page_title: Connex Bus UK
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Connex Bus UK / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Abellio Surrey 9725 (V325 KGW), a Dennis Trident/Alexander ALX400, seen in Redhill Road, between Cobham and Byfleet, Surrey, operating a special service for the 2010 Cobham bus rally. It is on special service 477, which links the bus museum (where the bus is picking up outside of here) and Wisley Airfield, where the majority of the vehicles were being shown. Behind is Shaftesbury &amp; District Motor Services Ltd's unique middle staircase front entrance extended RMA class Routemaster coach RME1 (reg. KGJ 603D) doing the same. V325 KGW was new to Connex in January 2000 as their TA25. Connex was purchased by National Express Group, and V325 KGW moved into the Travel London fleet. Since National Express sold the Travel London and Travel Surrey operations to NedRailways in 2009, the operations have been renamed to Abellio London and Abellio Surrey. V325 KGW was running as an Abellio Surrey bus when seen here - one of very few double deckers allocated to Byfleet garage for use on school services. Byfleet depot isn't very suitable for double decker operation, with a low bridge meaning buses can only exit to the south, and a number of services the depot running having low bridges as well. Some "Abellio Surrey" double decker operated services actually run out of the Abellio London depot at Twickenham.
context_page_description: Connex Bus UK was a bus company operating services in Greater London. It was a subsidiary of Connex and operated services under contract to Transport for London.
context_section_description: In 1999 Connex successfully secured the contract to operate route 3. It purchased a fleet of Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2s and established Beddington Cross garage. In 2001 it commenced operating routes 157 and 196. 
  In July 2001 Connex purchased the Limebourne Buses business. This included a depot at Battersea and routes 156, 211, 344, C1 and C3.
  Following it losing its Connex South Central and Connex South Eastern rail franchises in 2001 and 2003, the latter for financial mismanagement, Connex decided to withdraw from the United Kingdom market. In February 2004 the business was sold to National Express and rebranded Travel London.
caption: Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2 built for Connex for route 3 in January 2000, now operated by Abellio Surrey
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