34-527: The Marshall Capital (later sold as the MCV Capital ) was a single-decker bus body built originally by Marshall Bus between 1996 and 2002, and later by MCV Bus & Coach between 2002 and 2003. Initially launched on the step-entrance MAN 11.220 and then Iveco Eurorider chassis, the Capital found greater success after being launched on the low-floor Dennis Dart SLF chassis from 1997. Marshall also produced
68-1019: A garage in Harold Wood which closed in 2004, and was an outstation of Dagenham. On 26 March 2011, First Capital commenced operating route 368. On 3 September 2011, First Capital commenced operating routes 608 and 648. On 10 March 2012, First Capital commenced operating route 667. On 30 March 2012, the Northumberland Park allocation for route 58 was transferred. On 22 June 2013, routes 193, 368, 498 plus school routes 608, 646, 648, 652, 656, 667, 679 and 686 passed to Blue Triangle . On 17 August 2013, Essex route 265 passed to Amber Coaches. Operated one bus garage, sold to Tower Transit on 22 June 2013. Lea Interchange garage in Leyton operated London bus routes 26 , 30 , 58 , 236 , 308 , 339 , RV1 , W14 , W15 , 24-hour route 25 , night bus N26 and school route 686 . The garage opened in 2007 to replace
102-439: A kneeling suspension, and the interior floor remained flat until the rear axle, where two steps led to the rear seats of the bus. The Minibus was powered by a Cummins B Series engine , and came fitted with an Allison AT542 four-speed automatic transmission as standard. The Marshall Minibus, ultimately, was considered to be a failure due to low sales and poor reliability, with only 36 Minibuses sold throughout its production run,
136-483: A length of up to 12 m (39 ft 4 in), although some exceptions of longer buses exist. They also typically weigh between 11 and 14 t (12 and 15 short tons). In regions where double-deckers are not common, the term single-decker may lack common usage, as in one sense, all other main types of bus have a single deck. Also, the term may become synonymous with the name transit bus or related terms, which can correctly be applied to double-deckers too. With
170-755: A new division, Thamesway Buses, before being recombined with Eastern National in the late 1990s as First Essex . In March 1997, FirstBus purchased CentreWest, which had been established in April 1989 as a subsidiary of London Regional Transport before being sold in a management buyout during the privatisation of London bus services in September 1994. Since 1993 CentreWest had been using local identities based on each of its garages, such as Ealing Buses at Greenford garage and Challenger at Alperton garage, and in March 1996 it had acquired Southall based London Buslines from
204-564: A related, integral midibus, known as the Marshall Minibus , between 1996 and 1998. The vast majority of Capitals – more than 800 examples – were bodied on the Dennis Dart SLF chassis. Key design features of the Capital include the double-curvature windscreen, arched top with a separately mounted destination display , and peaked roof dome. Production of the Capital passed to MCV in 2002 after Marshall entered administration. In 2003, when
238-423: Is a bus that has a single deck for passengers . Normally the use of the term single-decker refers to a standard two- axled rigid bus , in direct contrast to the use of the term double-decker bus , which is essentially a bus with two passenger decks and a staircase. These types of single-deckers may feature one or more doors, and varying internal combustion engine positions. The majority of single-deckers have
272-612: Is part of a local council depot and was first used in 1993 as a midibus base. The opening of Greenford garage led to the closure of Hanwell , and in 1995 the garage was operating 110 midibuses. The standard fare of vehicles in the late 1990s were Renault / Wrightbus midibuses, and Marshall minibuses but both types had a bad reputation and did not last long. In recent years the allocation has been much diverse, ranging from Marshall bodied Dennis Darts to Dennis Trident 2 / Plaxton vehicles. From late 2003 until 14 March 2009 Ealing Community Transport operated London Buses route 195 from
306-748: The Dennis Dart SLF chassis in 1997. Between 1997 and 2002, 846 C39 Capitals were produced, making it by far the most successful variant of the Capital and one of the most successful buses in the United Kingdom market at the turn of the millennium. The most significant customer for the C39 on the Dart SLF chassis was First London , who purchased more than 400 for its CentreWest, Capital, Ealing Buses, and London Buslines fleets. Other London operators of C39-bodied Dennis Dart SLFs included London Central and London General,
340-675: The Marshall Capital , was first launched in October 1995 initially as the body of an integral midibus product named the Marshall Minibus . The Minibus was a pioneering design as one of the UK's first low-floor midibuses, offered at a length of 8.5 metres (28 ft) and seating a maximum of 30 passengers alongside 12 standing passengers, with options for a wheelchair bay also offered. The Minibus had an entrance step height of 320 millimetres (13 in), capable of lowering to 250 millimetres (9.8 in) with
374-494: The Volvo B10M , with a different body style applied. First London First London was a bus company operating services in east, west and south-east London , England . It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup and operated buses under contract to Transport for London . It was formed in the late 1990s through the acquisition of three London bus operators. First London's garages were sold off between December 2007 and June 2013 with
