Editing London General (section)

==History==
[[File:Routemaster2 Juni 93.jpg|thumb|left|[[AEC Routemaster]] operating [[London Buses route 11|route 11]] in June 1993]]
In April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate [[Privatisation of London bus services#Break-up of London Buses|business units]], one of which revived the [[London General Omnibus Company]] name as London General Transport Services;<ref>{{cite news |title=LRT launches 11 fleets for dereg |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/6th-april-1989/20/lrt-launches-11-fleets-for-dereg |access-date=7 November 2024 |work=[[Commercial Motor]] |volume=170 |issue=4313 |location=Sutton |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |date=6 April 1989 |page=20}}</ref> the new London General's original logo featured a representation of a [[LGOC B-type]] bus in reflection of the name's history.

In November 1994, London General was sold in a [[management buyout]] for £28&nbsp;million ({{Inflation|UK|28,000,000|1993|fmt=eq|r=-3|cursign=£}}),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eadie |first1=Alison |title=Sold: the Clapham omnibus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-sold-the-clapham-omnibu/158608558/ |access-date=7 November 2024 |work=The Independent |date=4 November 1994 |location=London |page=33 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=LBL companies sold |date=12 November 1994 |magazine=[[Coach & Bus Week]] |issue=142 |page=6 |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap}}</ref> before being sold to the [[Go-Ahead Group]] for £46&nbsp;million ({{Inflation|UK|46,000,000|1994|fmt=eq|r=-3|cursign=£}}) in May 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|url=https://archive.org/details/bus-coach-buyer-31-may-1996-issue-360/page/n3/mode/1up |title=London General sell to Go-Ahead |date=31 May 1996 |magazine=Bus & Coach Buyer |issue=360 |page=2|location=Spalding |publisher=Glen-Holland Limited |access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.go-ahead.com/~/media/Files/G/Go-Ahead/ir/presentations/archive_pres/1996pres/ar1996.pdf|title=Annual Report year ended 29 June 1996|date=19 September 1996 |access-date=4 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123165203/http://go-ahead.com/~/media/Files/G/Go-Ahead/ir/presentations/archive_pres/1996pres/ar1996.pdf|archive-date=23 November 2012|publisher=Go-Ahead Group}}</ref>

Having previously been based at London General House in Mitcham, Surrey, the company moved its offices to an address in [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]], adjacent to the Merton bus garage. 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.

In August 2009, Go-Ahead purchased [[East Thames Buses]] from [[Transport for London]] for £5&nbsp;million, incorporating the business, consisting of two small bus garages, 133 buses and 460 employees, into London General. Although Transport for London's normal practice is to put routes out for tender, London General began a new five-year contract for all East Thames Buses routes without going through the tendering process.<ref>{{cite news |title=Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=2688&categoryid=0 |access-date=7 November 2024 |work=Bus & Coach Professional |date=3 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003953/http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=2688&categoryid=0 |archive-date=24 May 2014}}</ref>

In March 2012, [[First London]]'s [[Northumberland Park, London|Northumberland Park]] garage was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group for £14&nbsp;million and integrated into London Central's operations.<ref name="NPBuyout">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=20 March 2012|title=Go-Ahead to buy First's Northumberland Park Depot |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/go-ahead-to-buy-firsts-northumberland-park-depot/ |work=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref> On 1 April 2014, the London operations of [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]], based at two garages in [[Croydon]] and [[Orpington]], were integrated into London General. On 25 April 2014, the [[Vehicle and Operator Services Agency]] formally increased London General's licence to accommodate the Metrobus buses.<ref name=BusTalkApr14>{{cite magazine|url=http://issuu.com/goaheadlondon/docs/bus_talk_-_issue_27_-_april_2014 |title=Go-Ahead London welcomes Metrobus garages into fold |magazine=Bus Talk |issue=27 |page=2 |date=April 2014 |publisher=Go-Ahead London |access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Metrobus within Go-Ahead London |magazine=The London Bus |issue=598 |date=June 2014 |page=7 |publisher=[[London Omnibus Traction Society]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Go-Ahead London |date=August 2014 |magazine=[[Buses (magazine)|Buses]] |issue=713 |page=71 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing}}</ref>