London Buses route 57
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Overview | |
Operator | Go-Ahead London |
Garage | Merton |
Night-time | 24-hour service |
Route | |
Start | Fairfield bus station |
Via | Norbiton Kingston Hospital Raynes Park Wimbledon South Wimbledon Merton Abbey Colliers Wood Tooting Streatham Streatham Hill |
End | Clapham Park |
Service | |
Level | 24-hour service |
Frequency | About every 12 minutes |
Operates | 24-hour service |
London Buses route 57 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Fairfield bus station and Clapham Park, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.
History
The 57 service, running from Victoria to Tooting Broadway, via Vauxhall, Stockwell, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton & Streatham, was first introduced in July 1951, replacing London Tram routes 8 & 20. It took its present route in January 1964.[1]
In 2015, Go-Ahead London won the tender to run the service, taking over from London United on 2 July 2016.[2] In February 2023, the service frequency was reduced to every 12 minutes.[3]
Current route
Route 57 operates via these primary locations:[4]
- Fairfield bus station
- Norbiton station
- Kingston Hospital
- Raynes Park station
- Wimbledon station
- South Wimbledon station
- Merton Abbey
- Colliers Wood station
- Tooting Broadway station
- Streatham
- Streatham Hill station
- Clapham Park
Incidents
On Friday, 28 November 2014, a woman in her sixties was struck by a number 57 bus in Streatham and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving.[5]
References
- ^ "57". London Bus Routes: October 1934 to the present day. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ Tender News Bus Talk (Go-Ahead London) issue 37 December 2015 page 10
- ^ Marius, Callum (2023-02-17). "Sadiq Khan accused of hypocrisy on bus routes ahead of ULEZ expansion". MyLondon. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Route 57 Map Transport for London
- ^ "Bus driver arrested after woman is hit and killed crossing road in Streatham". EveningStandard. 1 December 2014.
External links
Media related to London Buses route 57 at Wikimedia Commons
- 57 bus route Timetable
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