bus rally in april 2007 parent ratp group founded 1980 spun off from epsom coaches headquarters epsom service area surrey and south west london service type bus services routes 13 london buses 5 non london buses total 18 destinations cobham epsom kingston dorking sutton morden website www.epsomcoaches.com quality line is the trading name of the bus division of epsom coaches 1 and operates over 60 buses throughout the south west london and surrey area with many under contract to transport for london or surrey county council . on 20 april 2012 it was announced that the epsom coaches group will be taken over by the ratp group . 2 contents 1 history 2 garage 2.1 epsom eb 3 fleet 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit mercedes benz o530 citaro in the mid 1980s epsom coaches took advantage of the deregulation of the bus industry and initially began operating hopper type services around the epsom area . since 1997 epsom buses have expanded into the london bus market initially winning the tenders for routes s1 and 413 . other london tenders were successfully tendered for including route 293 . in 2003 epsom coaches decided to rebrand its bus division as quality line and repainted its vehicles from their traditional cream and brown into all over red to comply with transport for london contractual requirenments . from july 2006 with the introduction of routes e15 and e16 quality line began to return to operating outside london with buses in their traditional cream and brown livery however since the displacement of alexander bodied darts from route s1 buses outside london have been appearing in red once again . in late 2012 out of london buses were starting to appear in all over cream with burgundy flashes . until may 2007 the whole fleet consisted of only single decker buses . since june 2007 quality line have operated alexander dennis enviro400 double deck vehicles on routes 406 and 418 . a number of single decker alexander dennis enviro200 dart were delivered at the same time . garage edit quality line operates from a garage in epsom . epsom eb edit alexander dennis enviro400 on route 418 at kingston in december 2008 as at may 2015 epsom garage operated london routes 404 406 411 418 463 465 467 470 641 k5 s1 s3 and x26 . 3 it also operates surrey county council routes 408 and e10 also commercial epsom area routes e5 e9 and e16 . 4 on 12 october 2012 quality line took over the commercial operation of surrey county council route 479 from countryliner who had gone into administration earlier in the week . on 15 october a service registration by sunray travel was accepted by the regulator while quality line s was not so quality line ceased operating the route on 16 october 2012 . 5 fleet edit as at may 2015 99 buses were dedicated to the transport for london services . 6 see also edit epsom coaches references edit companies house extract company no 281992 hr richmond limited ratp buys epsom coaches busandcoach.com bus and coach magazine carr ken may 2015 . the london bus guide 5 ed . . boreham visions international entertainment . p. 115 . isbn 978 0 9931735 3 0 . bus services operated epsom coaches group notices and proceedings the traffic commissioner for the south eastern and metropolitan area 26 october 2012 carr ken may 2015 . the london bus guide 5 ed . . boreham visions international entertainment . p. 36 . isbn 978 0 9931735 3 0 . external links edit media related to quality line at wikimedia commons epsom coaches 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 v t e bus operators in south east england berkshire arriva shires & essex bath bus company courtney buses first berkshire & the thames valley fleet buzz reading buses stagecoach in hampshire thamesdown transport thames travel the green bus white bus services wilts & dorset buckinghamshire arriva shires & essex carousel buses first berkshire & the thames valley stagecoach east east sussex arriva southern counties bath bus company brighton & hove compass travel cuckmere buses metrobus renown coaches southdown psv stagecoach south east stagecoach in hastings stagecoach in eastbourne the sussex bus hampshire amk group bluestar damory first hampshire & dorset fleet buzz reading buses stagecoach south stagecoach in hampshire stagecoach in hants & surrey stagecoach in portsmouth stagecoach in the south downs uni link wilts & dorset xelabus isle of wight southern vectis island breezers kent arriva southern counties chalkwell coaches the kings ferry metrobus nu venture stagecoach south east stagecoach in east kent sullivan buses southdown psv oxfordshire arriva shires & essex 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