Entrance to Orpington Bus Garage
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Entrance to Orpington Bus Garage
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 23 Sep 2023
This photo shows the entrance to Orpington Bus Garage in Farnborough Hill where an Open Day was being held. It opened in September 1983 on the site of Oak Farm and Metrobus began operating there with six buses and six drivers. Over the years, Metrobus expanded its operation and in 1999, it was sold to the Go-Ahead Group. In 2013, a management restructure saw Orpington garage passing to Go-Ahead London's management. Today, it has over 170 buses running on routes in the Orpington area and into south east London. These include ten electric double-deckers working on route 353. Also, twenty e-tram type single-decker vehicles are due this year at Orpington garage for working on route 358 between Crystal Palace and Orpington via Bromley .
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