Bus Drivers East Sussex

Bodied included in the sale to Metroline at Company history [ ] On 1 April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate, one of which was Metroline. As part of the, Metroline was sold in October 1994 to a. In July 1998, it purchased and in March 2000 was sold to.

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In August 2004 ComfortDelGro purchased and in November 2004 with seven routes and 86 buses. Initially both retained their existing names before being rebranded in January 2007. When privatised, Metroline adopted a livery of red with a dark blue skirt.

This was briefly changed to light blue in the mid 2000s before the dark blue was reinstated. In June 2009, Metroline adopted an all red scheme to comply with requirements. In 2014, a blue, white and red livery was introduced on buses dedicated to non-Transport for London services. On 22 June 2013, Metroline purchased 's,,, and depots with 494 buses. Metroline Travel [ ] Metroline Travel Limited operates nine bus garages.

Brentford (AH) [ ] As of September 2017, Brentford garage operates London bus routes 117, 190, 209, 235, 237, E2 and E8. History [ ] Brentford was opened in 1990 by Armchair Passenger Transport, initially to house buses for its recently won. It had previously been used as a base for coach operations, at the time Armchair's main business. In November 2004 Armchair was bought out by Metroline's parent, although it continued to operate buses separately under the Armchair name until 2007. Armchair's coach business continues to operate under its own name, and includes commuter coach services and private hire.

Cricklewood (W) [ ] As of July 2017 operates routes,,,,,,,,,,, and. History [ ] This garage opened in May 1905 and was originally called. It was the first motorised depot used by the and is one of London's oldest bus garages.

[ ] Edgware (EW) [ ] As of December 2017, garage operated routes,,, and,,, and. History [ ] When Edgware garage was first opened by the London General Omnibus Company in 1925 it had space for 24 buses, but there was plenty of room adjacent to the then recently built.

In 1939 a new building was erected next to the original one, which was to become the new bus station, while the remaining open parking area was used to store vehicles for the trolleybus replacement programme. In 1984 a new 100-bus garage was built on old railway land at a cost of £4.5 million. Driver S License Washington State Poulsbo on this page. However, in 1992 Edgware garage was earmarked for closure, as Cricklewood garage was to become a fully functioning garage with new facilities. The outdoor parking area and the bus station then became a midibus base in 1993, with a new bus wash and light maintenance facilities provided in the yard. In 1999, which had won some recent tenders in the North East London area, took on a 10-year lease on half of Edgware garage and invested in new maintenance facilities to replace its former base at Borehamwood. In late 2000 Metroline moved back into the other half of the garage, making it one of the few garages to be shared by two operators. Harrow Weald (HD) [ ] As of February 2017, garage operated routes,,, and History [ ] Harrow Weald garage was opened in 1930 by the London General Omnibus Company to replace the much smaller.

The new garage had to be extended over the forecourt just two years later to provide additional space. In its earlier years the garage was used by experimental vehicles including the CH6s and the first diesel bus (ST). In 1987 Harrow Weald was the base for the new Harrow Buses operation set up by London Transport which had won tenders for a new local network. The garage survived the collapse of Harrow Buses and passed to Metroline, and in 1994 just short of 60 buses were based there. The garage also carries out engineering work on buses based at Edgware garage. Holloway (HT) [ ] As of June 2017, garage operated routes,,,,, (night service only),,,,,,, and. History [ ] Originally opened as Holloway Tram Depot in 1907, it was the largest of the 's sheds, with space for 336 trams.

It was renamed Highgate in 1950 (by which time it was a trolleybus depot) to avoid confusion with Holloway (J) Bus Garage, and then back to Holloway in 1971 following the closure of the original Holloway garage. The garage then had an allocation of 210 buses, although that drifted downwards until 1993, when the closure of Chalk Farm and the transfer of five routes into the garage meant Holloway was once again full. Today the garage is almost at capacity levels, with around 200 buses allocated in addition to the outstation at Kings Cross. [ ] King's Cross (KC) [ ] As of February 2017, operates routes, and.

History [ ] On 10 July 2010, this garage in Freight Lane opened to replace King's Cross (KX) garage in York Lane. Perivale East (PV) [ ] As of June 2017, Perivale East operates routes,, and. Perivale West (PA) [ ] As of February 2017, Perivale West operates routes,,,, and.

