A trade name , trading name , or business name is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name. The term for this type of alternative name is fictitious business name . Registering the fictitious name with a relevant government body is often required.
48-614: The London Central Bus Company is a bus operator brand under London General Transport Services Limited , trading as Go-Ahead London . It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and primarily operates services in South London under contract to Transport for London . In April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate business units , one of which was the London Central Bus Company. As part of
96-556: A bomb detonated prematurely in the lower deck as it drove along Aldwych , killing Provisional IRA member Edward O'Brien and injuring eight others inside and outside the bus. Driver Robert Newitt, one of three seriously injured, was left permanently deafened by the explosion. In February 2003, New Cross garage began operating 30 Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses on route 436 , the third such London bus route to be converted to articulated buses ; In January 2005, New Cross garage withdrew its last AEC Routemasters when route 36
144-571: A pantograph on the top of the bus, and on 9 July 2022, a fleet of Alexander Dennis Enviro400EVs began to enter service on route 132. On 10 November 2024, Go-Ahead London began a 15-year Kent County Council contract to operate the Kent Thameside portion of the Fastrack bus rapid transit network, which was originally operated by Arriva Southern Counties . The fleet of 28 battery electric Irizar ie tram bus fleet used by Go-Ahead on
192-420: A DBA must be registered with a local or state government, or both, depending on the jurisdiction. For example, California, Texas and Virginia require a DBA to be registered with each county (or independent city in the case of Virginia) where the owner does business. Maryland and Colorado have DBAs registered with a state agency. Virginia also requires corporations and LLCs to file a copy of their registration with
240-467: A DBA statement, though names including the first and last name of the owner may be accepted. This also reduces the possibility of two local businesses operating under the same name, although some jurisdictions do not provide exclusivity for a name, or may allow more than one party to register the same name. Note, though, that this is not a substitute for filing a trademark application. A DBA filing carries no legal weight in establishing trademark rights. In
288-516: A businessperson writes a trade name on a contract, invoice, or cheque, they must also add the legal name of the business. Numbered companies will very often operate as something other than their legal name, which is unrecognizable to the public. In Chile , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Ireland , businesses are legally required to register business names where these differ from
336-606: A new apprenticeship programme, also expanding its scope to drivers working for the wider Go-Ahead Group. Camberwell garage is today one of the United Kingdom's largest bus garages, having a vehicle authorisation of 242 and employing 650 drivers as of 2019. After having been previously been the garage for Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses on the route between November 2004 and November 2011, New Routemasters were introduced at Camberwell on routes 12 and 68 between 2015 and 2016, and 42 charging points were installed at
384-406: A once-a-week return journey to a local shopping centre from relatively low-density neighbourhoods where there is no alternative route in the main bus network. The number of mobility buses routes has declined over the past few years because low-floor and wheelchair-accessible buses run on all London Buses routes. Night Bus routes are often related to the day numerical equivalent, normally running
432-458: A registered legal name and a fictitious business name, or trade name, is important because fictitious business names do not always identify the entity that is legally responsible . Legal agreements (such as contracts ) are normally made using the registered legal name of the business. If a corporation fails to consistently adhere to such important legal formalities like using its registered legal name in contracts, it may be subject to piercing of
480-430: A separate self-contained block, all being grouped together in order to reduce the effort required by maintenance staff. As a result, Camberwell was able to undertake heavy maintenance for both itself and Walworth garage as part of an engineering grouping of London Transport bus garages. The allocation at Camberwell decreased slightly over the years from 165 in 1952, until the closure of Walworth garage in 1985 increased
528-402: A trade name to conduct business using a simpler name rather than using their formal and often lengthier name. Trade names are also used when a preferred name cannot be registered, often because it may already be registered or is too similar to a name that is already registered. Using one or more fictitious business names does not create additional separate legal entities. The distinction between
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#1732781081595576-512: Is a large and imposing building, slightly set back from the main Erith Road to enable parking on the forecourt. This arrangement was used for the terminus for route 122 . In August 1986, Bexleyheath was found to be one of a number of London Regional Transport (LRT) bus garages surplus to requirements as a result of bus route tendering reducing the LRT bus fleet, and as a result, Bexleyheath garage
