Metroline operates 14 garages across two legal entities: Metroline Travel Limited and Metroline West Limited.
Metroline Travel Limited Athlon Road (AO) Athlon Road garage operates route
224.
Brentford (AH) Brentford garage operates routes
9,
190,
237,
481,
635,
E2,
E8,
H91 and
N9. The original Brentford garage was opened in 1990 by
Armchair Passenger Transport, initially as a base for the company's coach operations before housing buses for the company's recently won
route 260 contract. The garage expanded in 1993 with the acquisition of a storage yard on Commerce Way from BRS Truck Rental. In November 2004, Armchair was bought out by ComfortDelGro, although the company continued to operate TfL buses separately under the Armchair name until being integrated into Metroline in 2007. A planning application was submitted by Metroline in 2022 for the building of a new £19 million Brentford garage on the site of the current garage as part of the wider redevelopment of the Brentford Lock West area. Construction commenced shortly afterwards, with the new garage, capable of housing over 100 buses, opening in July 2024.
Cricklewood (W) garage forecourt, July 2010 Cricklewood garage operates routes
16,
32,
112,
139,
143,
189,
210,
266,
268,
324,
328,
631,
632,
H2,
H3,
N32 and
N266. Cricklewood garage opened for service in May 1905 and was originally called
Dollis Hill. It was the first motorised depot used by the
London General Omnibus Company and is one of London's oldest bus garages. London's first
night bus service, route 94 between The Crown pub in Cricklewood and
Liverpool Street Station, was first operated from the garage on 15 July 1913, running at a frequency of every 20 minutes from 12:40am until 9:00am. Cricklewood garage was rationalised in 1990, with Metroline's services and engineering based at the garage being moved to Edgware garage. Expansion work at Cricklewood, however, saw the garage turned back into a full-scale operation able to host bus services with upgraded facilities in 1992, at the expense of Edgware garage being earmarked for closure amid a rationalisation of operations by Metroline. In 2007, bus parking was temporarily relocated to a site on the opposite side of
Edgware Road to allow work to start on the replacement of the original buildings with a modern structure. In January 2009, bus parking was transferred back to the main site following the completion of the works, with the site being designated as both Metroline's head office as well as the European headquarters of ComfortDelGro.
Edgware (EW) Edgware garage operates routes
113,
142,
204,
240,
251,
606,
642 and
N113. When Edgware garage was first opened by the London General Omnibus Company in 1925 it had space for 24 buses, but there was plenty of room adjacent to the then recently built
underground station. In 1939 a new building was erected next to the original one, which was to become the new bus station, while the remaining open parking area was used to store vehicles for the trolleybus replacement programme. In 1984 a new 100-bus garage was built on old railway land at a cost of £4.5 million (). However in November 1992, Edgware garage was earmarked for closure, with buses due to be moved to Cricklewood as it was to become a fully functioning garage with new facilities. The outdoor parking area and the bus station then became a midibus outstation in 1993, with a new bus wash and light maintenance facilities provided in the yard. Harrow Weald garage was opened in 1930 by the
London General Omnibus Company to replace the much smaller
South Harrow garage. The new garage had to be extended over the forecourt just two years later to provide additional space. In its earlier years the garage was used by experimental vehicles including the
Daimler CH6s and the first diesel bus (ST). In 1987, Harrow Weald was the base for the new Harrow Buses operation set up by
London Regional Transport, which had won tenders for a new local network as a prelude to the
privatisation of London bus services. 30 new
MCW Metrobuses, the only new buses for the operator among a handful of second-hand purchases, were leased to the company upon its launch. Harrow Buses, however, quickly proved to be a highly unsuccessful operation, halving operations three years later after retaining only five of twelve tendered bus routes and being nicknamed "Harrowing Buses" by members of the public. Harrow Weald garage survived the eventual collapse of Harrow Buses and passed to Metroline, and by 1994, just short of 60 buses were based there. The garage also carries out engineering work on buses based at Edgware garage.