Potters Bar (PB) [ ] As of July 2017, garage operates,, (Day),,,,,,,,,, 242, and PB1. History [ ] Opened in 1930 at a cost of over £48,000 by the London General Omnibus Company subsidiary 'Overground', it was nearly closed in the 1960s as it was too far north to be useful to the London bus network. It survived but soon faced closure again in the 1980s during. This time it was saved after crews accepted a revised pay agreement and the depot tendered for and won routes. During the and in the run-up to the, the garage was used as a storage facility for buses. In 1952 the garage allocation consisted entirely of, with some 68 as a daily requirement. In 1973 the was allocated to the garage for single bus route 284 and lasted there until 1976.

The garage has seen a mix of buses over the years, ranging from Ford minibuses and A class Dodges to and the route-branded X43 transferred when Finchley garage closed. It is the only depot to run non-TFL routes. Willesden (AC) [ ] As of February 2017, garage operated routes,,,,, and. History [ ] Opened in 1902, Willesden was used for major chassis overhauls before Chiswick Works opened in 1921.

During it was also used to provide major body overhauls. Prior to the war its allocation consisted mainly of STs and STLs whilst RTs and were the main allocation afterwards. Prototype RML3 was allocated to the garage in 1958, and then ran the first production Routemasters on in 1959. These moved on for trolleybus replacement later that year but Routemasters reappeared in 1965 to replace the RTWs. Improvements to the garage were made in 1975 to enlarge its capacity from 90 to 120 in order for the Stonebridge allocation to be moved in, although the talk of providing staff housing on the site never materialised and Stonebridge work did not move to Willesden, but to Westbourne Park.

In 1994 Metroline became the first ex London Buses company to expand when it bought Atlas Bus & Coach, regaining which it had earlier lost under tendering although it continued to be operated from Harlesden until 1995. On 11 December 2010, route 460 was transferred to this garage. Metroline West [ ] Metroline West Limited operates five bus garages purchased from in June 2013. Alperton (ON) [ ] As of February 2017, garage operated routes,,,, and. History [ ] One of three garages built by the, and the only one to survive, Alperton Garage opened in June 1939, adjacent to the tube station of the same name. When it opened it had an allocation entirely of STLs which were reshuffled from Cricklewood, Hanwell, Harrow Weald and Willesden garages.

As Alperton was a new garage and had plenty of headroom it was one of the few garages able to take utility Arabs, and at one stage these made up its complete allocation and lasted until 1954 when they were replaced by STLs. By 1972 with the arrival of numerous AEC Merlin and class single deck buses to operate the numerous one man operated services, and the further allocation of, parking space was becoming a problem. It therefore became necessary to park a dozen or so buses on nearby Glacier Metals' car park overnight. The garage was consequently enlarged between 1976 and 1978, which encompassed the adjacent former Underground substation, and the LT Lifts and Escalators department which had to move out to new premises. During the reconstruction works, 18 vehicles were outstationed at Stonebridge (SE). The last buses were transferred out in 1975, and until the beginning of the 1980s, Alperton had an entirely and allocation. The first arrived in 1981, and gradually replaced the Daimler Fleetlines on all the one man operated routes, and would become the mainstay of the fleet for many years.

Following the September 1982 service reductions, all the remaining Routemasters were transferred to other garages, route 83 and being one manned at the same time. Replacement Metrobuses were allocated to make up the allocation (mainly used vehicles from Edgware (EW), Hanwell (HL), and Fulwell (FW), making the garage all Metrobus. By 1995, Alperton was doing most of the maintenance for the CentreWest operation and had also become the home of the training fleet. On 6 August 2016, route 245 was transferred from this garage to Perivale East (PV) garage. From 10 September 2016, Route 483 will operate from Alperton garage. Greenford (G) [ ] As of February 2017, garage operated routes,,,, and.

