London Buses route 36 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between New Cross bus garage and Queen's Park station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.
| 36 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Operator | Go-Ahead London |
| Garage | New Cross |
| Vehicle | Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC |
| Peak vehicle requirement | Day: 27 Night: 7 |
| Night-time | 24-hour service |
| Route | |
| Start | New Cross bus garage |
| Via | Peckham Camberwell Vauxhall Victoria Hyde Park Corner Marble Arch Edgware Road Paddington Maida Hill |
| End | Queen's Park station |
| Length | 9 miles (14 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | 24-hour service |
| Frequency | About every 6-12 minutes |
| Journey time | 49-91 minutes |
| Operates | 24-hour service |
History
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Route 36 dates back to 1911 when London General Omnibus Company commenced operating between Queens Park and Victoria. By 1934 it had been extended to Hither Green.[1]
On 24 August 1961, a gun and five boxes of ammunition were found under the rear seat of a 36A bus in Peckham garage. The gun was identified as that used to kill Michael Gregsten and wound Valerie Storie in the 'A6 murder case', for which James Hanratty was hanged.[2]
The 36B was cut back to Peckham and renumbered route 136 in March 1994.[3]
On 29 January 2005, route 36 was converted to one man operation with the AEC Routemasters replaced by Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs.[3]
Present day
editIt is one of very few routes still to cross central London, carrying people in to the centre from both ends of the route.[4]
On 9 February 2013, Go-Ahead London retained the contract for route 36 with new and existing Alexander Dennis Enviro400s.[5] It is operated out of New Cross garage.[6]
Current route
editRoute 36 operates via these primary locations:[7]
- New Cross bus garage
- New Cross Fire Station
- Queens Road Peckham station
- Peckham High Street
- Camberwell Green
- Kennington Park
- Kennington for Oval station
- Kennington Oval
- Vauxhall bus station
for Vauxhall station - Vauxhall Bridge
- Bessborough Gardens for Pimlico station
- Victoria station
- Hyde Park Corner station
- Marble Arch station
- St Mary's Hospital
- Paddington station
- Royal Oak station
- Maida Hill
- Queen's Park station
References
edit- ^ Route History...36 Bus Talk April 2016
- ^ "Gun Found On Bus Was Murder Weapon" The Times 26 August 1961 p 6
- ^ a b Blacker, Ken (2007). Routemaster: 1970–2005. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. pp. 116, 166, 172. ISBN 978-1-85414-303-7.
- ^ Aldridge, John (January 2000). "Connex gains second route while Routemasters go on... and on, but what's going to happen to Red Arrow?". Buses (538). Ian Allan Publishing: 11.
- ^ "Route 36 - award announced 24 May 2012". Transport for London. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Routes Go-Ahead London
- ^ Route 36 Map Transport for London
External links
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Media related to London Buses route 36 at Wikimedia Commons
- Timetable Transport for London