bus operator . for the singapore operator see tower transit singapore . wright eclipse gemini bodied volvo b7tl on route 28 in september 2013 parent transit systems founded 22 june 2013 headquarters paddington service area greater london service type bus operator routes 26 may 2015 depots 3 fleet 437 may 2015 chief executive adam leishman website www.towertransit.co.uk tower transit 1 is a transport for london bus operator . it is a subsidiary of transit systems . contents 1 history 2 garages 2.1 atlas road as 2.1.1 history 2.2 lea interchange li 2.2.1 history 2.3 westbourne park x 2.3.1 history 2.4 edmonton 3 fleet 4 references history edit wright eclipse gemini 2 bodied volvo b9tl on route 266 in october 2013 alexander dennis enviro400 on route 23 at charing cross in february 2014 in june 2013 transit systems purchased first london s atlas road park royal lea interchange leyton and westbourne park garages with 24 london bus routes and 412 buses . 2 3 4 5 also included were contracts to operate three routes 425 n550 and n551 that had yet to commence . 6 7 8 in october 2014 tower transit purchased the impact group 9 which operates 130 small buses for local authorities and schools out of depots in ealing and croydon . 10 garages edit tower transit operates three bus garages . atlas road as edit as at may 2015 park royal garage operated routes 28 31 266 328 n28 and n31 . 11 history edit on 1 october 2011 this garage opened when part of westbourne park garage was closed to make way for crossrail construction works with operation of routes 28 31 328 n28 and n31 transferred . atlas road operates as an outstation for westbourne park so buses are seen on atlas road routes and vice versa . lea interchange li edit as at june 2016 lea interchange garage operated routes 25 30 58 69 212 236 308 339 425 444 488 n26 n550 n551 rv1 w14 w15 . 12 history edit the garage opened in 2007 to replace the waterden road stratford garage that closed as part of the development of the olympic park for the 2012 olympic and paralympic games . waterden road was opened in 1996 after a number tender wins . lea interchange will begin operating route 69 on 30 april 2016 . ct plus will take over operation of route 26 on 25 june 2016 . westbourne park x edit as at november 2015 westbourne park garage operates routes 23 and 70 13 history edit westbourne park garage was part of the re construction programme undertaken by london transport in the early 1980s . as was common practice at the time the new garage replaced two older garages the small and inadequate middle row x and the larger former trolley bus garage at stonebridge se . the new garage which opened in 1981 in great western road and is of unusual design in that it is built beneath the elevated a40 westway the roof of the garage being profiled to match the concrete flyover . originally the garage allocation consisted of aec routemasters and a small number of dm to b20 quiet specification for route 18 . these were supplemented in 1983 by a number of leyland titan of t class for comparative trials . a new 180m bus parking area is to be built on a raised platform over railway lines as part of the crossrail project . 14 metroline took over the operation of route 295 on 31 october 2015 . 15 on 5 march 2016 westbourne park took over the operation of route n97 from london united . 16 edmonton edit in august 2014 tower transit lodged a development application to build a new garage in pickett s lock lane edmonton with capacity for 107 buses . 17 18 fleet edit as at may 2015 the fleet consisted of 437 buses . 19 references edit companies house extract company no 8536416 tower transit operations limited firstgroup announces sale of eight london bus depots . firstgroup . 9 april 2013 . retrieved 23 june 2013 . tower transit announces first group partial acquisition . transit systems . 9 april 2013 . retrieved 23 june 2013 . date set for aussie takeover of london bus routes . australiasian bus & coach . 14 june 2013 . retrieved 23 june 2013 . hurst brian 12 june 2013 . redland company takes wheel of london s big red buses . brisbane times . retrieved 23 june 2013 . bus tender results route 425 transport for london 25 october 2012 bus tender results route n550 transport for london 25 october 2012 bus tender results route n551 transport for london 25 october 2012 companies house extract company no 4464220 impact group limited tower transit expands with impact bus & coach professional 31 october 2014 carr ken may 2015 . the london bus guide 5 ed . . boreham visions international entertainment . p. 113 . isbn 978 0 9931735 3 0 . carr ken may 2015 . the london bus guide 5 ed . . boreham visions international entertainment . p. 116 . isbn 978 0 9931735 3 0 . tower transit bus garage locations . retrieved 14 november 2015 . maclennan peter . crossrail awards padington new yard contract . crossrail uk . crossrail uk . retrieved 1 november 2014 . tender news bus talk go ahead london issue 34 june 2015 two routes to change operators in march buses issue 726 september 2015 page 18 41 pickett s lock lane edmonton greater london authority 6 august 2014 tower transit buses issue 714 september 2014 page 21 carr ken may 2015 . the london bus guide 5 ed . . boreham visions international entertainment . p. 42 . isbn 978 0 9931735 3 0 . v t e bus operators in london london abellio london arriva london ct plus go ahead london blue triangle docklands buses london central london general golden tours metroline ratp group london sovereign london united quality line the original tour redwing coaches stagecoach london east london selkent thameside sullivan buses the big bus company tower transit uno national megabus national express london transport portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tower transit & oldid 740867639 categories london bus operators2013 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy dates from july 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged 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