[20] Barking garage was opened in 1992 by Grey-Green to meet the demands of their expanding North East London operations.

[21] Dix Coaches was a subsidiary of Grey-Green operating from a base in the Dagenham area, which moved to the new garage on opening, hence the DX code.

In the early 1900s, it was taken over by the London County Council to house electric trams, which lasted at the depot until 1939, when trolleybuses took over.

[citation needed] By 1950, the depot had changed its name to Clapton to avoid confusion with the nearby Well Street garage (H) prior to being converted for motorbus operation.

Following the conversion, the parking area allowed for 90 buses and in 1959, 67 RTLs were allocated as part of the trolleybus replacement programme.

With the closure of Ash Grove in 1991, work started to build up steadily, and then in 1995, route 253 was allocated from the closed Stamford Hill garage.

[citation needed] The garage was reopened by County Bus & Coach in 1997, and in 1998, this operation was merged with the Leaside Travel unit.

More recently, Enfield garage has become a central part of Arriva London operations with the accident repair centre and undertaking of major refurbishments.

Following World War II, the allocation at Palmers Green was made up of AEC Regent III RTs, Leyland Titan RTLs and RTWs and SRT class AEC Regent I rebuilds, making Palmers Green the only London Transport garage to be allocated all four standard buses of the London Passenger Transport Board's double deck types, although none could fit in the garage until the roof could be raised by 10 inches, which was completed in 1952 after a process taking 20 weeks.

[citation needed] London's first modern hybrid electric bus, a Wright Pulsar Gemini HEV, was based from Palmers Green, first entered service in March 2007 on route 141.

[citation needed] MCW Metrobuses and AEC Routemasters were the staple diet of the garage for many years until the new Alexander ALX400 bodied DAF DB250LFs arrived.

The final Routemasters left Tottenham in September 2004 when route 73 was converted to Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated bus operation and moved to Lea Valley.

Brixton was also the last depot to operate AEC Routemasters in regular service in London on route 159 until December 2005.

[20] Built by the London General Omnibus Company in 1915, the garage was handed over to Thomas Tilling on opening as part of an agreement between the two operators.

The garage has had a steady allocation over the years and in 1951 took over some of the vehicles for the Festival of Britain services from the nearby Norwood Tram Depot.

Originally opened as the garage for the first horse tramway in Croydon in 1879 it was later rebuilt as an electric tram depot in 1901.

[citation needed] Buses were starting to operate from the new garage before reconstruction was complete in 1951 with 54 AEC Regent III RTs, just half of its capacity.

The RTs lasted until 1976, outlasting the RMs which were replaced by Daimler Fleetlines in 1971, although they did return between 1976–1978 and 1982–1987 when the garage became entirely one man operated.

There was also a period where the then South London Transport regularly transferred vehicles about, and whilst Thornton Heath retained its Olympians throughout, they were joined not only by Metrobuses but also Leyland Titans.

The roof was unusual in being carried by 10 35-ton triangular trusses, said to be the largest in the UK, supported on reinforced concrete columns.

Ash Grove found itself in the London Forest operation, and also had a reputation for staff militancy and closed in 1991.

The garage was reopened in 1994 by Kentish Bus to operate their Leyton area route gains, although they referred to it as Cambridge Heath.

Hackney Community Transport also moved into the garage yard in recent times to house its routes won in the London area although East Thames Buses later moved to new premises in Mandela Way, Southwark and were replaced at the garage by Arriva's new Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses for route 38 following the conversion from Routemasters in November 2005.

Two modernisation schemes were undertaken, first in the 1960s to allow for AEC Routemasters to be allocated and again in 1971 when a new canteen and recreation room was built.

Most of the area formally occupied on both the North and South sides of Hester Road has now been built into a luxury flats complex.

The only section remaining is the small shed which was originally an outstation from Brixton garage housing the route 19 Routemasters.

Beddington Farm became a Londonlinks depot when the Non-London work moved away before coming under Arriva South.

Opened on 18 June 1952, Garston became part of London Country North West in 1986, being included in the sale of the business to Luton & District Transport in 1988 which in turn was rebranded Arriva Shires & Essex.

On 1 March 2014, Lee Valley garage closed with the site acquired by National Grid with operations transferred to a reopened Edmonton.

Routemaster RM2217 operated special services on route 137 on 2 December to commemorate the end of the Heritage Fleet, with proceeds from the event being donated to the Royal British Legion.