Holloway (HT) bus garage, July 2016 Holloway garage operates routes
4,
17,
43,
46,
153,
234,
274,
390,
393,
603,
C11,
W7 and
N20. Originally opened as Holloway Tram Depot in 1907, it was the largest of the
London County Council's sheds, with space for 336 trams. It was renamed Highgate in 1950, by which time it was a trolleybus depot, in order to avoid confusion with Holloway (J) garage, and then back to Holloway in 1971 following the closure of the original Holloway garage The garage then had an allocation of 210 buses, although this would progressively drift downwards. Upon the breakup of London Regional Transport in April 1989, Holloway garage passed to the London Northern subsidiary, which was purchased by
MTL in October 1994; operations were subsequently rebranded to MTL London. In 1993, MTL London's Chalk Farm garage closed, and the resulting transfer of five routes into the garage meant Holloway was once again full. The garage passed to Metroline with the sale of MTL's London operations in August 1998, and today, the garage is almost at capacity levels with around 200 buses allocated.
King's Cross (KC) King's Cross garage operates routes
30 and
274.
Lampton (SG) Lampton garage operates routes
81,
120 and
H32.
Lampton garage, also known and coded as Spring Grove, opened on 27 July 2019 when Metroline took over the operation of
route 81. The garage opened on the site of a
Westbus coach depot.
Perivale (PV) Perivale garage operates routes
7,
83,
90,
245,
297,
483,
N7 and
N83.
FCEV on route 7 in July 2025
Perivale garage, originally known as Perivale East, first closed on 23 June 2012, with the garage's
route 70 passing to
First London following the closure. However, the garage reopened four years later on 6 August 2016. The garage was renamed to Perivale with the closure of Perivale West garage in 2022. Perivale is home to Metroline's fleet of
Wright StreetDeck Hydroliner FCEV double-decker buses, the first of the type to operate in England. These are operated on routes
7,
245 and
N7 and were launched at the garage following a delay due to manufacturing shutdowns as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic in July 2021, with hydrogen refuelling stations installed by Danish engineering firm Nel Hydrogen and fuel supplied Air Liquide.
Potters Bar (PB) garage and forecourt, July 2015 Potters Bar garage operates routes
107,
134,
231,
263,
317,
327,
382,
384,
491,
617,
626,
629,
634,
N263,
W8 and
W9. Opened in 1930 at a cost of over £48,000 by the London General Omnibus Company subsidiary 'Overground', Potters Bar garage was nearly closed in the 1960s as it was too far north to be useful to the London Transport "red bus" network. It survived this attempt, however it soon faced closure again in the 1980s in the aftermath of
deregulation. This time it was saved after workers accepted a revised pay agreement and the depot tendered for and won
Hertfordshire County Council commercial routes. Upon the break-up of London Regional Transport in April 1989, Potters Bar garage also passed to the London Northern subsidiary. Two of the buses destroyed were
Optare MetroDecker EVs, also in service with
Go-Ahead London and
RATP Dev Transit London, causing a nationwide recall of the type.
Willesden (AC) bus garage as seen from Pound Lane, April 2015
double-decker buses, five
BYD K8SRs, were trialled on route 98 Willesden garage operates routes
6,
52,
98,
260,
302 and
460. Opened by the London General Omnibus Company in October 1912, Willesden garage was used for major motorbus chassis overhauls until Chiswick Works opened in 1921. This role was revived in
World War II when Willesden was also used to provide major body overhauls for London Transport. The garage was largely rebuilt in 1975, expanding its capacity from 90 to 120 buses, and the garage eventually passed to Metroline in April 1989 as a result of the break-up of London Regional Transport. Willesden garage was home to a handful of notable experimental vehicles in the Metroline fleet. Prototype
AEC Routemaster RML3 was allocated to the garage in 1958, with the garage later home, albeit briefly, to the first production Routemasters on
route 8 in 1959; Routemasters were retained at Willesden until 2004 on
route 6 and
route 98. Following Metroline's purchase by ComfortDelGro, Willesden operated a former
SBS Transit Alexander bodied
Volvo Olympian that had been imported from Singapore on
route 260, being modified to UK standards as part of an evaluation into whether more could be imported to help Metroline replace MCW Metrobuses. After having trialled a system involving audio-visual alarms and reflective tape on the route in early 2018 as part of Transport for London's Bus Safety Innovation Challenge,
Metroline West Limited Metroline West Limited is the legal operating name for Metroline's bus garages that were acquired with the purchase of five
First London garages in 2013. As of April 2024, it now operates three bus garages.
