Private company

Docklands Buses

Bus company operating in London, England

Docklands Buses is a bus operator brand under London General Transport Services Limited, trading as Go-Ahead London. It operates services in East London under contract to Transport for London.2 It is headquartered in London Borough of Merton.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1988Founded1

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GAL Docklands Buses 300 SE104
Photo: UK bus Image, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Docklands Buses is a bus operator brand under London General Transport Services Limited, trading as Go-Ahead London. It operates services in East London under contract to Transport for London.2

Corporate structure

Docklands Buses is part of a group headed by Go-Ahead Group plc. 44 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

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 the Go-Ahead Group. In August 2008, Go-Ahead's London bus operations all adopted the Go-Ahead London trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the logo on most buses.

From Wikipedia’s article on Docklands Buses, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

As of December 2024, Docklands Buses had a peak vehicle requirement of 9 buses for route 300.

From Wikipedia’s article on Docklands Buses, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1988Founded Founded1

Sources

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