- Grey-Green
Grey-Green was a coach and
bus operator in the United Kingdom. Grey-Green had its origins in several coach operator mergers, becoming one of two trading identities, the other being "Orange", established in 1966 [ [http://www.eplates.info/GreyGreen.html History of Grey Green (George Ewer Group)] ] .As part of the Cowie Group, Grey-Green was one of the first private operators to operate London bus services following the process started with the
privatisation of London bus services , operating nearly 20 routes in all. This involved the early gaining of high profile route 24 which passed along Whitehall, bringing non-red London buses directly into Central London, and also route 188 to Euston Station. Grey-Green also operated bus services inKent , inTunbridge Wells ,Maidstone andMedway , and a commuter coach service from London.Grey-Green bus livery was still in use as late as 1997 with new deliveries of
Dennis Dart SLFs with Alexander ALX bodywork [ [http://eamonnsphotos.fotopic.net/p42240553.html Image of a Grey-Green Dennis Dart ALX] ] . With the growth of the Cowie Group through acquisition of other bus operators, Grey Green co-existed for a time with other companies such asKentish Bus .Cowie Group eventually rebranded as
Arriva , and Grey-Green's London operations were absorbed intoArriva London , and the other bus operations were absorbed by other Cowie group companies.References
External links
* [http://www.countrybus.org/Volvo/VCGG.htm www.countrybus.org] Grey Green Volvo Citybus page
* [http://www.countrybus.org/Volvo/VB10.htm www.countrybus.org] Grey Green Volvo B10M page
* [http://www.countrybus.org/Scania/S_GG.htm www.countrybus.org] Grey Green Scania page
* [http://www.showbus.co.uk/gallery/lt/greygreen.htm Showbus] Grey Green bus page
* [http://www.showbus.co.uk/gallery/lt/greygreen2.htm Showbus] Grey Green coach page
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