Alperton .28ON.29 First London

wright eclipse gemini bodied volvo b7tl on route 79 in wembley in august 2008

alperton garage operated london bus routes 223, 224, 245, 487 , 24-hour route 83.

history

it 1 of 3 garages built lptb, , 1 survive, alperton garage opened in june 1939, adjacent piccadilly line station of same name, serve extensive local area had built in mid 1930s.

when opened had allocation entirely of stl s reshuffled cricklewood, hanwell, harrow weald, , willesden garages. alperton new garage , had plenty of headroom 1 of few garages able take utility guy arabs, , @ 1 stage these made complete allocation , lasted until 1954 when replaced stls.

by 1972 arrival of numerous aec mb , sm class single deck buses operate numerous 1 man operation services, , further allocation of daimler fleetline dms, parking space becoming problem. therefore became necessary park dozen or buses on nearby glacier metals car park overnight. garage consequently enlarged between 1976–1978, encompassed adjacent former underground substation, , london transport lifts , escalators department had move out new premises. during reconstruction works, 18 vehicles outstationed @ stonebridge (se).

the last rt buses transferred out in 1975, , until beginning of 1980s, alperton had entirely aec routemaster , daimler fleetline allocation. first mcw metrobuses arrived in 1981, , gradually replaced dms on routes, , become mainstay of fleet many years.

following september 1982 service reductions, remaining rms transferred away other garages, route 187 , 83 became 1 manned @ same time. replacement metrobuses allocated make allocation used vehicles edgware (ew), hanwell (hl), , fulwell (fw), making garage metrobus.

by 1995, alperton doing of maintenance centrewest operation , had become home of training fleet.

on 26 november 2011, route 79 passed metroline. on 28 april 2012, route 487 transferred garage.