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#1732880337234408-488: The Greenford depot using garage code EY. On 13 November 2010, route 92 was transferred to this garage. On 2 July 2011, route 105 passed to Metroline . In June 2013, Greenford Garage was sold to Metroline along with all of the buses stationed here. Hayes garage operated London bus route 195 , 207 , 427 and night route N207 . On 13 November 2010, route 195 was transferred to this garage. In June 2013, Hayes Garage
442-489: The Q-Drive group. All these identities were originally retained, buses receiving new-style fleetnames incorporating FirstBus's corporate f logo. In December 1997, FirstBus rebranded as FirstGroup. Subsequently, CentreWest was renamed First CentreWest, while the buses' fleetnames were revised again so that "First" was prominent, the local identities becoming secondary. On 8 July 1998, FirstGroup purchased Capital Citybus . It
476-517: The U-Line network of local routes using 16 seater Mercedes Alexander midibuses (MAs) in an initiative by London Transport . The growth of use of the U-Line services over the years since 1989 has meant that larger buses have been put into service on these routes, in particular the U4 which has seen upgrades from MA's to DMLs (older Marshall versions) to the current fleet of double deck TNs. The garage also operated
510-1226: The Waterden Road, Stratford garage that closed as part of the development of the Olympic Park for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . Waterden Road was opened in 1996 after a number tender wins. In 2004 the garage received Mercedes-Benz Citaro Hydrogen buses for evaluation on route 25 and subsequently on route RV1. On 25 June 2011, First Capital commenced operating routes 25, 26, 30 and N26. On 17 September 2011 routes D6, D7 and D8 passed to Docklands Buses . On 25 February 2012, First Capital commenced operating route W14 and on 3 March 2012 route W15. On 3 March 2012, route 309 passed to CT Plus and W11 to Arriva London . Operated seven bus garages. In June 2013 Alperton , Greenford , Hayes , Uxbridge and Willesden Junction were sold to Metroline and Atlas Road and Westbourne Park to Tower Transit . Atlas Road garage in Park Royal operated London bus routes 28 , 31 , 328 , 24-hour route 266 and night routes N28 and N31 . On 1 October 2011 this depot opened when part of Westbourne Park depot
544-460: The beginning of the 1980s, Alperton had an entirely AEC Routemaster and Daimler Fleetline allocation. The first MCW Metrobuses arrived in 1981, and gradually replaced the DMS on all the routes, and would become the mainstay of the fleet for many years. Following the September 1982 service reductions, all the remaining RMs were transferred away to other garages, route 187 and 83 became one manned at
578-607: The company's Orpington business, which had been established by CentreWest in 1995, was sold to Metrobus , along with 35 buses. In March 2012, Northumberland Park garage was sold to London General . In June 2013, FirstGroup sold Alperton , Greenford , Hayes , Uxbridge and Willesden Junction garages with 494 buses to Metroline and Atlas Road ( Park Royal ), Lea Interchange ( Leyton ) and Westbourne Park garages with 412 buses to Tower Transit . First London ceased operating on 27 September 2013 after its remaining contracts with Transport for London expired. As of June 2013
612-592: The design for the C39 Capital body and production continued as the MCV Capital . However, only five MCV Capitals were produced for Warrington Borough Transport in early 2003 before TransBus International decided to cease supplying Dart SLF chassis to MCV. The Capital was succeeded by the MCV Stirling on MAN chassis in late 2003. [REDACTED] Media related to Marshall Capital at Wikimedia Commons Single-decker bus A single-decker bus or single-decker
646-830: The exception of regions of major double deck or articulated bus operation, usually major urban areas such as Hong Kong , cities in the United Kingdom and Singapore , the single decker is the standard mode of public transport bus travel, increasingly with low floor features. With their origins in van chassis, minibuses are not usually considered single-deckers , although modern minibus designs blur this distinction. Midibuses can also be regarded as both included with and separate from standard single-deckers, in terms of full size length and vehicle weights, although again design developments have seen this distinction blurred. Some coach style buses that do not have underfloor luggage space can also be correctly termed as single-deckers, with some sharing standard bus chassis designs, such as
680-472: The first C43 in April 1996, and between them R&I and MTL were the largest customers for the variant, taking delivery of 24 examples up until January 1997. Dart Buses of Paisley were the second-largest customer, ordering six C43s, including the final example to be produced in January 1999. Two C43s were purchased by Shalder of Scalloway , and one by Thamesdown Transport . In 1998, an experimental version of
714-650: The first two of which entered service with Chester City Transport in September 1996. London General placed the first sizeable order for the Minibus, with 15 examples delivered between September 1996 and January 1997. This was followed by a slightly larger order from CentreWest for 16 examples, delivered between November 1997 and July 1998. By 1999, these London operators had begun returning their Minibuses to Marshall or selling them to other operators. The final two Minibuses were not produced until May 2001, entering service with Avon Buses . The C39 body would later be launched on
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#1732880337234748-506: The fleet consisted of 1,034 buses, the majority passed on to Tower Transit & Metroline West , some were retained to operate routes out of Dagenham before moving on to other First operations. Operated one bus garage in Dagenham . Dagenham garage operated London bus routes 165, 179 and 252 , and 24-hour route 365 until 27 September 2013 when their contracts expired. They all passed to Stagecoach London . Previously operated
