Abellio wins Croydon route from Go-Ahead
LOOK IN ON LONDON BY MARK LYONS
Recent tendered service awards have seen Arriva London North gain contracts to operate routes 103 (Chase Cross-Rainham) and 175 (Collier Row-Dagenham) from Stagecoach East London.
Although East London has operated the 175 since the tendering process began, the 103 was awarded to County Bus in September 1990, with operation surrendered to Grey-Green the following year and subsequently to Arriva London North East in September 2000 in line with the restructuring of what is now Arriva’s London business. Retendering in 2005 saw it pass to Stagecoach East London.
These losses are partially offset by Stagecoach’s gain of the 257 (Walthamstow- Stratford) from Go-Ahead London General, a route that has changed operator several times since it was first tendered in 1992.
Run initially run by Capital Citybus from Northumberland Park garage, it passed to First London, along with this operation, in 1998. The contract passed to Stagecoach East London in October 2005, but was awarded to Go-Ahead’s Blue Triangle subsidiary from October 2012.
However, before the contact began, First sold Northumberland Park garage, with all its contracts, to Go-Ahead,…
