London Buses route 96
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| Management | |
| Operated by | Selkent |
| Garage | Plumstead |
| Vehicle | Dennis Trident 2/Alexander Dennis ALX400 |
| Route | |
| Start | Woolwich |
| Via | Plumstead Welling Bexleyheath Crayford Dartford |
| End | Bluewater Shopping Centre |
| Length | 13 miles (20 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily (4:00am until 1:00am) |
| Frequency | About every 8 minutes |
| Journey time | 40-67 minutes |
| Night | none |
| Adult single fares | |
| Cash | £1.50 |
| Oyster | 80p (£1 Mon-Fri 7-9.30am) |
| Transport for London | |
London Buses route 96 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Selkent.
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[edit] History
The 96 commenced operation on 4 March 1959 in stage 1 of London Transport's "buses for trolleybuses" conversion scheme. It was a direct replacement for trolleybus route 696 and ran between Woolwich and Dartford via Plumstead, Welling and Bexleyheath. A supplementary daily route 195 between Woolwich and Eltham, also commenced at this time. This was the second time that a motorbus route had carried the route number 96.
Although a very stable route, the 96 was involved in an "area scheme", as the continual route change schemes in the early 1960s were known.
As from 8 May 1963, the 96 was extended at Woolwich to terminate at Victoria Way. The 195, which wasn't a successful route, was withdrawn at this time. One person operation came to the 96 as from 6 November 1971 and the route was extended to Charlton Station at the same time.
Recently there was fire on a bus in Dartford.
[edit] Current route
[edit] Gallery
 Bexleybus Leyland Olympian operation of route 96 |
 Arriva Southern Counties Volvo Citybus operation of route 96 |
 Stagecoach Volvo Citybus operation of route 96 |
 Stagecoach Volvo Olympian operation of route 96 |
 Stagecoach Alexander ALX400 operation of route 96 |
