West Ham Garage
History
West Ham Garage was built to replace two garages in Waterden Road, near Hackney Marshes, to allow development of the Olympic Park. Demolition at the ParcelForce site began late in 2007. By February 2008 the operation of the Stratford garage had moved to part of the new site.
Operations from the other garage, known as Waterden Road, relocated initially to newly acquired and refurbished premises at Rainham, moving to the temporary West Ham site in May 2008.
Construction of the new garage took place immediately to the south of the temporary premises and the main garage structure was basically complete by the end of March 2009. At this time, ParcelForce vacated their site further to the south of the garage that would become the bus parking area.
By December 2009, the garage’s engineering and operating staff had moved into the new building, joined by head office staff from Ilford in February 2010. Work on the parking, washing and fuelling area was completed in June 2010 when the contractors handed over the site.
The garage was built to include a number of measures to recycle rainwater and reduce energy consumption.
Today
West Ham Garage operates routes 15 Heritage Service with Routemasters, (currently suspended) 97, 238, 241, 277, 323, 330, 474 and D3.
As of July 2020, the garage has:
- 24 double deck Scania Omnicitys
- 18 ADL Enviro 400s
- 23 ADL Envioro E400 hybrid
- 33 ADL E400 micro hybrid
- 19 ADL Enviro 200s
- 5 BYD/ADL Electric buses for route 323 only
- 7 AEC Routemasters
Where to find it
West Ham Garage (WH), Stephenson Street, London E16 4SA or call 020 7055 9804.
