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Many operators also give their garages codes, sometimes for similar administrative reasons, or sometimes — particularly where they only have one garage — for " Enthusiast reasons". These are not always the same as the London Bus codes, although they often are. HISTORY Many of the codes are long-established, going back to London Buses Limited (LBL) (and in many cases earlier) days, and are well-known among staff and enthusiasts. There is usually some sort of logic to the code allocated. In the early part of the 20th Century, the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) allocated its garages codes by going through the alphabet — initially A, B, C, etc; and then AA, AB, AC, etc. Codes allocated since often reflect the geographical name of the garage (e.g. Ful'''w'''ell, Alpert'''on''', '''N'''ew '''Cross''' (NX)), although some have since been renamed (HT, Holloway, was called '''H'''ighga'''t'''e). Since the start of tendering in 1985, some codes have also reflected the name of the owning company, examples being AH (Armcha'''i'''r, Brentford), EL ('''E'''astern Nationa'''l''', Chelmsford), WI ('''Wi'''ngs, Uxbridge), BE ('''B'''lue Triangl'''e''', Rainham). Such company names may not still be in use today: DX ( Arriva London North East, Barking ) originates from '''D'''i'''x''' Travel, which was absorbed into Grey-Green , becoming their Dagenham operation, and subsequently relocated to Barking, and now absorbed by Arriva . Similarly BT (Sovereign, Edgware) comes from '''BT'''S, which was subsequently bought out by Sovereign , and Hounslow Heath code WK originates from '''W'''estlin'''k'''. The official code FR for Metrobus's Crayford base is especially obscure, referring to the original owner, one Chris '''Fr'''eeman of Freeman’s Coaches, which was absorbed into Crystals, which subsequently sold out to Tellings-Golden Miller in 2003, who then sold it on to Metrobus in 2005! In several cases (TB/TC/TL and QB) the code reflects both the location (Bromley/Croydon/Lewisham (Catford), Battersea) and the original owning company (Tilling, Q-Drive). (For example: TB would be '''T'''illing '''B'''romley, QB would be '''Q'''-Drive '''B'''attersea) Some garage codes have been used for more than one garage over the years, sometimes when an entire garage has moved such as at Peckham (PM) , and sometimes when a code has been "dormant" for some years and then been reused. Some premises have had different codes at different times in their life, and indeed three (Edgware, Fulwell and Ash Grove) currently have two codes simultaneously, one for each operator. CURRENT CODES A B C D E F G H K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y EXTERNAL LINKS |
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