THE SHOWBUS LONDON BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Abellio Surrey
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Services in south west London and the Surrey borders have changed hands many times. The routes have their roots in the operations of Capital Logistics and Tellings Golden Miller. National Express bought these and the French Connex operation to form Travel London and Travel Surrey. When the recession hit National Express found its new North East rail franchise put it in severe financial difficulties and it temporarily improved its bank balance by selling its London and Surrey operations to the Dutch state railway company NedRail (NS). They have adopted the name Abellio for their UK bus operations, the same name they use for their German bus subsidiary. The Dutch railway logo appears alongside the fleetname. Much of the Surrey work was under contract to the Couny Council and the work was lost to other operators in September 2017. The fifty vehicle Byfleet depot was no longer viable and the remaining commercial services passed to White Bus and Falcon Buses, both of whom had benefitted in the County retendering.
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 Abellio retained a separate image for the Surrey operations with its mostly white livery as seen on Dennis Dart 8084 (KN52NFD) on layover at Heathrow Central Bus Station on June 5th 2010. The bus was new as Tellings Golden Miller 334. |
 Also at Heathrow on that day was air conditioned MPD Dart 8003 (LJ56ONL) route branded for the 441. |
 Larger and older ex Tellings Golden Miller Plaxton bodied Dart 8718 (S518TCF) is seen later in the day at Kingston Bus Station. |
 Retaining its special Heathrow silver livery in June 2010 - at least for the time being - was this Dennis Dart seen circum-navigating the airport central area on the 555. The MPD Dart was new as Tellings Golden Miller 348 (KV03ZFY), now 8095. |
 Four years after it appeared at SHOWBUS in this advert livery for Wisley, Claremont and Painshill Gardens, ex Tellings Golden Miller 331 (KN52NFX), is seen on layover in Kingston Bus Station now numbered 8081. |
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