London Buses route 211

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Transport UK London Bus New Routemaster at Fulham
Overview
Operator Transport UK London Bus
Garage Battersea
Vehicle New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement14
Predecessors Route 11
Route 511
Night-timeNight Bus N11
Route
Start Hammersmith bus station
Via Fulham
Chelsea
Sloane Square
End Battersea Power Station
Length7 miles (11 km)
Service
LevelDaily
FrequencyAbout every 8-15 minutes
Journey time29-57 minutes
Operates05:05 until 00:39

London Buses route 211 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Hammersmith bus station and Battersea Power Station, it is operated by Transport UK London Bus.

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History

Route 211 was introduced on 17 July 1993 replacing Red Arrow route 511 between Waterloo and Victoria stations, before continuing to Hammersmith bus station along the existing route 11, replacing the latter north of Fulham Broadway station.

It was operated by London General until June 1998 when upon retendering passed to Travel London who introduced a fleet of Optare Excels. It was included in the sale of Travel London to Limebourne in August 2000 and again to Connex in July 2001. In November 2002 the service received new Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2s with the service upgraded in preparation for the introduction of the London congestion charge.

Route 211 was included in the sale of the business back to Travel London in February 2004 [1] which in turn was sold to Abellio London in May 2009. [2] [3]

On 30 June 2012, brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s and Alexander Dennis Enviro400Hs were introduced.[ citation needed ] In June 2016 the route began being operated using New Routemasters. [4]

On 29 January 2019 the route transferred to London United. [5] On 29 June 2024, the route was withdrawn between Waterloo station and Sloane Square station and rerouted to Battersea Power Station. [6] On this date, the route transferred back to Transport UK, the successor to Abellio London.

Current route

Route 211 operates via these primary locations: [7]

Lego used a slightly modified route 211 (called 211B) for their Lego Creator 7+ set number 40220. This has the next stop as "Westminster". This set is a shrunken down version of the Lego 10258 Creator - London Bus, which features a fictional route 9 to Brickston.

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References

  1. ↑ National Express buys 200 London buses The Daily Telegraph 27 February 2004
  2. ↑ National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine National Express 21 May 2009
  3. ↑ NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine NedRailways 9 June 2009
  4. ↑ Beddall, David (2019-06-15). London's New Routemasters. Amberley Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4456-8739-1.
  5. ↑ Hilson, Aaron (2018-10-16). "TfL tender round reveals both gains and losses for London United and Abellio". CBW. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  6. ↑ Mortimer, Josiah (2022-12-15). "Sadiq Khan promises to save popular London bus routes on one condition". MyLondon. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  7. ↑ Route 211 Map Transport for London

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