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Byfleet Garage is at Unit 20 (third turning) on Wintersells Road (by Byfleet & New Haw station) There is also an engineering base at Unit 5 (first turning)	Ray	Sat 21/08/2010, 18:37
Griffith House, Marylebone The yard has now been demolisehed, if that's the right word. It has been dug out, some of it to track level.	Damon	Tue 10/08/2010, 23:56
Stevenage The old London Transport garage(SV) was in Danesgate, Stevenage, which opened in the 1959 which has been demolished Note: Edited by snowy13, 04/07/10, 07:59. Note: Edited by snowy13, 04/07/10, 07:59. Note: Edited by snowy13, 04/07/10, 08:01.	snowy13	Sun 04/07/2010, 07:58
Wood Lane The code ''B'' was derived from the original code of nearby Shepherd's Bush garage which was ''B'' until the mass re-coding of November 1911 when it became ''S'' as it still is today.	Damon	Sat 03/07/2010, 21:16
Stevenage I believe that the earlier garage at Fishers Green Road still stands. Was open 10/1955 - 04/1959.	Damon	Sat 03/07/2010, 21:13
Bow Road Works & Buildings District Office No.4 and also home to cleaning services and vending services.	Damon	Sat 03/07/2010, 21:11
Hobson House, Gower Street HQ of Abbey District around 1986/87 then the Central Traffic Division of London Buses around 1987/88 later becoming the registered office of the London Northern company by 1990.	Damon	Sat 03/07/2010, 21:08
Hobson House, Gower Street Former HQ of London Northern.	Kim Rennie	Sun 27/06/2010, 21:06
Croydon Ehem ''Progress Way'' actually. Demolished now it seems if Google Earth can be believed.	Kim Rennie	Sun 27/06/2010, 20:57
Bow Road Yes it is. To the south of the LU station.	Kim Rennie	Sun 27/06/2010, 20:56
Stevenage This garage was closed and demolished in the late 1980's / early 1990's. Buses are now kept at Arriva Shires garages at Babbage Road and Norton Green Road Note: Edited by snowy13, 15/06/10, 17:09. Note: Edited by snowy13, 15/06/10, 17:13.	snowy13	Tue 15/06/2010, 17:09
Wood Lane Opened on part of White City depot 19/7/1992	Ray	Fri 04/06/2010, 21:11
Hatfield The present garage opened in 2003 and the buses operate under the name UNO	snowy13	Wed 02/06/2010, 13:56
Edgware The ''third'' Edgware garage opened in October 1984 and the ''second'' garage was where the shopping centre car park is now.	snowy13	Wed 02/06/2010, 13:40
Lillie Bridge For a photo of the yard at Lillie Bridge in 1969 (before Ashfield House blocked the view), take a look at http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p36927724.html. Quite a few SVs are visible, including a Land Rover and a pannier. There are a few other photos of interest in the same gallery.	Thomas Young	Sun 30/05/2010, 23:21
Euston, Coburg Street The Victoria line signallers are moving/have moved to Osborne House, Northumberland Park. The Northern line signallers are moving to a new control room in Highgate.	Ray	Fri 16/04/2010, 16:52
Uxbridge See also my comments against Uxbridge Bus Station posted today.	Thomas Young	Fri 16/04/2010, 00:33
Uxbridge I made visits to Uxbridge on two consecutive days last week and have a couple of comments. Firstly regarding the location itself, London Buses vehicles are usually parked in the 'throat' of the garage. However, about 50 yards back towards the high street is a short turn off with a handful of parking spaces (opposite the 427/607 bus stop). These are reserved for London Buses staff. Although only private cars were present on these two days, a Honda Civic has been seen here in the past. Secondly, the interior of the garage can be glimpsed through air bricks alongside the footpath that runs between the garage and the tube station, accessed from the back of the bus station. Turning to the vehicles, on each of my visits there were three London Buses SVs present but they were notably a different three on the second day. We know that vehicles are often rotated between adjacent bases (such as Harrow and Edgware), but is there anywhere in West London where LBSL SVs are parked (Hounslow would seem to be a candidate)? And what is the most quantity of LBSL SVs seen in Uxbridge Bus Station at one time? Finally, through the air bricks mentioned above, I noted a small red van with First logos inside the garage. The resident Ford Transit van was also seen so this is presumably something unreported. Unfortunately the make/model and registration were not obtainable.	Thomas Young	Fri 16/04/2010, 00:32
Tottenham Hale Unit closed 2/9/2009 without replacement Note: Edited by Ray, 25/04/10, 16:20.	Ray	Thu 25/03/2010, 16:34
