Лондонские United Busways
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| Родительский | RATP Dev Transit London |
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| Founded | 1 April 1989 |
| Headquarters | Stamford Brook Garage |
| Service area | Greater London |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 61 (June 2024) |
| Depots | 7 |
| Fleet | 797 (May 2015) |
| Website | www |
RATP Dev Transit London Limited , [ 1 ] Торговля как RATP Dev Transit London , является автобусной компанией, работающей в основном в Западном и Юго-Западном Большом Лондоне . Бренд London United является дочерней компанией RATP Dev Transit London и управляет услугами по контракту на транспорт для Лондона .
История компании
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Лондон Юнайтед [ 2 ] Начался эксплуатации 1 апреля 1989 года, как одна из 12 операционных дочерних компаний лондонских автобусов в подготовке к приватизации . В ноябре 1994 года он был продан в результате выкупа управления .
The company's name was derived from the former London United Tramways, that operated trams and trolleybuses in west and south west London until absorbed by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. London United adopted the former tram company's insignia, based on the coat of arms of the City of London, as its logo.[citation needed]
In January 1995, London United purchased Westlink[3] with garages in Hounslow Heath and Kingston upon Thames.[4]
In August 1997 London United was sold to Transdev. In 2002 Transdev purchased fellow London operator London Sovereign from the Blazefield Group.[5]
In April 2006 both operations were rebranded with the Transdev name and logo, removing the London United and London Sovereign brands, although both companies continued as separate legal entities.
In November 2009 Transdev purchased NCP Challenger with seven Transport for London contracted routes, 87 buses and garages at Park Royal and Twickenham.[6] These were integrated into the London United business.
RATP Dev
[edit]In 2009 Transdev's majority owner, Caisse des dépôts et consignations, commenced negotiating with Veolia Environnement to merge Transdev with Veolia Transport. As part of the resulting agreement, it was agreed that the RATP Group, which had a minority shareholding in Transdev, would take over ownership of some of Transdev's operations in lieu of cash payment.
This resulted in London United transferring to the RATP Group, while London Sovereign remained with Transdev and become part of the merged Veolia Transdev group.[7][8][9][10]
This agreement took effect in March 2011, and RATP Group renamed its newly acquired business London United.[11]
In 2015, a charter unit was established under the United Transit brand with a grey and red livery.[12]
Since July 2021, London United has taken on most routes from RATP Group's other London subsidiary Quality Line, [13] with routes 413, 463 and S1 being transferred to Go-Ahead London.[14]
In December 2021, RATP's London bus operations including London United were transferred to a RATP joint venture with Australia's Kelsian Group (parent company of Tower Transit) known as RATP Dev Transit London.[15]
Garages
[edit]London United operates seven bus garages.
Fulwell (FW)
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As of May 2024, Fulwell garage operates routes 33, 65, 71, 216, 281, 290, 371, 681, K3, N33 and N65.
History
[edit]When new, the 11-acre (4.5 ha) site was described as one of the finest plants in the country and was the main depot of London United Tramways with 20 covered tracks. The garage is nowadays divided into two sections, one used by London United, with an entrance off Wellington Road, and the other by Transport UK London Bus with an entrance off Stanley Road.
Fulwell was the first garage in London to receive trolleybuses in 1931, and together with Isleworth was the last to operate them until 1962. The last trams operated from the depot in 1935, although some of the tram tracks were, until recently, still visible in the cobbled surface of the Stanley Road entrance. The garage has never reached its capacity, even taking in much of the work from Twickenham when it closed in 1970, and in 2001 107 buses were allocated. In 1999 the garage housed 13 London Country buses after Arriva Croydon & North Surrey shut its Leatherhead garage. The buses on route 85 were operated from the forecourt with Arriva drivers.[citation needed]
Hounslow (AV)
[edit]As of May 2024, Hounslow garage operates routes 110, 117, 203, 419, 696, 697, 698, H22, H37 and H98.[16]
History
[edit]Hounslow garage was opened by the London General Omnibus Company in 1913 on the former site of the District Railway's Hounslow Town station. The garage along with many others was requisitioned in the First World War. Hounslow was the subject of two firsts in 1925 and 1930 with the first pneumatic tyre buses and the original Dennis Dart allocated respectively. The garage had one problem though: the roof was too low and only open toppers and single deck vehicles could use the depot until the mid-1930s when the roof was raised.[citation needed]
A London Transport survey in 1947 found that 92 vehicles were allocated to Hounslow, a garage with a capacity of 72. This was mainly achieved by parking buses on a plot of land behind the garage that was also used to stand vehicles terminating there on layover. The garage was rebuilt in the early 1950s and included a new bus station in front of the garage. The planned allocation was now up to 120 vehicles, although the allocation in 2002 was 127.[citation needed]
Hounslow's first one-man operated double deckers were MCW Metrobuses delivered in 1982 for routes 111 and 202. With the allocation still high, Hounslow runs a number of night services on behalf of other London United garages to enable it to fit the buses into the garage. It was also the first garage in London to operate a low-floor bus with the arrival of Wright Pathfinder bodied Dennis Lance SLF in December 1993.[17]
