Docklands Buses

Docklands Buses is a bus operator brand under London General Transport Services Limited,^[1] trading as Go-Ahead London. It operates services in East London under contract to Transport for London.

Docklands Buses

Alexander Dennis Enviro200 on route 300 at Beckton bus station in July 2025
Parent	Go-Ahead London
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Merton
Service area	East London
Service type	Bus services
Routes	4 (November 2025)
Depots	1
Fleet	Alexander Dennis Enviro200
Fuel type	Diesel
Website	www.goaheadlondon.com

History

Scania OmniDekka on route 425 at Stratford in February 2012

Docklands Buses was formed by Harry Blundred's Transit Holdings in 1988 as Docklands Transit.^[2][3] It initially operated local commercial routes using Ford Transit minibuses, but these proved not to be viable so it switched to operating tendered Transport for London services.^[4] Stagecoach purchased the bus side of the company in 1997, and Docklands Transit continued operating private hire vehicles. In 2002, Docklands Buses commenced operating route 167, soon winning other contracts.

In September 2006 the company was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group.^[5] 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.

Garages

Silvertown (SI)

Silvertown garage operates routes 300, 649, 650 and 651.^[6]

Fleet

As of December 2024, Docklands Buses had a peak vehicle requirement of 9 buses for route 300.