624-1075: Is called a razón social . London Buses route B16 This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London , England, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches ). Bus services in London are operated by Arriva London , Go-Ahead London ( Blue Triangle , Docklands Buses , London Central and London General ), Metroline , RATP Dev Transit London ( London Sovereign , London United and London Transit), Stagecoach London ( East London , Selkent and Thameside ), Transport UK London Bus and Uno . TfL-sponsored operators run more than 500 services. Examples of non TfL-sponsored operators include, but are not limited to: Arriva Herts & Essex , Arriva Southern Counties , Carousel Buses , Diamond South East , Go-Coach , First Beeline , Metrobus , Stagecoach South , Thames Valley Buses and Reading Buses . In Victorian times, people who took
672-583: The Kent Thameside portion of the Fastrack bus rapid transit network on a temporary basis. Built as a trolleybus depot by the London Passenger Transport Board , Bexleyheath was the only new garage built for trolleybuses, opening on 10 November 1935. The garage's trolleybuses were among the first to be withdrawn from service by London Transport in favour of motorbuses, with routes 696 and 698 replaced by bus routes 96 and an extended route 229 respectively. Bexleyheath garage
720-466: The United Kingdom , there is no filing requirement for a "business name", defined as "any name under which someone carries on business" that, for a company or limited liability partnership, "is not its registered name", but there are requirements for disclosure of the owner's true name and some restrictions on the use of certain names. A minority of U.S. states, including Washington , still use
768-653: The privatisation of London bus services , in September 1994, London Central was sold to the Go-Ahead Group for £23.8 million (equivalent to £59,793,000 in 2023). In August 2008, the Go-Ahead Group's London bus operations all adopted the Go-Ahead London trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the Go-Ahead London logo on most buses. London Central
816-402: The ' Millennium Busway ' project, used a fleet of 17 East Lancs Myllennium bodied DAF SB220s , three of which were LPG gas-powered, for Millennium Dome shuttle services M1 and M2, the former of which was relaunched with the same buses as route 486 in early 2001. On 18 February 1996, a London Central Leyland Titan based from New Cross garage and working on route 171 was destroyed when
864-579: The DLR network), and the N271 (whose daytime service was withdrawn on 4 February 2023) have no corresponding daytime routes. There are also 24-hour routes, which run day and night but usually with a lower frequency during the night hours. The vast majority run the same route at all times. With the introduction of the Night Tube , some day routes have been extended to run during Friday and Saturday nights to serve
912-750: The Fastrack network are based at Bexleyheath garage on a temporary basis until a new garage at the Crossways Business Park in Dartford is completed. As of January 2024, Camberwell garage operates routes 1 , 12 , 35 , 40 , 42 , 100 , 108D , 176 , 185 , 355 , 360 , 484 , N1 , N15 (additional workings only) and SL6 . Although opened by the London General Omnibus Company in June 1914, Camberwell garage
960-523: The Go-Ahead Group in 1996 saw the merger of the two companies' operations, resulting in London Central's head office moving away from Camberwell. The office building was left mothballed until 2001, when it was refurbished and opened as Go-Ahead's London recruitment and training centre. This centre was refurbished and reopened again in March 2019 as a facility to train over 1,000 bus drivers a year under
1008-418: The U.S., trademark rights are acquired by use in commerce, but there can be substantial benefits to filing a trademark application. Sole proprietors are the most common users of DBAs. Sole proprietors are individual business owners who run their businesses themselves. Since most people in these circumstances use a business name other than their own name, it is often necessary for them to get DBAs. Generally,
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#17327810815951056-450: The Year in 2004, although this turned out to be a poisoned chalice for the garage, losing almost half of its work including routes 381 and P13 in the next year's tender awards. As of December 2019, London Central had a peak vehicle requirement of 676 buses. [REDACTED] Media related to London Central Bus Company at Wikimedia Commons Trading as In a number of countries,
1104-649: The advantage, in that a unique route number was easier for the travelling public to remember, and so the practice of using route numbers soon spread. Bus routes run by London Transport were grouped as follows. The London Traffic Act 1924 imposed numbering known as the Bassom Scheme, named after Superintendent (later Chief Constable ) Arthur Ernest Bassom of the Metropolitan Police who devised it. For many decades, variant and short workings used letter suffixes (e.g. "77B"). The numbers reflected
1152-448: The allocation to 142. When London Regional Transport's bus operations were split on 1 April 1989, Walworth was designated as the head office for the London Central Bus Company. Between September 1992 and early 1993, Camberwell garage took delivery of 24 Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250s to replace AEC Routemasters on route 3 , these being the last new buses delivered to London Buses before privatisation. The purchase of London General by