There were plans to relocate the garage away from the town centre, and allow the expansion of the adjoining bus station. In 2005 an unsuccessful planning application for a site in Hanworth Road was lodged. This was largely due to a campaign by residents overlooking the site.[citation needed]
Hounslow Heath (WK)
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As of May 2024, Hounslow Heath garage operate routes 105, 116, 235, 423 and non-TfL routes KU1, KU2 and KU3.[16]
Park Royal (RP)
[edit]As of June 2024, Park Royal garage operates routes 18, 220, 224, 258, 266, N18 and N266.[16]
History
[edit]Park Royal was opened by NCP Challenger on 26 May 2007, on the site of the former Metroline garage (HR) in Atlas Road, Park Royal, which had closed in 2005.[citation needed]
Shepherd's Bush (S)
[edit]As of May 2024, Shepherd's Bush garage operates routes 49, 70, 72, 94, 148, C1 and N72.[16]
History
[edit]Shepherd's Bush garage opened in 1906.[citation needed]
Stamford Brook (V)
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As of June 2024, Stamford Brook garage operates routes 218, 272, 283, 440 and E3.[16]
History
[edit]Stamford Brook opened as a bus garage in 1980 after a two-year construction. Originally built as Chiswick Tram depot, it had latterly been used to operate the British European Airways bus service between Heathrow Airport and the West London Air Terminal on Cromwell Road.[citation needed]
The original plan was to create a temporary home for the Riverside garage buses and staff whilst that garage was re-built with a view to taking on the workload from Mortlake and Turnham Green which were to close. However this idea was changed and the garage took on the work from Turnham Green which closed and also inherited the garage code V. Following service reductions, Mortlake and Riverside closed in 1983, with some of their work moving to Stamford Brook.[citation needed]
В 1981 году Стэмфорд Брук взял на Airbus Routes A1 и A2 после вывода существующих услуг British Airways между аэропортом Хитроу и в центре Лондона. Эти транспортные средства были переведены в 1994 году на западную рампу (которая стала наступлением V), оставив гараж с распределением MCW Metroriders , MCW Metrobuses , Leyland Olympians и Dennis Darts . [ Цитация необходима ]
Толворт (ТВ)
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По состоянию на июнь 2024 года Tolworth Garage управляет маршрутами 85 , 293 , 406 , 411 , 418 , 467 , 613 , 655 , 662 , 665 , K1 , K2 , K4 и K5 . [ 16 ]
История
[ редактировать ]Толворт был построен на месте бывшего угольного двора за железнодорожной станцией Толворта .
Толворт был первоначально запланирован в конце 1990 -х годов после закрытия Kingston Garage и объявления о том, что сайт должен был быть частично продан и частично преобразован на новую автобусную станцию. Центр по подбору персонала был открыт на Толворте Бродвей задолго до начала строительных работ. [ Цитация необходима ]
Маршрут K5 переведен в Толворт из линии качества 25 января 2020 года. Маршруты 406, 418 и 465 переведены в Толворт из линии качества 25 апреля 2020 года. [ Цитация необходима ]
Бывшие гаражи
[ редактировать ]Twickenham (NC)
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[ редактировать ]Twickenham Garage был открыт NCP Challenger 12 ноября 2005 года. [ Цитация необходима ]
31 марта 2012 года Маршрут 493 перешел в Лондон Генерал . [ 18 ]
Флот
[ редактировать ]По состоянию на май 2015 года флот состоял из 797 автобусов. [ 19 ]
Ссылки
[ редактировать ]- ^ Компании House Extract Company № 13610251 RATP Dev Transit London Limited
- ^ Компании House Extract Company № 2328561 London United Busways Limited
- ^ Компании House Extract Company № 1983867 Stanwell Buses Limited
- ^ Разработка организованного транспорта в лондонском транспорте для Лондона январь 2013 г.
- ^ Лондонский суверенный трансдев
- ^ NSL продает лондонские автобусы до архивирования Transdev 12 августа 2014 года на автобусе Wayback Machine и Coach Professional 24 ноября 2009 г.
- ^ «Слияние транспорта Veolia и трансдев» . Veolia Transport. Архивировано из оригинала 27 июля 2009 года . Получено 5 мая 2010 года .
- ^ Французские переезды в лондонском архивировании 20 августа 2014 года на автобусе Wayback Machine и Coach Professional 6 мая 2010 г.
- ^ «Завершение слияния транспорта Veolia и трансдев» . Трансдев. Архивировано из оригинала 7 марта 2011 года . Получено 13 апреля 2011 года .
- ^ «Новая шкала группы RATP» . Наказывать 2011. Архивировано из оригинала 21 июля 2011 года . Получено 4 марта 2011 года .
- ^ «RATP ищет партнерства и покупки». Автобусы журнал . Ян Аллан Publishing Ltd. май 2011. С. 8, 64.
- ^ «Знакомый цветовой микс в совершенно новой личности для коммерческого флота RATP». Выпуск 723 июня 2015 г. Стр. 21
- ^ Короткие автобусы Hops выпуск 795 июня 2021 г. Стр. 24
- ^ «RATP DEV, чтобы закрыть дочернюю компанию линии качества» . 12 января 2021 года. Архивировано с оригинала 4 февраля 2021 года . Получено 29 января 2021 года .
- ^ «Завершение совместного предприятия - RATP Dev Transit London Ltd» . 13 декабря 2021 года . Получено 17 декабря 2021 года .
- ^ Jump up to: а беременный в дюймовый и фон "Наши услуги" . Ratp London . Получено 16 сентября 2021 года .
- ^ Llw1-10: London United CountryBus.org
- ^ Результаты автобусного тендера Маршрут 493 Транспорт для Лондона 5 мая 2011 г.
- ^ Карр, Кен (май 2015). Лондонский гид автобусов (5 изд.). Boreham: Visions International Entertainment. п. 30. ISBN 978-0-9931735-3-0 .
Внешние ссылки
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СМИ, связанные с Лондон Юнайтед Путешествие в Wikimedia Commons - Официальный сайт
- Расписание Университета Кингстон :
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