Vauxhall Location closed 14/9/2009 - from 2/9/2009 at Unit 6, Battersea Business Centre, Stewarts Road, SW8 Note: Edited by Ray, 25/04/10, 16:22.	Ray	Thu 25/03/2010, 16:33
Heathrow Airport The current 2009 location is behind the 'Central' bus station bus parking area viz the far north side and requires a trip round the parked buses where, hopefully one may find a double-deck parked alongside the fence (and a kindly driver who will let you upstairs for photography if required). This is the outer of two fences around the compound hence the problem with a camera. The other (north) side involves walking along the double yellow lines on the one-way exit road and could attract Mr Plod (and even Mr God) if you get hit by a passing vehicle! The van can easily be seen when travelling on the exit road	Ray	Sat 21/11/2009, 16:38
Griffith House, Marylebone Only 2585 was on site 17/11/2009. The offices have transferred to ABB Limited and the car park was vacated by 5/11/2009 Note: Edited by Ray, 01/01/10, 15:40.	Ray	Thu 12/11/2009, 16:26
Edgware Road Station Locked security gates have now been placed across the entrance to the yard, although it is possible to i.d nearly all the vehicles from the fence, using binoculars.	London spotter	Wed 11/11/2009, 15:43
Griffith House, Marylebone On a visit today (11/11/2009) the yard next door was completly empty. Infact the normally locked gates were wide open. Is it still used?	London spotter	Wed 11/11/2009, 15:40
Victoria, Eccleston Place My November 09 visits did not produce any 'Streets' vehicles - presumably now based at Chancel Street - but a number of Metronet logo'd vans could be seen! At 4/12/2009 the yard was empty and all TfL logos and brass signs etc had been removed from the property. Note: Edited by Ray, 04/12/09, 16:34.	Ray	Mon 02/11/2009, 15:04
Isleworth Unit 14, Victory Trading Estate	Ray	Thu 27/08/2009, 18:35
Stanmore The recent Third Platform Works yard appeared closed by 21st June 2009, and all the portacabins had gone by 24th June 2009.	K. PLY	Fri 26/06/2009, 09:22
Ilford The legal lettering on buses was changed to Stephenson Street, E16 (the new garage) in mid-2009, due to the impending demise of Clements Road HQ. Note: Edited by Ray, 22/11/09, 20:05.	Ray	Mon 15/06/2009, 19:15
West Ham The completion on 8th February 2010 of the move of East London Bus Group head office staff to West Ham breaks an association with Ilford that goes back to autumn 1979 when London Transport’s bus operations were split into ten small units and the staff of Forest District moved into premises in Coventry Road. Further changes led to a move to larger offices at 16-20 Clements Road in 1987. When the company was bought by Stagecoach in 1994 a search for freehold property led to a move to 2-4 Clements Road in 1995. At the same time a Travelshop was opened to sell the company’s day trip tickets, as well as National Express tickets, travelcards and coach holidays. Following the sale of the company by Stagecoach in mid 2006, the Travelshop closed in spring the following year (from ELBG website). The new garage was handed over on 14th July 2010 Note: Edited by Ray, 22/07/10, 12:00.	Ray	Sun 07/06/2009, 19:30
Rickmansworth This location appears to have a signals depot. They're based in the accomodation under the water tower. A helpful chappy from Metronet told me that on the bus today.	Damon	Sun 17/05/2009, 23:27
Borough, Union Street At east end of Union Street, next to school playground, near the junction with Borough High Street.	London spotter	Fri 15/05/2009, 17:49
Southwark, Chancel Street Also includes 3 bays under the railway arches. On my visit on 15/5/09, there were 13 TFL cars present with room for plenty more. Note: Edited by London spotter, 16/05/09, 11:04.	London spotter	Fri 15/05/2009, 17:21
West Ham The ELBG website gives further information on WH garage and the next stage involving the taking over of the rest of the Parcelforce area and the eventual entry point in Stephenson Street	Ray	Thu 16/04/2009, 18:55
Hackney The replacement garage (Lea Interchange) is sited on Ruckholt Road/Temple Mills Lane, Leyton	Ray	Mon 23/03/2009, 18:52
White City For a full and interesting account of the history of the White City depot (including its recent redevelopment), there is an article on the LURS website here.	Thomas Young	Sun 15/03/2009, 13:09
Polhill Situated some 3 miles or so south of Orpington (MB) down the A21 it operated buses from 5th March 2005 and last operated on 2/3 June 2006.	Ray	Fri 13/02/2009, 14:28
