page_title: First London
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: First London / First Capital North Limited / Lea Interchange (LI) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: First London bus WSH62991 (reg. LK60 HPE), a 2010 single-deck fuel cell bus (based on a VDL SB200 chassis and Wrightbus Pulsar 2 body). Operating London Buses route RV1, it is pictured standing at the terminus in Covent Garden, facing south (Stop C in Catherine Street, just off Aldwych). It is part of the Transport for London / HyFLEET:CUTE project.
context_page_description: First London was a bus company operating services in east and west Greater London, England. It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup and operated buses under contract to Transport for London. It was formed in the late 1990s through the acquisition of three London bus operators. First London's garages were sold off between December 2007 and June 2013 with the last closing in September 2013.
context_section_description: The garage opened in 2007 to replace the Waterden Road, Stratford garage that closed as part of the development of the Olympic Park for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Waterden Road was opened in 1996 after a number tender wins. In 2004 the garage received Mercedes-Benz Citaro Hydrogen buses for evaluation on route 25 and subsequently on route RV1.
  On 25 June 2011, First Capital commenced operating routes 25, 26, 30 and N26. On 17 September 2011 routes D6, D7 and D8 passed to Docklands Buses.
  On 25 February 2012, First Capital commenced operating route W14 and on 3 March 2012 route W15.
  On 3 March 2012, route 309 passed to CT Plus and W11 to Arriva London.
caption: London's first HyFLEET:CUTE hydrogen fuel cell bus, a Wright Pulsar 2 bodied VDL SB200, on route RV1 at Covent Garden in January 2011
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