782-716: The last closing in September 2013. FirstGroup was formed as FirstBus on 16 May 1995, through the merger of Badgerline and the GRT Group . Although what became First London was established in 1997, FirstBus could trace its involvement in London bus services back to 1990 when Badgerline acquired Eastern National , the Essex -based former National Bus Company subsidiary that had operated numerous routes in East London since tendering began in 1985. These operations were subsequently transferred to
816-519: The latter purchasing five as replacements for their Minibuses, as well as MTL , who purchased 76 C39s for its MTL London operations. Outside of London, MTL purchased 75 C39s for its core MTL North fleet on Merseyside , while other notable customers included Halton Transport , Warrington Borough Transport , and Isle of Man Transport . The final Marshall-bodied C39 entered service with First Capital in September 2002. When Marshall Bus entered administration in late 2002, MCV Bus & Coach bought
850-485: The newly formed TransBus International decided not to supply Dart SLF chassis to MCV, the Capital was replaced by the MCV Stirling body on MAN chassis. Developed from the Marshall C37 , the step-entrance Marshall C43 was the first variant of the Capital to be launched in 1996, based on high-floor MAN 11.220 chassis as with its predecessor. R&I Tours of London (later taken over by MTL London ) took delivery of
884-457: The same time. Replacement Metrobuses were allocated to make up the allocation mainly used vehicles from Edgware (EW), Hanwell (HL), and Fulwell (FW), making the garage all Metrobus. By 1995, Alperton was doing most of the maintenance for the CentreWest operation and had also become the home of the training fleet. On 26 November 2011, route 79 passed to Metroline . On 28 April 2012, route 487
918-660: The step-entrance C43 Capital body, known as the Marshall Euro , was launched on Iveco Eurorider 391E chassis, which at the time had previously only been available in the United Kingdom market as a coach chassis. The Euro was much longer than other variants of the Capital, offering a seating capacity of up to 51. However, the unusual Iveco/Marshall full-size high-floor bus combination proved unsuccessful, and only three Euros were produced; one bus for Whitelaw of Stonehouse , and two as custom-built mobile treatment centres for St John Ambulance . The low-floor Marshall C39 , marketed as
952-417: Was a new garage and had plenty of headroom it was one of the few garages able to take utility Guy Arabs, and at one stage these made up its complete allocation and lasted until 1954 when they were replaced by STLs. By 1972 with the arrival of numerous AEC MB and SM class single deck buses to operate the numerous one man operation services, and the further allocation of Daimler Fleetline DMS, parking space
986-559: Was becoming a problem. It therefore became necessary to park a dozen or so buses on nearby Glacier Metals' car park overnight. The garage was consequently enlarged between 1976 and 1978, which encompassed the adjacent former Underground substation, and the London Transport Lifts and Escalators department which had to move out to new premises. During the reconstruction works, 18 vehicles were outstationed at Stonebridge (SE). The last RT buses were transferred out in 1975, and until
1020-419: Was closed to make way for Crossrail construction with operation of routes 28, 31, 328, N28 and N31 transferred. Atlas Road operated as an outstation for Westbourne Park, so buses were seen on Atlas Road routes and vice versa. On 19 May 2012, First London commenced operating route 266. Greenford garage operated London bus routes 92 , 95 , 282 , E1 , E3 , E5 , E7 , E9 and E10 . Greenford bus depot
1054-719: Was sold to Metroline along with all of the buses stationed here. Alperton garage operated London bus routes 223 , 224 , 245 , 487 and 24-hour route 83 . It was one of three garages built by the LPTB, and the only one to survive, Alperton Garage opened in June 1939, adjacent to the Piccadilly line station of the same name, to serve the extensive local area that had built up in the mid 1930s. When it opened it had an allocation entirely of STLs which were reshuffled from Cricklewood , Hanwell , Harrow Weald , and Willesden garages. As Alperton
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1088-575: Was subsequently renamed First Capital. In March 2001, First consolidated the CentreWest and Capital operations under the First London brand. Both were managed from CentreWest's head office beside Paddington station , as was First Berkshire & The Thames Valley , the former Beeline operation that had also been acquired by CentreWest from Q-Drive in 1996. The London Buslines operation was wound down, with its routes, buses and license all being transferred to CentreWest by September 2001. In December 2007
1122-463: Was taken back by the LGOC in 1929 to work its new local routes which were operated mainly by single deckers. An extension was added in the late 1940s and a new garage was planned, although work didn't begin until the 1980s. The new garage came into commission in late 1983 and is situated next to the underground station occupying the lower ground floor of a multi use building. In 1989 the garage began operating
1156-463: Was transferred to this garage. In June 2013, Alperton Garage was sold to Metroline along with all of the buses stationed here. Uxbridge garage operated London bus routes 331 , 607 , A10 , U1 , U2 , U3 , U4 , U5 and U10 . The original Uxbridge Garage was around half a mile out of town on the Oxford road and was built by the LGOC in 1921, but passed to Thames Valley a year later. The garage
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