Greenford (G) Greenford garage operates routes
92,
95,
282,
640,
E1,
E9 and
SL8. Greenford bus garage is part of a
Ealing London Borough Council depot and was first used in March 1993 as a
midibus base. The opening of Greenford garage led to the closure of another garage in
Hanwell, and by 1995, Greenford was operating 110 midibuses. The standard vehicles the garage in the late 1990s were
Wright bodied
Renault midibuses and
Marshall minibuses, however both types had a bad reputation and did not last long in the CentreWest fleet. From late 2003 until 14 March 2009,
Ealing Community Transport operated
route 195 from the Greenford depot, using garage code EY. Greenford garage was the first bus garage in London to operate a
London Superloop express bus service when
route 607 was renumbered
SL8 on 15 July 2023. Buses allocated to the service are
MCV EvoSeti bodied
Volvo B5LHs branded in a red and white livery with a route map on each side of the bus.
Uxbridge (UX) , March 2026 Uxbridge garage operates routes
114,
222,
331,
697,
A10,
H13,
U1,
U2,
U3,
U4 and
U10. The original Uxbridge garage was located around half a mile outside Uxbridge itself on the Oxford Road and was built by the London General Omnibus Company in 1921. The garage passed to Thames Valley a year later, eventually being handed back to London General on 31 December 1928. When the
Greater London Council was created in 1965, Uxbridge was one of only three London Transport Central Area that fell outside the boundaries of the new
Greater London, instead located in the former county of
Middlesex. Following the Second World War, it was planned for Uxbridge garage to be rebuilt entirely. This, however, remained shelved, with the garage instead extended over an open parking area during 1954. A new Uxbridge garage was planned shortly afterwards, although construction work did not begin until 1979. The new garage, located next to
Uxbridge tube station and occupying the lower ground floor of a multi-use development, opened in late 1983. In 1994, the garage was allocated some of London's first
low-floor buses, these being
Wright Pathfinder bodied
Dennis Lance SLFs with CentreWest branding for
route 222.
Willesden Junction (WJ) Willesden Junction garage operates routes
28,
187,
206,
223,
228,
316,
487,
H17 and
N28. Willesden Junction garage was originally owned by
First London.
Metroline bought the garage in June, 2013. This sale also included many of First's other garages including: Alperton, Hayes, Greenford and Uxbridge, aswell as 490 buses. Situated roughly 100 Meters from
Willesden Junction station, the garage is key for connecting communities together, providing links from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, connecting people to local shops or shopping centres, such as Wembley's boxpark or Westfield, located in White City. Willesden Junction has a large fleet consisting of; '24 plate and '75 plate
Volvo BZL's, '16 and '66 plated
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC's aswell as
Wright Gemini 2 B9TL's allocated to routes
28,
N28 and temporarily to the
487 during rush hour. Not only this but Willesden Junction was the first garage to use Metroline's BYD BD11's in public service on route
206 on the 4th April, 2025. Willesden Junction also holds multiple
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Tridents for training purposes, aswell as storage for buses, currently storing a couple Vision Zero Electroliners, supposedly for Perivale's electrification plans. Previously, Willesden Junction used to run the route 226, before it got transferred to
RATP Dev Transit London (now
First Bus London), a route running between
Golders Green and
Ealing Broadway. == Former garages ==