First London facts for kids
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| Parent | FirstGroup |
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| Founded | 26 March 1997 |
| Defunct | 27 September 2013 |
| Headquarters | Paddington |
| Service area | Greater London |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Fleet | 1,004 (March 2013) |
| Web site | www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/greater_london archive 1 June 2013 |
First London was a bus company operating services in Greater London. It was part of FirstGroup and operated buses under for Transport for London. It was formed in the late 1990s through the purchase of three London bus operators. First London's garages were sold off between December 2007 and July 2013 with the last closing in September 2013.
Images for kids
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Northern Counties Palatine II-bodied Volvo Olympian on 158 at Stratford bus station in July 2000
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Alexander ALX400-bodied Dennis Trident 2 on route 10 at Marble Arch in October 2007, painted in the "willow leaf" livery introduced in 1999 and used until 2013.
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London's first HyFLEET:CUTE hydrogen fuel cell bus, a Wright Pulsar 2 bodied VDL SB200, on route RV1 at Covent Garden in January 2011
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Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL on route 31 at White City bus station in August 2010
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Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Dart SLF on route 95 in Shepherd's Bush in June 2009
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Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart on route U5 in Uxbridge in August 2010 painted in the company's final livery, all-red with white First fleetnames, introduced in 2009
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AEC Routemaster on route 23 on the Strand, circa 2001
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