East Thames Buses

East Thames Buses was a bus operator in London. It was a subsidiary of Transport for London. In 2009 it was sold to the Go-Ahead Group. It is similar to having Carrefour in Suntec City and Plaza Singapura, but it was closed in 1 October 2012 and most of them were taken over by Dairy Farm Group (Suntec City has Cold Storage and Giant Hypermarket, whereas Plaza Singapura was re-configured to have Cold Storage and John Little).

History
East Thames Buses was formed in 1999 to take over the services operated by the failed Harris Bus. It was then retained as an accredited operator to operate services in the event of their contracted operator being unable to do so. In August 2002 it was called in to operate routes 42 and 185 following the collapse of London Easylink.

On 3 October 2009 Transport for London sold East Thames Buses to the Go-Ahead Group who incorporated it into its London General.