London Buses route 157

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Go-Ahead London WVL432 (LX11FJK) Morden 31.01.2024.jpg
Go-Ahead London Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL at Morden station
Overview
Operator Go-Ahead London
Garage Merton
Vehicle Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV
Peak vehicle requirement17
Night-timeNo night service
Route
Start Crystal Palace bus station
Via South Norwood
Croydon
Wallington
Carshalton
St Helier
End Morden station
Length12 miles (19 km)
Service
LevelDaily
FrequencyAbout every 12-20 minutes
Journey time46-83 minutes
Operates04:20 until 02:01

London Buses route 157 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Crystal Palace bus station and Morden station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

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History

AEC Regent III RT in Morden in April 1973 LT Bus RT 4234 route 157 - geograph.org.uk - 1532633.jpg
AEC Regent III RT in Morden in April 1973

Route 157 commenced operating on 13 September 1926 as a daily service between Morden station and Wallington (Melbourne Hotel) via Morden Road, Bishopsford Road, Sutton and Carshalton. It was one of five new London Underground feeder routes (155, 156, 157, 164 and 165) that were introduced to connect to the new Northern line station at Morden, which also opened on 13 September 1926. In 1959, it was extended from Wallington to Crystal Palace via Croydon, replacing trolleybus route 654. [1]

From January 1973 until November 1985 it was operated by Thornton Heath garage, It was operated by Croydon garage from August 1987 until November 1988, when operation of the route moved to London General's Sutton garage. [1]

Upon being re-tendered, route 157 passed to Connex's Beddington Cross garage on 1 December 2001 with Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2s. It was included in the sale of the business to Travel London in February 2004. [2]

Upon being re-tendered, it was retained by Travel London with a new contract commencing on 2 December 2006. [3] Route 157 was included in the May 2009 sale of Travel London to Abellio London. [4] [5] On 3 December 2016, Arriva London commenced operating the route after winning the tender with 18 existing Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double deckers. [6] [7] The route and buses were based from Norwood garage, however, drivers were based at Thornton Heath garage. This was due to space constraints at Thornton Heath garage. [1] On Sundays and bank holidays the route and buses were based from Thornton Heath garage. [1] On 2 December 2023, this route passed back to Go-Ahead London from their Merton garage temporarily using existing Alexander Dennis Enviro400s and Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL double deckers, as the brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400EVs were delayed. At the same time, the PVR decreased to 17. Some drivers are also based at Croydon garage.

On 20 May 2024, brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400EVs were introduced to the route and are replacing the existing Alexander Dennis Enviro400s and Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs.

Current route

Travel London Dennis Trident 2 at Crystal Palace in June 2009 On The Buses - geograph.org.uk - 1352814.jpg
Travel London Dennis Trident 2 at Crystal Palace in June 2009

Route 157 operates via these primary locations: [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Arriva London starts running the route 157 service from Morden to Crystal Palace Arriva London 22 December 2016
  2. ↑ National Express buys 200 London buses The Daily Telegraph 27 February 2004
  3. ↑ Bus tender results Route 157 Transport for London 9 February 2006
  4. ↑ National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine National Express Group 21 May 2009
  5. ↑ NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market Archived 18 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine NedRailways 9 June 2009
  6. ↑ "Arriva big winner in latest tender round" Coach & Bus Week issue 1241 17 May 2016 page 10
  7. ↑ "Arriva does well in route awards" Buses Magazine issue 736 July 2016 page 24
  8. ↑ 157 bus route Transport for London

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