London Buses route 57

57
London General BYD Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV at Streatham Hill station
Overview
Operator	London General (Go-Ahead London)
Garage	Merton
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	Fairfield bus station
Via	Norbiton Kingston Hospital Raynes Park Wimbledon South Wimbledon Merton Abbey Colliers Wood Tooting Streatham Streatham Hill
End	Clapham Park
Service
Level	24-hour service
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Operates	24-hour service

London Buses route 57 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Fairfield bus station and Clapham Park, it is operated by Go-Ahead London subsidiary London General.

History

The 57 service, running from Victoria to Tooting Broadway, via Vauxhall, Stockwell, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton & Streatham, was first introduced in July 1951, replacing London Tram routes 8 and 20. It took its present route in January 1964. ^[1]

Transdev London Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2 in Kingston in December 2008

In 2015, Go-Ahead London won the tender to run the service, taking over from London United on 2 July 2016. ^[2] In February 2023, the service frequency was reduced to every 12 minutes. ^[3]

Current route

Route 57 operates via these primary locations: ^[4]

• Fairfield bus station
• Norbiton station
• Kingston Hospital
• Raynes Park station
• Wimbledon station
• South Wimbledon station
• Merton Abbey
• Colliers Wood station
• Tooting Broadway station
• Streatham
• Streatham Hill station
• Clapham Park

Incidents

On Friday, 28 November 2014, a woman in her sixties was struck by a number 57 bus in Streatham and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving. ^[5]

References

1. "57". London Bus Routes: October 1934 to the present day. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
2. Tender News Bus Talk (Go-Ahead London) issue 37 December 2015 page 10
3. Marius, Callum (2023-02-17). "Sadiq Khan accused of hypocrisy on bus routes ahead of ULEZ expansion". MyLondon. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
4. Route 57 Map Transport for London
5. "Bus driver arrested after woman is hit and killed crossing road in Streatham". EveningStandard. 1 December 2014.

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 57 at Wikimedia Commons
• 57 bus route Timetable