1200-539: The bus would recognise the owner and the route of an omnibus (Latin: "for everyone") only by its livery and its line name, with painted signs on the sides showing the two termini to indicate the route. Then, in 1906, George Samuel Dicks of the London Motor Omnibus Company decided that, as the line name 'Vanguard' had proved to be very popular, he would name all lines 'Vanguard' and number the company's five routes 1 through 5. Other operators soon saw
1248-529: The company that operated the route. The numbering was revised in 1934 after London Transport was formed: All routes operate in both directions unless detailed. Route numbers from 600 to 699 are used for school services, with the majority of them running one return journey on each weekday during peak times and during school term time. UJS Sacred heart school Ardleigh green school New city college St Ursula’s school Route numbers from 900 to 999 represent mobility buses; these mostly provide
1296-484: The corporate veil . In English , trade names are generally treated as proper nouns . In Argentina , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Brazil , a trade name is known as a nome fantasia ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called razão social (social name). In some Canadian jurisdictions , such as Ontario , when
1344-534: The county or city to be registered with the State Corporation Commission. DBA statements are often used in conjunction with a franchise . The franchisee will have a legal name under which it may sue and be sued, but will conduct business under the franchiser's brand name (which the public would recognize). A typical real-world example can be found in a well-known pricing mistake case, Donovan v. RRL Corp. , 26 Cal. 4th 261 (2001), where
1392-424: The former of which is painted in the style of the former London General company. In 2022, Bexleyheath became the first bus garage in London to be equipped for 'opportunity charge' battery electric bus operation, whereby the bus is charged while terminating before starting its next journey. This was introduced on route 132 whose eastern terminus is at the garage. A gantry was installed at the garage connecting with
1440-850: The garage during 2021 to facilitate the introduction of Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV battery electric buses on routes 100 , 360 and 484 . As of September 2023, Morden Wharf garage operates routes 108 , 178 , 188 , 225 , 286 , 291 , 386 and 469 . On 29 July 2017, Morden Wharf garage commenced operations at the site of a sugar refinery on the Greenwich Peninsula after London General 's Mandela Way garage closed, receiving an official opening on 12 March 2018. Housing 125 buses and 310 drivers, Morden Wharf initially operated routes 108, 129, 180, 188, 225, 286 and N1. As of April 2024, New Cross garage operates routes 21 , 36 , 108 , 129 , 171 , 172 , 321 , 343 , 436 , 453 , N21 , N89 , N136 , N171 , N343 and P4 . Said to be
1488-465: The largest of London's bus garages with space for over 300 buses, New Cross garage was originally a tram depot and opened in 1906. In 1952 with the trams withdrawn, the depot was converted into a bus garage. The garage allocation has fluctuated over the years, from 191 in 1966 to 132 in 2001; New Cross has never been even close to its capacity due to the close proximity of other garages, but has at various times been used to store surplus vehicles. New Cross
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1536-402: The law is to protect the public from fraud, by compelling the business owner to first file or register his fictitious business name with the county clerk, and then making a further public record of it by publishing it in a newspaper. Several other states, such as Illinois , require print notices as well. In Uruguay , a trade name is known as a nombre fantasía , and the legal name of business
1584-461: The named defendant, RRL Corporation, was a Lexus car dealership doing business as " Lexus of Westminster ", but remaining a separate legal entity from Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. . In California , filing a DBA statement also requires that a notice of the fictitious name be published in local newspapers for some set period of time to inform the public of the owner's intent to operate under an assumed name . The intention of
1632-479: The operator. The move to set up the new company to tender for routes backfired, with low maintenance, supervisory and administrative staffing at Bexleyheath garage resulting in frequent service delays and vehicle breakdowns. As a result of the disruption, routes 422 and 492 were transferred to Boro'line London in October 1988, and in the next round of London Buses route tendering in September 1990, only route B16
1680-509: The phrase " trading as " (abbreviated to t/a ) is used to designate a trade name. In the United States , the phrase " doing business as " (abbreviated to DBA , dba , d.b.a. , or d/b/a ) is used, among others, such as assumed business name or fictitious business name . In Canada , " operating as " (abbreviated to o/a ) and " trading as " are used, although " doing business as " is also sometimes used. A company typically uses
1728-530: The same route but with an extension at either end of the service. This is normally to provide a night service to destinations served by tube or train during the day. However, there are a few N-prefixed route numbers that have no relation to their daytime equivalents: the N5, N20, and N97 all operate in a different part of London to their respective day routes. Also, the N550 and N551 (which provide night service on parts of
