| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Marsh Lane, Tottenham |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Go Ahead London |
| Operator | London General |
| Depot code | NP |
| Routes served | 15 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1991 |
Northumberland Park bus Garage
editNorthumberland Park Bus Garage is a bus garage in Tottenham, London.
Backstory
editNorthumberland Park Bus Garage was opened in 1991 by Capital Citybus after they achieved massive route gains in London, following the collapse of London Regional Transport subsidiary company London Forest.
Ownership of Northumberland Park and indeed Capital Citybus transferred on 21 December 1995 when owners CNT Group sold out to the incumbent management team. This arrangement only lasted until 8 July 1998 when the management sold the company on to FirstGroup.
From the beginning of FirstGroup ownership, Northumberland Park and its services were operated as a separate company, utilising the First Capital name. This did not last long and the garage was integrated into the First London operation.
Following a series of tender losses and the general downturn of the bus business at First, the company sold Northumberland Park and its routes to the Go Ahead Group in March 2012. The operation was incorporated by the new company under its London General subsidiary.[1]
A year later, FirstGroup sold 8 more bus garages and effectively quit London bus operation.[2]
Go Ahead London
editNorthumberland Park is London General's only base of operation in North London and operates fifteen TfL contract services along with two school routes
Northumberland Park garage has been losing almost all of their bus routes, to preface,
Here is a list of the contracts lost between 1991 and 2021
| Route(s) | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 298 | Lost to Arriva London(North) for Palmers Green Garage (AD)[3]
(Now operated by Sullivan Buses for South Mimms Garage (SM)) |
March 1997 |
| w9 | Lost to Metroline for Potters Bar Garage
(Now operated by Sullivan Buses for South Mimms Garage (SM)) |
March 2000 |
| 76 | Lost to Arriva London for Tottenham Garage (AR)
(Reacquired in March 2017) |
February 2003 |
| w8 | Passed back to Metroline for Potters Bar Garage (PB) | July 2003 |
| 318 | Lost to Arriva London for Tottenham Garage (AR) | November 2006 |
| 341 | Lost to Arriva London for Lee Valley Garage (LV) | October 2010 |
| w6 | Lost to Arriva London for Lee Valley Garage (LV) | February 2011 |
| 67 | Passed back to Arriva London for both Stamford Hill (SF) and Tottenham
Garages (AR) (Reacquired in June 2020) |
April 2013 |
| 259 | Lost to Arriva London to Edmonton Garage (EC) | March 2017 |
| w16 | Lost to CT Plus to Walthamstow Avenue Garage (AW) | March 2017 |
| 19 | Passed back to Arriva London to Tottenham Garage (AR) | April 2017 |
| 257 | Passed back to Stagecoach East London to Leyton Garage (T) | October 2017 |
| w4 | Passed back to Arriva London to Wood Green Garage (WN) | February 2018 |
| 299 | Lost to Sullivan Buses to South Mimms Garage (SM) | February 2018 |
| 389, 399 | Both Lost to Sullivan Buses to South Mimms Garage (SM) | April 2018 |
| 231, 491 | (491) Lost to Metroline to Potters Bar Garage (PB)
(231) Passed back to Metroline for Potters Bar Garage (PB) |
June 2018 |
| 327(Herts) | Lost to Sullivan Buses to South Mimms Garage (SM) | June 2018 |
| 20 | Lost to CT Plus for Walthamstow Avenue Garage (AW) | March 2019 |
| 192 | Passed back to Arriva London to Enfield Garage (Ponders End) (E) | November 2019 |
| 191 | Lost to Arriva London to Enfield Garage (Ponders End) (E) | May/June 2020 |
| w10 | Withdrawn and replaced by the new route 456 | March 2021 |
| 575
(non-TfL) |
Withdrawn | August 2021 |
| 153 | Allocation moved to Waterloo Garage (RA) | August 2021 |
Of all the bus routes that are lost, withdrawn or passed back to its original operating garage, only routes 357 and 476 still operate in the Northumberland Park garage from when the routes originally started.
However, With the tender wins by Go Ahead London General of routes 184(including school route 184), 212, 214, 230, 444 and w15 coupled with their allocation of new Alexander Dennis Limited Enviro200 & Enviro400 EV vehicles, Northumberland Park now operates one of the largest electric bus fleets in Europe, totalling over 100 vehicles.[4]
Bus2Grid Project
editGo-Ahead London’s Northumberland Park depot is set to become a ‘virtual power station,’ generating electricity from buses when not in use. Following a transformation to house nearly 100 new zero-emission electric buses, Northumberland Park is now one of the biggest electric bus facilities in Europe. The project, called Bus2Grid[5][6], is believed to be the world’s largest vehicle-to-grid (V2G)[7] trial site.
As of 2022, Northumberland Park Garage runs routes, 67, 76, 106, 184(including school route 184), 212, 214, 230, 232, 357, 379, 444, 456, 476, 657 and w15.
See also
edit- First Capital(London)
- London General
References
edit- ^ "Go-Ahead to buy First's Northumberland Park Depot". CBW. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ Is, This (2013-04-09). "FirstGroup hits the exit route out of London with the sale of its capital bus network for £80m". This is Money. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "London Bus Route 298". www.londonbuses.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Dougall, Emily (2020-08-19). "Go-Ahead London's Northumberland Park depot becomes world's largest vehicle-to-grid site". CBW. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Bus2Grid project by BYD at Go-Ahead London's Northumberland Park bus depot". Electric Motor News. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ "Bus2Grid". www.sseenergysolutions.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ "World's largest V2G project dubbed Bus2Grid launched in London". Current. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2022-06-04.