176 | |
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Overview | |
Operator | Go-Ahead London |
Garage | Camberwell [1] |
Route | |
Start | Penge |
Via | Forest Hill East Dulwich Denmark Hill Camberwell Elephant and Castle Waterloo |
End | Tottenham Court Road station |
London Buses route 176 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Penge and Tottenham Court Road station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.
Upon being re-tendered, the route was retained by Arriva London with a new contract commencing on 14 November 2003. [2]
On 3 January 2009 the route was withdrawn between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Circus to allow Andrew Borde Street to be closed and used as a work site for the upgrade of Tottenham Court Road station and the construction of the Crossrail station. [3] In January 2010, Transport for London claimed this shortening of route 176 as part of its implementation of the Mayor's request to reduce the bus flow in Oxford Street by 10% in each of 2009 and 2010. [4]
Route 176 operates via these primary locations: [5]
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