Purfleet The TfL shadow code is PT and this has been displayed on some of Ensignbus' vintage vehicles in the past. It is sited in Juliette Close, in the Purfleet Industrial Park.	K. PLY	Sat 31/01/2009, 13:15
White City The original depot has been demolished to make way for the new Westfield shopping centre. Apparently a new set of sidings at a lower level has been provided beneath the centre. Part of the old Central London Railway power station (also known as the Dimco building) remains as a unique covered standing area for buses serving the new bus station alongside.	Thomas Young	Fri 30/01/2009, 23:22
Amersham Sited on London Road it was opened by the CB&C division of the LPTB in August 1935 it was opo by February 1971.	Ray	Thu 29/01/2009, 19:50
Crawley The LCBS garage was behind the Central Repair Works in Wheatstone Close and opened 21/11/1982.	Ray	Thu 29/01/2009, 19:40
Central Works, Crawley LCBS Central Repair Works was in Wheatstone Close on corner of Tinsley Lane (now occupied by National Express).	Ray	Thu 29/01/2009, 19:38
Queens Park I suspect that 5440F has by now been replaced, probably by an un-liveried car. There was a black Mondeo estate parked up on Friday 23/01/09.	Thomas Young	Sun 25/01/2009, 12:51
Willesden Junction Seen from passing trains recently has been a dark-red/maroon Vauxhall Combo (or perhaps a VW Caddy) with yellow First logos and lettering. No chance of getting ID from train or road, will have to wait until it is caught 'out'.	Thomas Young	Sun 25/01/2009, 12:48
Hammersmith I noticed the other day that a couple of SVs can actually be seen from passing trains (Transit and high-roof Connect on Friday 23/01/09). Not sure if these can be ID'd without optical enhancement, and I can't get back that way for a while. As I have discovered in the past, there is little to see if you make the long walk round to the road entrance.	Thomas Young	Sun 25/01/2009, 12:46
Wembley Nothing left on site (except some pallets) yesterday.	Ray	Fri 02/01/2009, 08:55
Turnham Green Visited in Sept 1947. Several LT Tiddlers in evidence, plus loads of STs.	Eddie Coates	Wed 24/12/2008, 18:36
Westdown Road, Leyton At the very end of Westdown Road, although security gated one can see what is inside the compound. In winter (when the leaves are off the bushes) there is a better view from the playing field side which is behind Downsell Road Trolleybus turning circle. This can be accessed from Gordon Road (off Cranbourne Road which is the final turning off Westdown Road before the yard). LT may have called this Drapers Field Depot - see 603P. Note: Edited by Ray, 28/11/09, 21:30.	Ray	Wed 26/11/2008, 22:33
West Ham These give a recent update on the building work and explain the crew ferry vans! http://www.elbg.com/TemplateView.aspx?sec_id=2916&art_id=5708 http://www.elbg.com/TemplateView.aspx?art_id=5700&sec_id=2883 Note: Edited by Tom Young, 09/10/08, 22:52. Converted into hyperlinks.	Ray	Thu 09/10/2008, 17:07
West Ham Noticed from the Jubilee Line yeaterday that this place appears to have a roof going up at the south end of the site. 3 rather large arches.	Damon	Thu 09/10/2008, 14:19
Ware Sited alongside the railway in Marsh Lane	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:34
Twickenham Address as above, it is at the far end of the estate, round the back of the final warehouse. It passed to London Sovereign control on 17/11/09 after a few months with NSL services then to London United on 26/6/2010 (when the iBus control system moved to FW) Note: Edited by Ray, 07/07/10, 07:06.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:33
Therapia Lane Between Therapia Lane and Beddington Lane stops.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:28
Stamford Brook Sited on Chiswick High Road behind the LUT memorial (substation).	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:26
Southall Sited on Bridge Road	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:22
Seven Sisters Holly House, 214/218 High Road.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:19
Romford Sited on Bryant Avenue, vehicles and crews subsequently to DM (and Essex garages)	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:15
Rainham Albright Estate, Ferry Lane. Closed on opening of Dagenham (DM).	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:14
Purley Sited on Brighton Road near Wyche Grove	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:13
