Westbourne Park .28X.29 First London

aec routemaster on route 23 on strand, circa 2001

westbourne park garage operated london bus routes 9 (heritage), 70 , 24-hour routes 23 , 295.

history

westbourne park garage part of re-construction programme undertaken london transport in 1980s. common practice @ time, new garage replaced 2 older garages - small , inadequate middle row (x), , larger former trolley bus depot @ stonebridge (se). new garage, opened in 1981 in great western road, , of unusual design in built beneath elevated a40 westway, roof of garage being profiled match concrete flyover. originally, garage allocation consisted of aec routemasters, , small number of daimler fleetlines b20 quiet specification route 18. these supplemented in 1983 number of leyland titan of t class comparative trials.

when privatised westbourne park operated 2 routes operated aec routemasters, 7 , 23. these replaced dennis trident 2s in july 2004 , september 2003 respectively. in november 2005 westbourne park commenced operating 9 heritage routemasters.

in november 2000 first centrewest commenced operating route 27. passed london united in november 2005.

in november 2004 first london commenced operating route 414. passed abellio london in november 2009.

in february 2003 first centrewest commenced operating route 10. passed transdev london in january 2010.

in 2006, arson attack destroyed around ten buses. in june 2007 routes 7 , n7 passed metroline.

on 23 june 2012, first london commenced operating route 70.