In May 2016 a new garage opened in River Road, [[Barking, London|Barking]]. It initially opened with an allocation of 22 buses to operate [[London Buses route 147|route 147]] but has a capacity for 155 buses. It was built on the site of a former [[Ford of Britain|Ford]] commercial vehicle sales and repair site.<ref>[http://www.goaheadlondon.com/news/post/our-new-garage-based-at-river-road-barking-ig11-opened-on-saturday-7-may-2016 oUrOur new garage based at River Road, Barking opened on Saturday 7 May 2016] Go-Ahead London</ref><ref>Go Ahead's 7m new Barking garage ''Buses'' issue 736 July 2016 page 25</ref> In July 2016, all of the routes and buses from Rainham garage were transferred.<ref name=Buses737>"Short Hops" ''Buses'' issue 737 August 2016 page 27</ref>