 2014, Route 382 was transferred from this garage to Edmonton garage and Routes 329 (part of its allocation) and W3 were transferred to this garage.

On November 8th, 2014, Route 184 was transferred to this garage from Edmonton garage and Route 141 and the Wood Green allocation of Route 329 was transferred from this garage to Palmers Green garage.

On November 15th, 2014, Route 184 was transferred to this garage from Edmonton garage.

On April 1st, 2017, Route 617 changed to Sullivan Buses.

On September 2nd, 2017, the Wood Green allocation of Route 141 was transferred to Palmers Green garage.

On February 3rd, 2018, Arriva London started operating Route W4 again.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.2m (ENL) for Route 184
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.2m (T) for Route W3
 * Alexander Dennis E20D 9.0m / Enviro 200 MMC (ENN) for Route W4
 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for Route 221
 * Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (HV) for Routes 29, 144, 184 and N29

Brixton garage (BN)
Brixton garage operates Routes 50, 59, 133, 333 and weekend night Route 319 and night Route N133.

History
On March 31st, 2012, Routes 50, 109 and N109 were transferred to this garage from Croydon and Thornton Heath garages.

On January 31st, 2015, Routes 109 and N109 changed to Abellio London.

On December 12th, 2015, Route 159 changed to Abellio London and Route 59's Norwood garage allocation was transferred to this garage.

On January 21st, 2017, Routes 133 and N133 were transferred to this garage from Norwood garage, Arriva London started operating Route 333 and part of Route 137's allocation was moved from this garage to Brixton garage.

Enviro 400 EV City bodied BYD Electrics will be built for this company from September 2020.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis E40H 10.2m / Enviro 400H City (HA) for Routes 133, 333 and N133
 * BYD DD Electric 10.9m / Enviro 400 City EV (EA) to be introduced on Route 319 from September 2020
 * Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (HV) for Routes 50, 133 and 319
 * New Routemaster 11.3m (LT) for Routes 59 and 137

Trivia

 * Route 319 is the nearest route for a journey on a bus from Lymington.

Croydon garage (TC)
Croydon garage operates Routes 166, 194, 312, 412, 466, 24-hour Route 264, agent Route 60 and school Routes 405, 612, 627 and 685. This depot is shared with London General.

History
On August 30th, 2008, Arriva London started operating Route 466.

On October 30th, 2009, Route 407 changed to Abellio London.

On October 29th, 2011, Routes 403, 405 (school service) and 627 were moved to this garage from Beddington Farm garage.

On March 31st, 2012, Route 264 was moved to this garage from Beddington Farm garage.

On August 31st, 2013, Arriva London started operating Route 612.

On October 27th, 2018, Route 403 passed to London General.

On August 31st, 2019, Route 197 changed to London General.

Arriva London will start operating normal journeys on Route 405 and more Alexander Dennis Enviro 400H MMC City bodied E40Hs will be built from August 29th, 2020.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.2m (ENL) for Route 166
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.1m & 10.2m (T) for Routes 412, 466, 612 and 685
 * Alexander Dennis E40H 10.4m / Enviro 400H City (HT) to be introduced on Route 405 from August 2020
 * DAF DB250LF 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 1 (DW) for driver training
 * Optare Electric MetroCity 10.6m (EMC) for Route 312
 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for Routes 60, 194, 264, 405 and 627

Dartford garage (DT)
Dartford garage operates Routes 99, 160, 269, 301, 335, 401, 428, 469, 492, B12, B13 and B15, agent Route 99 and school route 660.

History
On January 1st, 2016, Arriva London took over the operations of Dartford garage.

On January 23rd, 2016, Arriva London commenced operating Routes 229 and 469.

On September 17th, 2016, Arriva London commenced operating Route 660.

On January 20th, 2018, Arriva London commenced operating Routes 99, 269 and 401.

On July 13th, 2019, Arriva London started operating new Route 301. Optare Electric MetroCity 10.6m (EMC) for Route 312

On October 26th, 2019, Arriva London started operating new Route 335, Route 99 was moved back to this garage from Manor Road garage and Route 229 was moved from this garage to Manor Road garage.

