London Buses route E2

London Buses route E2 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Greenford and Brentford, it is operated by Metroline.

History
Route E2 was established on 30 November 1968 as a flat-fare route from Greenford to Brentford via Pitshanger Lane, Ealing Broadway station and Northfields, replacing former route 97.

On 7 December 1975, the route was converted from AEC Routemaster to Daimler Fleetline operation.

In June 1984, route E2 was extended to Ruislip station, being further extended on summer Sundays to Ruislip Lido, replacing the former route 273.

When London Buses was split into eleven pre-privatisation subsidiaries in late 1988, route E2 came under the control of CentreWest.

CentreWest was privatised in a management buyout in September 1994, before being acquired by FirstGroup in March 1997. In May 1997 route E2 was re-tendered and passed to Armchair with Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLFs. At the same time, route E2 was diverted in Brentford to terminate at Armchair's Commerce Road depot instead of the County Court.

In 2002, Armchair retained route E2 upon it being re-tendered, and ordered a fresh batch of Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLFs, this time with dual doors. Route E2 was included in the sale November 2004 sale of Armchair to Metroline.

In May 2009, Metroline retained route E2 and double-decker operation returned on the route using Plaxton President bodied Dennis Tridents. These were replaced by brand-new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s in September 2009.

In October 2010, the Alexander Dennis Enviro400s were replaced by new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs.

Current route

 * Greenford Red Lion
 * Pitshanger Lane
 * Ealing Broadway Station
 * West Ealing
 * Northfields station
 * Brentford Commerce Road Bus Garage