Ponders End Sited in Morson Road.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:11
North Acton Sited in Atlas Road.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:10
Lea Bridge Sited on Lea Bridge Road (south side) between Westerham Road and Dunton Road. Trolleybuses operated from 11/6/1939 to 14/4/1959 although it was still used as a terminal point for Bow trolleybuses until 18/8/1959 Note: Edited by Ray, 09/06/09, 20:08.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:08
Kings Cross Latterly at the Old Potato Market, Wharf Road, the garage was sited further down Wharf Road from opening until mid-2008. Closed and vehicles transferred to new garage (KC) from 10th July 2010 Note: Edited by Ray, 04/07/10, 19:41.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:06
Jamestown Road, Camden The premises are still extant.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:02
Isleworth Sited on 3 Victory Trading Estate, Fleming Way, off Worton Road. Still in use as an engineering base by First 8/2009 (although yet to be found open) Note: Edited by Ray, 22/11/09, 20:07.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:01
Hounslow Heath Sited on Tamian Way, off Green Lane.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 14:00
Hounslow Sited at the junction of Kingsley Road and the High Street (as was its predecessor). Due to move to a new site at 209-213 Hanworth Road in the new few years (subject to plans going ahead)	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 13:59
Horsham 1 Station Road, Warnham. Sold to Metrobus (but with garage closing) 3/10/2009. Note: Edited by Ray, 01/09/09, 18:56.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 13:55
Hitchin Sited on Bridge Street.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 13:55
Hayes Sited on the north side of the canal in North Hyde Gardens. Walk past the Nestles factory and electrical depot and cross the canal. Vans can be seen from the road and by descending down to the canal side through the gate (alongside the bridge which you would have crossed over). Passed from Travel London to Abellio on 31/10/2009 Note: Edited by Ray, 09/05/10, 15:44.	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 13:54
Hayes The security controlled entrance is at the very end of Rigby Lane/Swallowfield Road adjacent to the canal. This cannot be accessed by towpath from TM (indeed is on the opposite side of the canal)	Ray	Fri 03/10/2008, 13:51
Rainham From Rainham Station walk down to Ferry Lane Trading Estate (second estate on right) and the yard is on the right hand side. The TOLST yard is dead ahead from there.	Ray	Sun 14/09/2008, 19:08
West Ham The security controlled entrance was on the NE corner of North Crescent but is now in Stephenson Street, which is also being applied as the legal address on buses rather than Ilford (now closed -see above) Note: Edited by Ray, 16/02/10, 19:45.	Ray	Thu 11/09/2008, 08:18
Crawley Those nice people at Network Rail have now gone a stage further and there's a VERY clear view into the WHOLE garage from a passing train - make sure you get on a slow one.	Damon	Sat 06/09/2008, 11:14
Wembley Park The BTP police station is being renovated and a temporary police station has been sited in the compound next to the station making visits to this area somewhat difficult (unless you have handcuffs). Vans can still be seen from the station platforms.	Ray	Sun 17/08/2008, 19:13
Crawley I noticed today that Network Rail have been out with the pruners and the foliage has been seriously reduced. A pretty clear view can once again be had from the train as they still park the vans face on against the fence.	Damon	Sat 16/08/2008, 21:47
Ruislip Main entrance is opposite Ruislip Gardens stn(Central line).	Steve Warman	Sun 22/06/2008, 19:19
Stratford (Gibbins Road) The hoardings are now down and 'Stratford West' is no more. I now call the area Gibbins Road	Ray	Wed 11/06/2008, 16:22
Potters Bar Phone number in previous comment appears to be out of date, on Metroline website as 01707 347700	Alan	Sun 08/06/2008, 12:19
Stratford It seems that a further divide within LBSL is taking place at Stratford. LBID vans remain in the bus station by the dividing railings at the east (station) end, with a few LBSL vans at the west end (on an island usually). Some IRUs still park up near the information point, probably for operating convenience . The bulk of the LBSL vehicles seem to have moved to new offices at The Stratford Village, 14-30 Stratford Road. Note: Edited by Ray, 05/06/08, 18:24.	Ray	Thu 05/06/2008, 14:05
