Selkent
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| Parent | Stagecoach |
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| Founded | 1 April 1989 |
| Headquarters | West Ham |
| Service area | South London |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 44 (May 2015) |
| Hubs |
Lewisham Catford Woolwich Bromley Sydenham |
| Depots | 3 |
| Website | www.stagecoachbus.com |
Selkent (an acronym of South East London & Kent) is a bus company operating in South London. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach and operates services under contract to Transport for London.
Selkent shares its headquarters with sister company East London at West Ham.
Selkent began as an operating district of London Transport in the early 1980s. On 1 April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate business units, one of which was Selkent.
Selkent was the first London Buses subsidiary to completely cease operation of AEC Routemasters, in March 1992, when the Catford garage allocation on route 36B was converted to one-man-operated buses.
In September 1994, Selkent was sold to Stagecoach and renamed Stagecoach Selkent. In November 2000, Stagecoach consolidated its London operations under the Stagecoach London brand.
In August 2006, Stagecoach sold its London bus operations to Macquarie Bank. The new owner restored the Selkent name and logo. In October 2010 Stagecoach reacquired its old London operations with Selkent once again rebranded as Stagecoach London.
Between 1988 and 1994 Selkent, along with the other London Buses subsidiaries, used a red livery with a grey skirt. Following privatisation, Selkent adopted an all-red livery. In November 2000, Stagecoach introduced a new standard livery of white with a dark blue skirt and orange and light blue swirls at the rear. For Selkent (and East London), the white was replaced by red, to conform with a contractual requirement for London buses to be 80% red. After the sale to Macquarie Bank, an all-red livery was reintroduced.
Selkent operates three bus garages.
As of 19 September 2016, Bromley garage operates routes 61, 146, 208, 227, 261, 269, 314, 336, 636, 637, 638, 664, R5, R7 and R10. On 19 September 2015, route 246 will pass to London General.
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