Routes 469 and B12 will pass to London Central from January 23rd, 2021.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.2m (ENL) for Routes 428, 469, B12 and B15
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.8m (ENX) for Routes 428 and 469
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.2m (T) for Routes 160, 229, 492 and 660
 * Alexander Dennis E20D 9.7m / Enviro 200 MMC (ENR) for Route B13
 * VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (DW) for Routes 269, 301 and 401
 * Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (HV) for Routes 301 and 335

Manor Road garage (MD)
Manor Road garage operates Route 229.

History
On July 13th, 2019, Route 99 was moved to this garage.

On October 26th, 2019, Route 229 was moved to this garage and Route 99 was moved back from this garage to

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.2m (T) for Route 229

Norwood (N)
Norwood garage operates Routes 2, 137, 157, 249, 417, 450, 468, school Route 690, and night Routes N2 and N137.

History
In 2008, Arriva London commenced operating Route 415.

On January 23rd, 2010, Arriva London commenced operating Routes 133 and N133.

On March 31st, 2012, Route 249 changed to London General.

On March 31st, 2012, part of Route 59's allocation was transferred to this garage.

On May 17th, 2014, Route N133's allocation was transferred to this garage from Croydon garage.

On March 7th, 2015, Route 415 changed to Abellio London.

On April 4th, 2015, Route 432 changed to London General.

On December 12th, 2015, Route 59's allocation from this garage was transferred to Brixton garage.

On August 27th, 2016, Route 450 was moved to this garage from Thornton Heath garage.

On January 21st, 2017, Routes 133 and N133 were transferred from this garage to Brixton garage and part of Route 137's allocation was moved from Brixton garage to this garage.

On April 1st, 2017, Arriva London commenced operating Route 249.

On November 11th, 2017, Route 176 passed to London Central.

On March 31st, 2018, Arriva London started operating Route 468.

Arriva London will commence operation of Route 202 from September 19th, 2020.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.1m (T) for routes 417 and 690
 * Alexander Dennis E40H 10.4m / Enviro 400H City (HT) to be introduced to route 202 from September 2020
 * Volvo B5LH 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 (HV) for routes 2, 249, 417, 468, N2 and N137
 * Wright StreetLite 9.7m (SLS) for route 450
 * New Routemaster 11.3m (LT) for route 137

Trivia

 * Routes 2, 137, N2 and N137 are the nearest routes for a journey on a bus from Lymington.

Thornton Heath (TH)
Thornton Heath garage operates Routes 157, 198, 250, 255, 289, 410, 24-hour Route 64, school Route 689, and night Route N250.

History
In 2007, Route 289 was moved to this garage from Beddington Farm garage.

On October 1st, 2011, Route 450 was moved to this garage from Beddington Farm garage.

On March 31st, 2012, Route 410 was moved to this garage from Beddington Farm garage.

On August 27th, 2016, Arriva London started operating Route 64 and Route 450 was moved from this garage to Norwood garage.

On December 3rd, 2016, Arriva London commenced operating Route 157.

On August 31st, 2019, Route 663 changed to London General.

On November 2nd, 2019, Arriva London started operating new Route N250.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 9.6m (ENS) for Route 410
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.2m (ENL) for Route 255
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.8m (ENX) for Route 289
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 10.1m (T) for Routes 64, 157, 198, 250, 689 and N250
 * Alexander Dennis E20D 10.9m / Enviro 200 MMC (ENX) for Route 289
 * Wright StreetLite 9.7m (SLS) for Route 410

Heathrow (HE)
Heathrow garage operated Route E10.

History
On January 1st, 2016, Arriva London took over the operations of Heathrow garage.

On December 9th, 2017, Heathrow garage was discontinued, so Route E10 changed to London United.

Watford garage (GR)
Watford garage operated Routes 288, 303, 305, H18 and H19.

History
On January 1st, 2016, Arriva London took over the operations of Watford garage.

On September 30th, 2017, Route 258 changed to London Sovereign.

On January 6th, 2018, Routes 142 and 642 passed to London Sovereign.

On June 9th, 2018, Routes 268, 631, H2 and H3 passed to Metroline and Route 340 was moved from this garage to Palmers Green garage.

On September 1st, 2018, Watford garage was discontinued, so Routes 288, 303, H18 and H19 changed to London Sovereign and Route 305 was discontinued.

Watford garage has no red bus routes and is only used for Arriva cyan buses.

Fleet
Arriva London Fleet List