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Travel London was a bus company operating services in Greater London. It was a subsidiary of National Express before being sold in May 2009 to NedRailways. In October 2009, it was rebranded as Abellio London.〔(NedRailways announces launch Abellio London and Abellio Surrey ) NedRailways 30 October 2009〕 ==History== In June 1998, National Express commenced operating routes C1 and 211 under the Travel London brand, using the same symbol and typeface as sister brand Travel West Midlands. In August 2000 National Express sold the business to Limebourne Buses, who in July 2001 sold out to Connex. In February 2004, National Express repurchased the business.〔(National Express buys 200 London buses ) ''The Daily Telegraph'' 27 February 2004〕 Further expansion in 2005 saw the purchases of the London bus operations of Tellings-Golden Miller with a depot in Byfleet and various Surrey County Council contracts.〔(National Express Group purchases the London Bus Division of Tellings Golden Miller ) National Express 1 June 2005〕 Travel London operated contracts on behalf of Transport for London, Surrey County Council, and Kingston University. Operations were split between three registered companies; Travel London Limited,〔(Companies House extract company no 3786162 ) Abellio London Limited formerly Travel London Limited〕 Travel London (West) Limited,〔(Companies House extract company no 689260 ) Abellio West London Limited formerly Travel London (West) Limited〕 and Travel London (Middlesex) Limited.〔(Companies House extract company no 3792590 ) Travel London (Middlesex) Limited〕 The Surrey routes were rebranded as Travel Surrey in September 2007. In November 2007, National Express announced plans to re-brand all of their operations under a new unified National Express identity.〔(New Identity for National Express Group ) National Express 15 November 2007〕 Travel London was to be rebranded as National Express London however this was shelved and all bus operations retained their existing identities. In May 2009, National Express sold Travel London to NedRailways. The sale included 66 routes, 36 Transport for London tendered services and 30 Surrey County Council and Kingston University routes. All vehicles, depots and staff were included.〔(National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London ) National Express 21 May 2009〕〔(NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market ) NedRailways 9 June 2009〕 On 30 October 2009 the businesses were rebranded as Abellio London and Abellio Surrey.〔 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「Travel London」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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