London Buses route 157
Appearance
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Operator | Abellio London |
Route | |
Start | Crystal Palace |
Via | Norwood Junction Croydon Wallington Carshalton St Helier |
End | Morden station |
London Buses route 157 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Crystal Palace and Morden station, it is operated by Abellio London.
History
Upon being re-tendered, Route 157 passed to Connex's Beddington Cross garage on 1 December 2001 with Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2s. It was included in the sale of the business to Travel London in February 2004[1]
Upon being re-tendered, it was retained by Travel London with a new contract commencing on 2 December 2006.[2] Route 157 was included in the May 2009 sale of Travel London to Abellio London.[3][4]
Current route
Route 157 operates via these primary locations:[5]
- Crystal Palace bus station
- Anerley Hill for Crystal Palace station
- Anerley station
- High Street for Norwood Junction station
- Selhurst station
- West Croydon station
- Church Street tram stop
- Reeves Corner tram stop
- Wallington station
- Carshalton station
- St Helier
- Morden station
References
- ^ National Express buys 200 London buses The Telegraph 27 February 2004
- ^ Bus tender results Route 157 Transport for London 9 February 2006
- ^ National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London National Express Group 21 May 2009
- ^ NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market NedRailways 9 June 2009
- ^ 157 bus route Transport for London
External links
- Media related to London Buses route 157 at Wikimedia Commons