NSL Buses
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| Parent | NSL |
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| Founded | 12 November 2005 |
| Ceased operation | 13 November 2009 |
| Service area | West London |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Routes | 7 (November 2009) |
| Depots | 2 |
| Fleet | 87 (November 2009) |
NSL Buses was a bus operator in West London operating services under contract to Transport for London.
History
NSL Buses commenced operating as NCP Challenger on 12 November 2005, owned by NCP Services Group which emerged from the car park operator National Car Parks. It had successfully tendered to operate routes 33 and 419 under contract to Transport for London.[1]
A depot was established at Twickenham Trading Estate. On 31 March 2007, NCP Challenger commenced operating route 493. A second garage opened in Park Royal after NCP Challenger were awarded contracts to operate routes 272, 440 and E11 from 26 May 2007.[2] The garage was previously occupied by Metroline, having closed in 2005.
On 28 February 2009, NCP Challenger commenced operating route 283.[3] In April 2009, NCP Challenger was rebranded NSL Buses, as part of a rebranding of the NCP Services Group to NSL.[4][5][6]
On 13 November 2009, NSL buses was sold to Transdev with operations taken over by its London United subsidiary.[6][7] The sale included 87 buses and seven routes.[8]
References
- ^ Competition for London bus contracts increases as NCP awarded two routes Transport for London 23 March 2005
- ^ Latest News NCP Challenger 5 January 2007
- ^ NCP Challenger's route 283 goes live NCP Challenger 3 March 2009
- ^ Worthing's parking firm NCP Services changes name to NSL Worthing Herald 1 June 2009
- ^ Short Hops Buses issue 652 July 2009 page 22
- ^ a b NSL sells London buses to Transdev Bus & Coach Professional 24 November 2009
- ^ Annual Report 2009 Transdev
- ^ Transdev takes over NSL Buses issue 658 January 2010 page 9
External links
Media related to NCP Challenger (bus company) at Wikimedia Commons