1776-609: The stations. These bus routes are not contracted to TfL and are therefore not ' London Buses ', all but three run from villages and towns outside Greater London to destinations within. They are painted in a colour chosen by the operator, so are not necessarily red like London Buses , and most of them do not accept Oyster cards . These routes are operated with a London Service Permit issued by TfL so they are recognised by TfL bus maps and appear on TfL bus stops. Formerly ran to Wimbledon Station. There are two special Transport for London express routes that run annually during
1824-459: The surname(s) of the sole trader or partners, or the legal name of a company. The Companies Registration Office publishes a searchable register of such business names. In Japan , the word yagō ( 屋号 ) is used. In Colonial Nigeria , certain tribes had members that used a variety of trading names to conduct business with the Europeans. Two examples were King Perekule VII of Bonny , who
1872-469: The term trade name to refer to "doing business as" (DBA) names. In most U.S. states now, however, DBAs are officially referred to using other terms. Almost half of the states, including New York and Oregon , use the terms assumed business name or assumed name ; nearly as many, including Pennsylvania , use the term fictitious name . For consumer protection purposes, many U.S. jurisdictions require businesses operating with fictitious names to file
1920-440: The war, Camberwell garage was equipped for bus body overhauling in 1940, and a fleet of sixteen buses were converted to run on coal -fuelled producer gas to combat fuel rationing . During the early 1950s, Camberwell garage underwent heavy modernisation, which saw the garage's welfare and operational block reconstructed and bus parking area extended. The new building also incorporated a newly-developed pit and workshop layout in
1968-713: Was a garage where two special bus services were based. In 1972, New Cross ran a preserved ex-Tilling ST-type AEC Regent I on London Transport's new route 100 sightseeing service, running between Horse Guards Avenue , Whitehall , Trafalgar Square , the West End of London and the Victoria Embankment ; this service was revived during 1977 as part of commemorations for the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II . The second service, launched in January 2000 as part of
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2016-474: Was among the three other Go-Ahead London operations to be brought under the London General license in early 2017, however as before, the London Central name was retained on company logos. London Central operates five bus garages. As of January 2024, Bexleyheath garage operates routes 51 , 89 , 132 , 244 , 486 , 601 , 624 , 625 , 658 , B11 , B12 , B13 and B16 . Bexleyheath also operates
2064-665: Was awarded to Bexleybus, whilst London Central won nine routes. London Central took control of Bexleyheath garage and its routes in January 1991, with the Bexleybus name being dropped and vehicles being returned to their lessors. In recent years, the garage has had a good utilisation figure, with up to 139 in 2001 parked at the garage necessitating parking in the rear yard and the forecourt. Bexleyheath also houses one of London Central's iBus hubs, controlling routes for Bexleyheath, Morden Wharf, New Cross, and Peckham garages, as well as Go-Ahead London's private hire and rail replacement fleet,
2112-474: Was closed in 1994 due to both operational expenses and concerns about the garage's ferro-concrete roof, London Central took over a local authority maintenance depot and opened a new Peckham bus garage at the site with a capacity for 75 buses. In January 2000, Peckham garage put London's first Volvo low-floor double-decker buses, in the form of part of an order of 46 Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TLs , into service on route 63 . Peckham won Bus Garage of
2160-771: Was closed, with work transferred to the Catford , Plumstead and Sidcup garages. The site, however, was retained by LRT for further development. On 16 January 1988, Bexleyheath garage reopened under the guise of Bexleybus , a low-cost unit set up by London Buses in preparation for the deregulation of London's bus services. Bexleybus had a varied fleet of 107 buses painted in a cream and blue livery, ranging from Robin Hood-bodied Iveco Daily and integrally-constructed MCW Metrorider minibuses to ex-LRT Daimler Fleetlines and Leyland Nationals as well as 28 new Northern Counties -bodied Leyland Olympians leased to
2208-452: Was curtailed from Lewisham to New Cross Gate in favour of the 436 and ahead of the introduction of the congestion charge , with one-person operated double-decker buses taking over on the 36. The 436's articulated Citaros were themselves withdrawn and replaced by double-deckers on 21 November 2011. As of December 2023, Peckham garage operates routes 37 , 78 , 197 and P12 . After the original Peckham bus garage, which opened in 1951,
2256-553: Was known as Captain Pepple in trade matters, and King Jubo Jubogha of Opobo , who bore the pseudonym Captain Jaja . Both Pepple and Jaja would bequeath their trade names to their royal descendants as official surnames upon their deaths. In Singapore , there is no filing requirement for a "trading as" name, but there are requirements for disclosure of the underlying business or company's registered name and unique entity number. In
2304-468: Was not used as a bus garage until 1919 as it had been requisitioned by the War Department during World War I . During World War II , Camberwell garage was bombed twice: the first bombing occurred on the night of 31 October 1940, resulting in four buses being destroyed and 13 seriously damaged, followed on 16 April 1941 by an incendiary bomb being dropped on the garage, destroying one bus. During
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