London Buses route 54

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54
Overview
Operator Metrobus
Garage Croydon (C)
Vehicle Scania N230UD 10.6m / Optare Olympus
Peak vehicle requirement 14
Night-time No night service
Route
Start Woolwich
Via Charlton
Blackheath
Lewisham
Catford
Beckenham
End Elmers End
Length 10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level Daily
Frequency About every 12 minutes
Journey time 39-66 minutes
Operates 4:30am until 1:00am
Portal icon London Transport portal

London Buses route 54 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metrobus.

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History [edit]

Bases [edit]

Before 2009, Selkent ran the route under tender from Transport for London, the 54 was based at there Catford (TL) garage, although other depots, notably Plumstead, have assisted from time to time for logistical reasons, as Plumstead was less than 2 miles away from the terminus at Woolwich.[clarification needed]. The route operated from Plumstead from November 1988 to August 1989, again from April to November 1991 and gained the route outright from 24 July 1993 in to allow room for the large 208[clarification needed] at Catford. The service remained there until January 1999, when it was moved back to Catford so that Plumstead could accommodate the 96, 99 and 178. The loss[clarification needed] of route P3 (now 343) and gain of work at Catford through routes 181 and 284 saw part of the allocation moved back to Plumstead from March 2001. A move back to Catford, along with the 202 service, occurred in March 2003 to make room at Plumstead for new articulated[clarification needed] bus route 453.

Route adjustments [edit]

The 54 route had since the 1920s been the trunk[clarification needed] route linking Woolwich, Lewisham, Beckenham and Croydon.

In 1934 it ran between Plumstead Common and Selsdon but in 1963 was withdrawn between Woolwich and Plumstead Common. Rush hour journeys were extended from Woolwich to the then embryonic Woolwich Industrial Estate between 1965 and the 1970s, and at the other end the route was extended from Selsdon to Riddlesdown to accommodate school journeys. These latter adjustments disappeared in 1972, along with the service between Croydon and Selsdon/Riddlesdown. Despite these changes, the trunk section of the route had survived virtually as it was in the 1920s until 2000, aside from minor adjustments due to the introduction of one-way systems at a few places.

On 2 May 2009, Metrobus gained the contract of route 54 at their Orpington garage, using Scania N230UD / Optare Olympus.[1]

Current route [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Route 54 Plumstead Common & Selsdeon". Londonbuses.co.uk. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-28. 

External links [edit]
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