page_title: Capital Citybus
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Capital Citybus / History
caption_attribution_description: 223 Capital Citybus P223MPU
context_page_description: Capital Citybus was a bus operator in London operating services under contract to London Regional Transport.
context_section_description: Capital Citybus was established on 29 December 1990, with the purchase of the London tendered bus services of Ensignbus by the Hong Kong businessman Tsui Tsin-tong's CNT Group, which also owned bus operator Citybus.
  Citybus purchased the London tendered routes, Dagenham garage and 87 buses and rebranded the operation as Capital Citybus. In 1991, it gained a large number of routes after the collapse of London Regional Transport subsidiary London Forest and further tendering and opened Northumberland Park garage.
  On 21 December 1995, CNT Group sold Capital Citybus in a management buyout backed by Lloyds Development Capital.
  On 8 July 1998, Capital Citybus was sold to FirstGroup. After a period of initially operating separately, the company was integrated into the other First London operations.
caption: Alexander bodied Volvo Olympian at Trafalgar Square on route 91
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