London Buses route 51

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51

Management
Operated by	London Central
Garage	Bexleyheath
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President
Route
Start	Woolwich
Via	Plumstead Common Welling Blackfen Sidcup
End	Orpington
Length	12 miles (19 km)
Service
Level	Daily (5:00am until 1:00am)
Frequency	About every 10 minutes
Journey time	42-68 minutes
Night	none
Adult single fares
Cash	£1.50
Oyster	80p (£1 Mon-Fri 7-9.30am)
Transport for London

London Buses route 51 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London Central.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Woolwich 2.2 Route departing Orpington 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

This route dates back to April 1949.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Woolwich Woolwich Hare Street Powis Street John Wilson Street Castile Road Monk Street Calderwood Street Thomas Street Green's End General Gordon Place Woolwich Arsenal Station Vincent Road Burrage Road Crescent Road Bloomfield Road Plumstead Common Road Plumstead Common The Slade Kings's Highway Flaxton Road Swingate Lane Highmead Edison Grove Edison Road Wickham Street Central Avenue Welling Station Bellegrove Road Welling Corner Hook Lane Westwood Lane Blackfen Wellington Avenue The Oval Willersley Avenue Halfway Street Station Road Sidcup Station Station Road Sidcup High Street Sidcup Hill Foots Cray Cray Road Sevenoaks Way St. Mary Cray Cray Avenue Orpington High Street Station Road Station Approach Orpington Station

[edit] Route departing Orpington Orpington Station Station Approach Station Road Orpington High Street Chislehurst Road Goodmead Road Perry Hall Road Orpington High Street Cray Avenue St. Mary Cray Sevenoaks Way Cray Road Foots Cray Sidcup Hill Sidcup High Street Station Road Sidcup Station Station Road Halfway Street Willersley Avenue The Oval Wellington Avenue Blackfen Westwood Lane Hook Lane Welling Corner Bellegrove Road Welling Station Central Avenue Wickham Street Edison Road Edison Grove Highmead Swingate Lane Flaxton Road King's Highway The Slade Plumstead Common Plumstead Common Road Sandy Hill Road Crescent Road Burrage Road Plumstead Road Beresford Square (for Woolwich Arsenal Station) Beresford Street Woolwich High Street

[edit] Gallery

AEC Regent III RT operation of route 51	Daimler Fleetline operation of route 51	London Central Leyland Titan (B15) operation of route 51	Kentish Bus Scania buses operation of route 51
Kentish Bus Leyland Olympian operation of route 51	London Central Volvo Olympian operation of route 51	London Central Plaxton President operation of route 51

[edit] See also

• List of bus routes in London
• London Central

[edit] External links

• Transport For London
• London Bus Routes
• Full timetable