Palmers Green Bus Garage

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a b c d Carr, Ken (September 2014). The London Bus Guide (4ed.). Boreham: Visions International Entertainment. p.111. ISBN 978-0-9570058-6-0. Dalrymple, Will (8 May 2018). "London's low-carbon electric bus garage". Transport Engineer . Retrieved 14 November 2021. Since the start of tendering in 1985, some codes have also reflected the name of the owning company, examples being AH ( Armc hair, Brentford), EL ( Eastern Nationa l, Chelmsford), WI ( Wings, Uxbridge), BE ( Blue Triangl e, Rainham). Such company names may not still be in use today: DX ( Arriva London North East, Barking) originates from Di x Travel, which was absorbed into Grey-Green, becoming its Dagenham operation, and subsequently relocated to Barking, and now absorbed by Arriva London. Similarly BT (Sovereign, Edgware) comes from BTS, which was subsequently bought out by Sovereign, and Hounslow Heath code WK originates from Westlin k. The official code FR for Metrobus's Crayford base is especially obscure, referring to the original owner, one Chris Freeman of Freeman's Coaches, which was absorbed into Crystals, which subsequently sold out to Tellings-Golden Miller in 2003, who then sold it on to Metrobus in 2005. [3] Enfield Chase - Enfield Town - Southbury Road - Great Cambridge Road - Westbury Avenue - Turnpike Lane Station

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Mike Wormall, Maurice Cullum and Ted Simpson, who are in their late 50’s and early 60s, combined their skills and mutual interest in their workplace to fit together all the pieces of the Palmers Green garage jigsaw - all while still juggling the various roles of Garage Rep, Company Convenor and Branch Chairman between them for their local branch of the Transport & General Workers Union, now part of Unite. Enfield - Winchmore Hill - Palmers Green - Wood Green - Finsbury Park - Holloway - Camden Town - Trafalgar Square The code also rather conveniently formed the first two letters of the company name, and was therefore adopted by LT. If you wondered why London's bus drivers take part in the annual Remembrance Day parade at the Cenotaph, then this book has the answer. During World War One, buses and their drivers joined the war effort carrying rations in their vehicles to the front (including the hay and oats for the horses). During World War Two the drivers delivered coffee and doughnuts to the American Troops. Many operators also give their garages codes, sometimes for similar administrative reasons, or sometimes – particularly where they only have one garage – for "enthusiast reasons".

Such codes are given not only to garages running LBSL contracts, but also to those running commercial bus services under London Bus agreements. There is also a code for the Croydon Tramlink! Codes allocated since often reflect the geographical name of the garage (e.g. Ful well, Alpert on, New Cross (NX)), although some have since been renamed (HT, Holloway, was called Highga te). CT Plus opens new Walthamstow garage". Coach & Bus Week. 2 December 2016 . Retrieved 13 November 2021. The fifth column is the garage PVR, or the maximum number of buses on the road on these routes at any one time. Of course, all garages have spare vehicles allocated in addition, and in some cases driver trainers etc.

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Palmers Green - Wood Green - Harringay - Manor House - Newington Green - Hoxton - Moorgate - London Bridge BT (London Sovereign, Edgware) originally came from Borehamwood Town, depot of the erstwhile BTS, which was subsequently bought out by Sovereign and re-located to Edgware. Oakthorpe Park - Wolves Lane - Wood Green - Turnpike Lane Station - Belmont Road - Downhills Park - Broadwater Farm - Bruce Grove - Tottenham - Tottenham Hale, Ferry Lane Campaigners will 'have recourse to legal action if necessary' to defend public recreational rights at Whitewebbs 09 November 2022

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Complaints, commendations, comments and suggestions relating to these should therefore be directed to TfL. Grand Opening Night at Perivale (PV)". London Connected. 6 August 2016 . Retrieved 14 November 2021. FE comes from F. E. Thorpe & sons, sold out to Metroline; in this case TfL have changed the official code to a geographical one, PA. Every garage operating services that form part of the LBSL network is given an official LBSL garage code (right hand column).Some premises have had different codes at different times in their life, and indeed three (Edgware, Fulwell and Ash Grove) currently have two codes simultaneously, one for each operator. If you wondered why London’s bus drivers take part in the annual Remembrance Day parade at the Cenotaph, then this book has the answer. During World War One, buses and their drivers joined the war effort carrying rations in their vehicles to the front (including the hay and oats for the horses). During World War Two the drivers delivered coffee and doughnuts to the American Troops.

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The left hand column gives the reference code for the garage. These are usually offical codes used by the operators, but those written in parentheses are unofficial codes.

The fourth column is the list of London area routes, but in some cases the garages operate other bus routes, or other kinds of work such as coaching, which are not listed.