Harrow Sited on Pinner Road, opposite the area between Surrey Road and Somerset Road.	Ray	Sun 11/05/2008, 14:29
Crawley You can often see the service vehicles from a passing train as they seem to park them up against the fence. Beware it's a bit too leafy in the summer months to see anything. Note: Edited by Damon Cross, 29/06/08, 20:19.	Damon	Fri 29/02/2008, 18:56
Stratford Market I had a walk down the path to the west of the depot today and although quite a few SVs were visible above the wall, none were positively identifiable. Ho hum. Tricky location this.	Thomas Young	Sat 16/02/2008, 22:52
Lillie Bridge For an aerial photograph of this location from Google Maps please click here. The small yard at the Lillie Road entrance can be seen here.	Thomas Young	Sun 27/01/2008, 15:32
Stratford For an aerial photograph of this location on Google Maps, please click here.	Thomas Young	Sun 27/01/2008, 15:27
Stratford (Gibbins Road) For an aerial photograph of this location on Google Maps please click here. While this area is being rebuilt, some SVs can be found at the East of the station, in the area shown here	Thomas Young	Sun 27/01/2008, 15:26
Stratford Market For an aerial photograph of this location on Google Maps please click here. Note how some vans are parked at the rear.	Thomas Young	Sun 27/01/2008, 15:23
Manor House Leaside Distrct HQ was also based at Manor House (279 Seven Sisters Road, N4 1QG)	Ray	Sun 11/11/2007, 21:07
Baker Street Abbey District HQ was at 210-212 Baker Street, NW1 5RT.	Ray	Sun 11/11/2007, 21:06
Ilford The HQ of Forest District was at Forest House, Coventry Road, Ilford IG1 4QR.	Ray	Sun 11/11/2007, 21:05
Dollis Hill The HQ of Watling District was at 'Dollis Hill Offices, Edgware Road, NW2 6JP' which may also have been the offices mentioned below	Ray	Sun 11/11/2007, 21:04
Cardinal House, Ealing 264 Northfield Avenue, W5 was the HQ of Cardinal District until its demise.	Ray	Tue 06/11/2007, 20:29
Stratford (Gibbins Road) Somewhat confusing this area. The Jubilee Line depot is in Cam Road and there are Tube Lines training offices adjacent. At the station end of the Jubilee line platforms (to the left on exiting prior to the barriers and next to the control room) is a yard off Gibbins Road (which I call Stratford West) leading from the staff exit/steel grated fence which often has a van parked therein. Outside the main station to the east of the coach/taxi bay is a small yard on the northside of Eastern Road, just prior to Angel Lane, occupied by BTP and also a few vans (which I refer to as Stratford East). SV's can also be found in the bus station, the taxi rank area (used by ELBG) and sometimes the Centre car park. Note: Edited by Ray, 03/11/07, 16:01.	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:56
Watford High Street Now demolished it was sited near the gasometers (the only landmark around that area).	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:43
Watford Leavesden Road Still extant and in use.	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:42
Edgware The third 'LT' Edgware garage, this just made it into London Buses use prior to privatisation and division into two parts (the second 'BT' also being based there)	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:40
East Grinstead Sited on Garland Road (of LGCS/East Surrey origins) it operated but one RML at a time for use on the southern leg of route 409. Part of the garage was always signed that covered top buses must not enter that part.	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:38
Chiswick (Stamford Brook) Sited between Merton Ave and Ennismore Ave on the north of Chiswick High Road.	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:28
Chiswick & Acton Pool A name used for the allocation of pool cars for use at Chiswick/Acton	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:26
Catford Sited on Bromley Road ('Bellingham'), opposite Newquay Road, the office are on the first floor above the original entrance. There was stores warehouse here in LT/Selkent days (since demolished to make more parking areas)	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:25
Brockley Hill Farm The 'Farm' was used for produce growing during the war, with a tractor or two resident. It was part of the aborted extension of the Northern line which at that time was planned and the land purchased.	Ray	Sat 03/11/2007, 15:22

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