On 27 May 2017, routes E5 E7 and E9 passed to History [ ] Greenford bus depot is part of a local council depot and was first used in 1993 as a midibus base. The opening of Greenford garage led to the closure of Hanwell, and in 1995 the garage was operating 110 midibuses. The standard fare of vehicles in the late 1990s were bodied midibuses, and minibuses but both types had a bad reputation and did not last long. From late 2003 until 14 March 2009 operated from the Greenford depot using garage code EY. Hayes (HZ) [ ] History [ ] The garage was first opened on Springfield Road in Hayes before moving to a larger depot at Rigby Lane in early 2016. On 11 June 2016, route 195 was transferred from this garage to Greenford (G) garage.

On 20 August 2016, routes U4 and U5 was transferred to this garage from Uxbridge (UX) garage. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy Ringtone Download. Currently (July 2017) the garage has no operational routes and is in use for vehicle storage only. Uxbridge (UX) [ ] As of February 2017, garage operated routes,,,,,,,,, and. History [ ] The original Uxbridge garage was around half a mile out of town on the Oxford Road and was built by the London General Omnibus Company in 1921, but passed to Thames Valley a year later before reverting in 1929 to work its new local routes which were operated mainly by single deckers. An extension was added in the late 1940s and a new garage was planned, although work didn't begin until the 1980s. The new garage opened in late 1983 next to the occupying the lower ground floor of a multi use building.

In 1989 the garage began operating the U-Line network of local routes using 16 seater bodied midibuses (MAs) in an initiative. The growth of use of the U-Line services over the years since 1989 has meant that larger buses have been put into service on these routes. The garage also operated the busy. In 1994, the garage was allocated some of London's first low-floor single deckers, bodied with Centrewest branding for the then operated route 222. On 20 August 2016, routes U4 and U5 were transferred to Hayes. On 3 September 2016, Uxbridge commenced operating.

On 11 February 2017, route U4 was transferred from Hayes (HZ) garage to this garage. On 12 February 2017, route N207 was transferred from Hayes (HZ) garage to garage. Willesden Junction (WJ) [ ] As of February 2017, garage operated routes,,,,, and. Former Garages [ ] North Wembley (NW) [ ] History [ ] was opened as a midibus base in 1994, and in latter years buses have been gradually been getting longer, although still single deck. North Wembley had basic maintenance facilities, and therefore some maintenance was carried out by Harrow Weald. On 30 May 2009, North Wembley closed.

Fleet [ ] As at August 2017, the fleet consisted of 1,682 buses. References [ ].

Description PCV Drivers – Bus Drivers, Tour Drivers, Private Hire Drivers Our client is a long-established family-owned bus and coach operator. Due to increased demand they are now looking to recruit additional PCV Drivers (Cat D) to join their close knit team of Bus, Tour and Private Hire Drivers at their Hastings and St Leonards base. The company enjoys a reputation for setting the highest standards of service and presentation and fulfils various bus contracts in and around the Hastings area, and also runs regular coach tours throughout the UK and over to Europe. Additionally, they offer a private hire service which can mean day trips to London, airport and ferry runs, tourist attractions or sporting events. This is a great opportunity for qualified PCV drivers who have a flexible approach to work and who enjoy a varied routine. This is a full-time role with a guaranteed wage plus overtime. Due to the nature of the role successful candidates will be asked to supply an Enhanced Disclosure (DBS).

The company will meet the cost for those who do not already hold one. The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and qualities: • Be a qualified PCV Driver with a Category D licence. • Experience as a bus, private hire or coach tour driver would be an advantage, but we also welcome applications from recently qualified Cat D holders.

• Holder of CPC and Digital Tachograph card is preferred. Experience of working with Tacos will be an advantage, but not essential, as full training will be given.

• Personable with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Smart appearance. A uniform will be provided. • Tour Drivers will need the willingness to travel long distances with overnight stays, sometimes for a few days at a time.

Hotels and meal allowances will be paid. • All drivers will need the willingness to work flexible hours including some weekend and bank holiday work. • High levels of road awareness and good sense of direction. Salary and reward package: • Salary of approximately £22,000 (including overtime). • Uniform provided. • Ongoing training.

• 5.6 weeks annual leave. • Optional healthcare top up scheme. • Free Parking. • Equipped kitchen to make hot snacks etc. Key Words: PCV Driver, Bus Driver, Coach Driver, Private Hire Driver, CPC, Passenger Carrying Vehicles, Category D, Cat D Licence, Tour Operator, Tachograph, Taco.