| 113 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Operator | Metroline |
| Garage | Edgware |
| Night-time | Night Bus N113 |
| Route | |
| Start | Edgware bus station |
| Via | Mill Hill Hendon Brent Cross Swiss Cottage Baker Street |
| End | Marble Arch station |
London Buses route 113 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Edgware bus station and Marble Arch station, it is operated by Metroline.
Route 113 is a particularly notable route as it ran over exactly the same routeing between Edgware and Oxford Circus for over 70 years, from before World War II [1] until 6 November 2009.
After 70 years of operation between Edgware and Oxford Circus, the route was withdrawn between Oxford Circus and Orchard Street, and diverted to Marble Arch (returning from Portman Street) on 7 November 2009 as part of the Mayor of London's pledge to reduce the number of buses using Oxford Street, [2] breaking some 2,100 daily passenger journeys on the route between Oxford Street, Hendon, Mill Hill and Edgware. The route was also planned for simultaneous conversion to 24-hour operation in 2009, along with improvements to evening and Sunday frequencies, and a possible diversion in Mill Hill via The Broadway, Hale Lane and Selvage Lane. [3]
However, these improvement plans did not come to fruition at the same time as the curtailment to Marble Arch, and were postponed until the next contract commenced in March 2012. Transport for London published their proposals to create an N113 running along the normal daytime route from Edgware to Oxford Street, but additionally serving Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. [4] The N113 was eventually introduced on 30 June 2012. Upon being re-tendered, the route was retained by Metroline with a new contract commencing on 31 March 2012. [5] In 2015, TfL consulted on plans to restore the historic southern terminus of Oxford Circus. [6] These plans were initially suspended but revived again in 2016. [7] This took effect from 1 April 2017 when Metroline commenced a new contract. [8]
On 28 August 2021, the route was once again diverted to Marble Arch due to the pedestrianisation of Oxford Circus. [9]
Route 113 operates via these primary locations: [10]
Mill Hill is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is situated around 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It was in the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, when it became part of Greater London. Its population was 18,451 in 2011.
Edgware Road is a major road in London, England. The route originated as part of Roman Watling Street and, unusually in London, it runs for 10 miles in an almost perfectly straight line. Forming part of the modern A5 road, Edgware Road undergoes several name changes along its length, including Maida Vale, Kilburn High Road, Shoot Up Hill and Cricklewood Broadway; but the road is, as a whole, known as the Edgware Road, as it is the road to Edgware.
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Finchley Central is a London Underground station in the Church End area of Finchley, north London. The station is located on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, between West Finchley and East Finchley stations; it is the junction for the short branch to Mill Hill East. The station is around 7 miles north-northwest of Charing Cross and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
The Edgware, Highgate and London Railway was a railway in North London, England. The railway was a precursor of parts of London Underground's Northern line and was, in the 1930s, the core of an ambitious expansion plan for that line which was thwarted by the Second World War. Parts of the line were closed in the 1950s and have since been removed.
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