page_title: London Central
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: London Central / History
caption_attribution_description: A London Central Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President on London Buses route 36, in Paddington, London.
context_page_description: London Central is a bus company operating in South London. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and operates services under contract to Transport for London.
context_section_description: London Central commenced operating on 1 April 1989 when London Buses was divided into 11 separate business units. In September 1994 it was sold to the Go-Ahead Group. In August 2008, Go-Ahead's London bus operations all adopted the Go-Ahead London trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the logo.
caption: Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TL on route 36 in October 2007
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