London Buses route 7
7 | |
---|---|
N7 | |
Route | |
Start | East Acton |
Via | Ladbroke Grove Paddington Edgware Road Marble Arch |
End | Oxford Circus |
Length | 7 miles (11 km) |
Service | |
Level | Daily |
Frequency | About every 12 minutes |
Journey time | 41-80 minutes |
Operates | 05:25 until 00:56 |
London Buses route 7 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between East Acton and Oxford Circus, it is operated by Metroline.
It is currently London's only bus route along with routes
History
Route 7's history can be traced back to 1 November 1908, when an un-numbered daily route operating between Wormwood Scrubs and Liverpool Street station, was allocated route number 7.[2] Between 1910 and 1920, route 7 was operated entirely by X-type vehicles.[3] It was the only route in London to use these vehicles regularly.[4][5]
On 14 August 1916, a supplementary Monday - Saturday route 7A was introduced between Wormwood Scrubs and
On 1 December 1924, a new system of route numbering on London buses came into force under The
Route 7 was withdrawn on 19 August 1958. From 14 October 1959, the old route 7A had its suffix removed, becoming plain 7. The service ran between Acton tram depot and London Bridge station via
On 9 October 1963, the Saturday service of route 7 was extended from Acton to Kew Green to replace the withdrawn route 265. On 31 December 1966, the Saturday section of route 7 between Acton and Kew was replaced by route 27A. The rerouting of Red Arrow route 501 from Aldgate to London Bridge on 24 January 1970, resulted in route 7 being cut back to Bloomsbury near to Tottenham Court Road.[5][6]
In 1992, the route was extended to terminate at Russell Square. The route was run with crew-operated AEC Routemasters for many years. These were replaced on 3 July 2004 by low-floor double-deckers released from route 25.[6][7]
Due to the partial closure of Oxford Street for Elizabeth line construction works, the route has had its eastern terminus relocated from Russell Square to Oxford Circus on 16 June 2014.[8]
Metroline was awarded the contract for route 7, taking over from First London on 23 June 2007 and has successfully retained the route with a new contract starting on 21 June 2014.[9][10]
In May 2021, routes 7 and N7 became the first in London to use double decker
Incidents
A serious incident occurred on 13 June 1957, when a
On 30 July 1966, Routemaster RM1768, operating on route 7, caught fire at Marble Arch. The cause was an overheated flywheel. The driver, conductor and passengers all escaped without injury.[15]
Current route
Route 7 operates via these primary locations:[16]
- East Acton Brunel Road
- East Acton station
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Ladbroke Grove station
- Westbourne Park station
- Paddington station
- Edgware Road station
- Marble Arch station
- Bond Street station
- Oxford Circus station John Prince's Street
References
- ^ a b "Mayor launches England's first hydrogen double decker buses". London Assembly. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ London's Oldest Bus Routes[permanent dead link] The London Magazine
- ISBN 9781854142337.
- ^ Klapper, Charles (1984) The Golden Age of Buses. p.72.
- ^ ISBN 0-7110-1568-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85414-303-7.
- ^ The future of the Routemaster Archived 24 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine Icons of England
- ^ Oxford Street closed eastbound London Buses
- ^ 2007 Bus Tender Result Transport For London
- ^ 2014 Bus Tender Result Transport For London
- ^ "England's first double-decker hydrogen buses to launch in London". BBC News. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Mortimer, Josiah (21 December 2021). "The 41 London bus routes that have quietly been cut in 2021". MyLondon. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Bus Accident, Oxford Street (Hansard, 10 July 1957)
- ISBN 0-7230-0068-9.) Consulted 14 September 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link - ISBN 0-7230-0068-9.) Consulted 7 March 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link - ^ Route 7 Map Transport for London
External links
- Media related to London Buses route 7 at Wikimedia Commons
- Timetable