London Buses route 60
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| 60 | |
| Service | |
|---|---|
| Start | Streatham |
| End | Old Coulsdon |
| Via | Pollards Hill Croydon Purley |
| Frequency | About every 15 minutes |
| Length | 12 miles (19 km) |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | Arriva London |
| Garage | South Croydon |
| Vehicle(s) | VDL DB250/Alexander ALX400 |
| PVR † | 14 |
| † peak vehicle requirement | |
| Transport for London • Performance |
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London Buses route 60 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London.
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[edit] History
Route 60 came into existence in September 1982, replacing route 130 between Croydon and Streatham Common via Streatham Vale, and route 118 from Streatham Vale and Streatham to Clapham Common via Poynders Road.
Several routes were due to be re-tendered from the summer of 1998, including route 60. The opportunity was taken to reorganise the routings as well; in particular, route 60 was extended south—replacing route 50 beyond South Croydon Garage to Purley, Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon—in order to restore a link between Coulsdon and the Mayday Hospital off London Road. The link had been lost in 1988 when route 50 replaced the former route 190 between Old Coulsdon and Croydon.
In compensation for the extension, the section of route 60 north of Streatham Common to Streatham and Clapham Common was transferred to a new route, the 255. The southwards extension of the 60 via former 190 route also partially replaced route 109, which was cut back from Purley to Croydon.
[edit] Capital Logistics
Capital Logistics was due to start operating route 60 from September 1998, however the new low floor buses specified were not ready in time.
Stagecoach Selkent had lost routes 119 and 320 to Metrobus at the same time and was therefore able to step in to operate most of the service using surplus drivers and vehicles. Blue Triangle of Rainham was subcontracted to provide the balance of four buses. This arrangement lasted until 23 January 1999, when Selkent had other commitments in the Bromley and Plumstead areas..
[edit] Eight different operators
Because of this an emergency 15-minute frequency (instead of 12-minute) timetable was drawn up by Blue Triangle, and the duties were covered by whoever could supply buses and drivers. Thus buses were operated by:
- Blue Triangle of Rainham
- Capital Citybus of Dagenham
- Nostalgiabus of Mitcham
- Classic Coaches of High Wycombe
- Stagecoach East London
- Stagecoach Selkent
- Sidney Road Travel of Potters Bar
This continued until around mid-March 1999 when at last Capital Logistics was able to take the route over in full. Buses were operated from a new base in Commerce Way, next door to the Arriva Beddington depot. But almost immediately Capital Logistics was bought up by Tellings-Golden Miller.
