Press releases

Double celebration for Arriva and TfL!

23 May 2006

Who:	Peter Hendy, London 's Transport commissioner will join David Martin, chief executive of Arriva plc and Mark Yexley, managing director of Arriva London to formally open Arriva's redeveloped Edmonton garage and to officially hand over the latest batch of London 's bendy buses. In addition Wolfgang Presinger, dxecutive managing director of Mercedes Benz Buses and Coaches will hand over the 390 th Mercedes Citaro “bendy bus” to be delivered into London . They will be joined by representatives from London Buses, Arriva London, TGWU, local politicians and partners from Evobus, the iBus project, Spencers (building contractors), and Stonehill estate local management.
What:	The garage has undergone complete refurbishment from its original state as a former timber yard. Arriva employees have worked hard throughout the redevelopment to manage to operate services for customers. This is the 390th bendy bus to enter service in London over the past three years

When:	9.30am, 23 May 2006

Where:	Unit 1E, Towpath Road , Stonehill Business Park , Edmonton London , N18 3HR

Media	Members of the media are invited to attend this event. Please contact us to confirm your attendance. The event will start promptly at 9.30am. Pictures of the bus garage before redevelopment are available. A press release and photographs will be available from lunchtime on 23 May. Please contact us for details.