Category:London Central Bus Company

English: The London Central Bus Company Ltd is a London bus operator that was incorporated on 14 December 1988 as part of the splitting up of London Buses Ltd, which was one of the stages in the process of privatisation of London bus services. As a London Buses subsidiary, it adopted the brand name of London Central alongside a logo representing a clipper ship, which appeared on buses in addition to the uniform branding already being used by London Buses before the split. The company was fully privatised in September 1994 when it was sold to the Go-Ahead Group. It was the group's first aquisition of an ex-London Buses operator, followed nearly two years later by the purchase of London General Transport Services Ltd (London General) from its management. In Go-Ahead ownership, the London Buses logo was dropped but the basic livery of red with a grey skirt and mid-level white relief band was retained, with the addition of a thin yellow relief line inbetween the grey and red. The logo was updated to feature a more prominent London Central fleetname and ship logo. With more London operators added to the group, in 2008 the logo was changed to a uniform Go-Ahead London name in yellow, with the London Central name relegated to a small white strapline beneath it.