East London Bus Group, is a bus company which is
part of investment bank
Macquarie
Bank.
It principally operates services in the
UK
capital city of
London
, under contract to the London Buses arm of Transport for London. It was
once a subsidiary of the
Stagecoach
Group, formerly known as
Stagecoach
London.
In 2005, Stagecoach London was reported as the bus company with the
third-most complaints filed with
Transport for London, after
Arriva London (1st place), and
Metroline (2nd place).
History
Stagecoach London was created from
East London Bus & Coach Company
Ltd and
South East London & Kent Bus
Company Ltd. Both companies were acquired by the
Stagecoach Group from state-owned
London Buses when its subsidiaries were
privatised. Legally these companies still exist, and Stagecoach
London's buses carried legal lettering for either one or other of
these companies.
Both the
buses involved in the 7 July
2005 London Bombings and 21 July 2005
London Bombings
belonged to Stagecoach London.
On 23 June 2006 The Stagecoach Group agreed to sell its London
operations to Australian investment bank Macquarie. The sale was
completed in August of the same year and the management remained
the same. Stagecoach gave permission for Macquarie to use the
Stagecoach London name for a limited time. Quickly the fleets both
turned allover red again, and were given back their old logos,
albeit in lower-case lettering rather than capitals.
Operation
East London Bus Group operates London contracted services under the
brands
East London,
Selkent and
Thameside, but these brands tended to be
overwhelmed by the much stronger London Buses brand. There also
used to be a coaching operation under the brand
East London
Coaches which ceased operation in February 2007 and a
Travelshop which closed in March 2009 that was based at the
Company's Ilford Head Office.
East London Bus & Coach Company Ltd
South East London & Kent Bus Company Ltd
East London Bus Ltd
See also
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