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Go?Ahead expands its London bus business with £12m Blue Triangle buy

By Robert Jack
13 July 2007
Blue Triangle acquisition strengthens Go?Ahead’s foothold north of the River Thames
Blue Triangle acquisition strengthens Go?Ahead’s foothold north of the River Thames

 

Go ahead Group expanded its foothold in east London last week when it acquired Rainham-based Blue Triangle in a £12m deal. The purchase builds on the acquisition of Silvertown-based  Docklands Buses last September.

Go Ahead now has a fleet of 60 buses in east London, an area that is currently dominated by the subsidiaries of First and Australian investment bank Macquarie.

Commenting on the purchase, Go Ahead chief executive Keith Ludeman told Transit that the group had been...

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