List of bus garages in London

Every garage operating services that form part of the London bus network is given an official London bus garage code. Such codes are given not only to garages running London bus contracts, but also to those running commercial bus services under London bus agreements. There is also a code for Tramlink. The codes are used internally by London Buses, for administrative purposes.
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 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 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, although some have since been renamed.
Since the start of tendering in 1985, some codes have also reflected the name of the owning company, examples being AH, EL, WI, BE. Such company names may not still be in use today: DX originates from Dix Travel, which was absorbed into Grey-Green, becoming their Dagenham operation, and subsequently relocated to Barking, and now absorbed by Arriva. Similarly BT comes from BTS, which was subsequently bought out by Sovereign, and Hounslow Heath code WK originates from Westlink. The official code FR for Metrobus's Crayford base is especially obscure, referring to the original owner, one Chris Freeman 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 the code reflects both the location and the original owning company.
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, 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 currently have two codes simultaneously, one for each operator.
During the period of operation by London Transport and its predecessors, indeed back to the earliest motor buses in the early 20th century, the garage code was clearly carried on both sides of the vehicle. The code was usually in the form of a metal stencil plate carried in a holder beside the running duty number plate. Latterly, the garage codes took the form of painted stencils or adhesive characters. In the post London Transport/ London Buses period, the display of garage codes is no longer universal and many vehicles carry no visible identification.
There are a number of historical anomalies with the allocation of codes. When Ash Grove garage opened in 1981, it was coded AG by London Transport. As an operational garage that has opened and closed several times over the years, it now carries the code AE, formerly the code of the long closed Hendon garage and the AG code is currently unused.

Current codes

A

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
A	Sutton	Go-Ahead London	A
AC	Willesden	Metroline	AC
AD	Palmers Green	Arriva London	AD
AE	Ash Grove	Arriva London	AE
AF	Putney	Go-Ahead London	AF
AH	Brentford	Metroline	AH
AL	Merton	Go-Ahead London	AL
AR	Tottenham	Arriva London	AR
AV	Hounslow	London United	AV
AW	Walthamstow Avenue	CT Plus	AW

B

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
BC	Beddington Cross	Abellio London	BC
BE	Rainham	Go-Ahead London	B
BF	Byfleet	Abellio London	TG
BK	Barking	Stagecoach London	BK
BN	Brixton	Arriva London	BN
BT	Edgware	London Sovereign	BT
BW	Bow	Stagecoach London	BW
BX	Bexleyheath	Go-Ahead London	BX

C

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
CN	Croydon	Arriva London	CN
C	Croydon	Metrobus	C
CT	Clapton	Arriva London	CT
CY	Crawley	Metrobus	MY

D

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
DT	Dartford	Arriva London	DT
DX	Barking	Arriva London	DX

E

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
E	Enfield	Arriva London	E
EB	Epsom	Quality Line	EB
EC	Edmonton	Arriva London	EC
EW	Edgware	Metroline	EW

F

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
FW	Fulwell	London United	FW

G

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
G	Greenford	Metroline	G
GR	Watford	Arriva Shires & Essex	GR
GY	Grays	Arriva London	GY

H

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
HA	Harlow	Arriva Shires & Essex	HA
HD	Harrow Weald	Metroline	HD
HF	Hatfield	Uno	UB
HH	Hounslow Heath	London United	WK
HK	Ash Grove	HCT Group	HK
HT	Holloway	Metroline	HT
HZ	Hayes	Metroline	HZ

K

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
KC	King's Cross	Metroline	KC

L

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
LI	Lea Interchange	Tower Transit	HO

M

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
MB	Orpington	Metrobus	MB
MG	Morden Wharf	Go-Ahead London	MG

N

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
N	Norwood	Arriva London	N
NP	Northumberland Park	Go-Ahead London	NP
NS	Romford	Stagecoach London	NS
NX	New Cross	Go-Ahead London	NX

O

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
ON	Alperton	Metroline	ON

P

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
PA	Perivale West	Metroline	PA
PB	Potters Bar	Metroline	PB
PD	Plumstead	Stagecoach London	PD
PK	Park Royal	London United	PK
PL	Waterside Way	Go-Ahead London	PL
PM	Peckham	Go-Ahead London	PM
PV	Perivale East	Metroline	PV

Q

Code	Garage	Operated By	Picture
Q	Camberwell	Go-Ahead London
QB	Battersea	Abellio London

R

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
RA	Waterloo	Go-Ahead London	RA
RM	Rainham	Stagecoach London	RM
RR	Barking	Blue Triangle	RR

S

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
S	Shepherd's Bush	London United	S
SF	Stamford Hill	Arriva London	SF
SI	Silvertown	Go-Ahead London	SI
SM	South Mimms	Sullivan Buses	SN
SO	Harrow	London Sovereign	SO
SW	Stockwell	Go-Ahead London	SW

T

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
T	Leyton	Stagecoach London	T
TB	Bromley	Stagecoach London	TB
TC	South Croydon	Arriva London	TC
TF	Twickenham	Abellio London	TF
TH	Thornton Heath	Arriva London	TH
TK	Tramlink	TfL & Tramtrack Croydon	TK
TL	Catford	Stagecoach London	TL
TP	Thorpe Park	Sullivan Buses	TP
	Tunbridge Wells	Arriva Southern Counties	TS
TV	Tolworth	London United	TV

U

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
UX	Uxbridge	Metroline	UX

V

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
V	Stamford Brook	London United	V

W

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
W	Cricklewood	Metroline	W
WB	High Wycombe	Arriva Shires & Essex	HI
WD	Wandsworth	Arriva Original Sightseeing	WD
WE	Ware	Arriva Shires & Essex	WE
WH	West Ham	Stagecoach London	WH
WJ	Willesden Junction	Metroline	WJ
WL	Walworth	Abellio London	WL
WN	Wood Green	Arriva London	WN
WS	Hayes	Abellio London	WS

X

Code	Garage	Operated By	London Buses Code	Picture
X	Westbourne Park	Tower Transit	X

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