Docklands Buses

Docklands Buses is a bus company operating in East London. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and operates services under contract to Transport for London.

History
Docklands Buses was formed by Harry Blundred's Transit Holdings in 1988 as Docklands Transit. It initially operated local commercial routes using Ford Transit minibuses, but these proved not to be viable so it switched to operating tendered Transport for London services. Stagecoach purchased the bus side of the company in 1997, and Docklands Transit continued operating private hire vehicles. In 2002 Docklands Buses commenced operating route 167, soon winning other contracts.

In September 2006 the company was purchased by Go-Ahead Group.

In August 2008, Go-Ahead's London bus operations all took up the new trading name of Go-Ahead London.

Garage
Docklands Buses operate one garage.

Silvertown (SI)
Silvertown garage operates London bus routes 276, 541, 549, D6, D7, D8, 24-hour route 474, schools routes 150 and 673.

On 6 July 2013, route 425 passed to Tower Transit.

On 31 August 2013, route N551 passed to Tower Transit.

Bus types in use

 * Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart 10.2m (SE) for route D8
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart 10.8m (SE) for routes 276 and D6
 * Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart 10.2m / MCV Evolution (ED) for route 549
 * Scania OmniDekka 10.6m (SO) for route 474
 * Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Plaxton President (PVL) for routes 150 and 673
 * Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini (WVL) for route 541
 * Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (WVL) for routes 474 and D7