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London Buses route E1 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Greenford and Ealing Broadway station, it is operated by Abellio London. ==History== Route E1 was established on 30 November 1968 as a flat-fare route from Greenford to Brentford via Ealing Broadway station, West Ealing and Hanwell. It replaced parts of two former routes: the 211 between Greenford and Ealing Broadway, and the 255 between Hanwell and Brentford.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Route E1 )〕 The route was initially operated by MBS-class AEC Merlins out of Hanwell garage (HL). On 7 December 1975, it was converted to double-deck operation using DMS-class Daimler Fleetlines,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DMS )〕 which in turn were replaced by MCW Metrobuses in 1981. When London Buses Limited was split into eleven pre-privatisation subsidiaries in late 1988, route E1 came under the control of CentreWest. In November 1990, the Ealing – Brentford section became stand-alone route E8. At the same time, the E1 was converted to minibus operation using RW-class Wright Nimbus-bodied Renault S75s, marketed under the name of ''E-Line'', though Monday to Friday peak services continued to be operated by Metrobuses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Renault RW )〕 Hanwell garage closed on 27 March 1993,〔Wharmby, Matthew, ''The London Metrobus'' (Ian Allan Publishing, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7110-3377-1〕 following which the RWs transferred to the new Greenford garage (G), while the MCW Metrobuses moved to Alperton (ON). CentreWest was privatised in a management buyout in September 1994,〔 before being acquired by FirstBus in March 1997. Shortly afterwards, on 24 May 1997, the company retained the E1 upon re-tendering of the route, and duly replaced the RWs and Metrobuses. Monday to Saturday operation was taken over by Leyland Olympians transferred from London Buslines (which CentreWest had acquired the previous year),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London Buslines Leyland Olympians )〕 and Sunday operation by Marshall Capital-bodied Dennis Dart SLFs. At the same time, the Alperton allocation was withdrawn. On 25 May 2002, route E1 returned to double-deck operation with Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 2s, after First London again retained the route upon it being re-tendered. In May 2009, First London retained route E1 introducing new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s. On 22 June 2013, route E1 was included in the sale of First London's Greenford (G) garage to Metroline.〔(First quits London bus business ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 9 April 2013〕〔(Date set for Aussie takeover of London bus routes ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach'' 14 June 2013〕 On 31 May 2014, Abellio London commenced operating route E1 with new Alexander Dennis Enviro400Hs.〔(Tender News ) ''BusTalk'' (Go-Ahead London) issue 25 December 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Buses route E1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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