London Buses route 130

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130

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Management
Operated by	Metrobus
Garage	Croydon Garage
Vehicle	Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer
Peak vehicle requirement
Route
Start	New Addington
Via	King Henry's Drive Addington Village Shirley Woodside
End	Norwood Junction
Length	6-7 miles
Service
Level	Daily (5:00 until midnight)
Frequency	About every 20 minutes
Journey time	35-40 minutes
Night	No night service
Transport for London • Performance (PDF)

London Buses route 130 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metrobus.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing New Addington 2.2 Route departing Norwood Junction 3 Gallery 4 Previous route 130s in London 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

The 130 commenced operation a few weeks before the outbreak of World War II on 5 July 1939, as a daily service between Croydon and New Addington (Central Parade). It replaced a temporary route which had been operated privately by the developers of the New Addington estate. This was the second time the route number 130 had been used on a motor bus route in London.

The 130 soon became a very stable operation, with the next change occurring 12 years later on 21 February 1951 when the route was extended in New Addington from Central Parade to terminate at Salcot Crescent. Nearly a year later, another short extension came into service on 6 January 1952 when the 130 was again extended in New Addington to Homestead Way. Later that year on 22 October 1952, a much longer extension was put in place, this time at the other end of the route, replacing the 166 on Mondays to Saturdays between Croydon and Streatham Common (Greyhound) via Thornton Heath and Streatham Vale. On 6 May 1953, the 130 was also extended on Sundays to Streatham making the route a daily Streatham Common to New Addington via Croydon operation.

As from 6 October 1954, the 130 group of routes began to become a complicated set of routes, when a new supplementary 130A was introduced. The new route ran from daily from New Addington (Salcot Crescent) to Croydon (Park Lane) with a Monday to Saturday extension to Thornton Heath (High Steet).

A major development occurred on 10 June 1955, when a supplementary Monday to Saturday peak hour 130 EXPRESS SERVICE was introduced between East Croydon station and New Addington. The Saturday service on this supplementary route only lasted one year, being withdrawn as from 31 July 1956. At Streatham a slight change in the terminal arrangements meant that the 130 terminated at Streatham Garage as from 7 August 1957. Another small change happened on 31 July 1963, when the 130 EXPRESS SERVICE was extended from East Croydon station to West Croydon station. The RT type vehicle era on the 130 ended on 1 September 1964, when the RT's which had worked the route since 1948 were replaced by Routemaster type vehicles.

The 130 was converted to one-person operation on 4 September 1982.

The current routing doesn't date back that far, it was introduced in 2003. It used to be assigned to Arriva from West Croydon to New Addington. It also used to be a double-decker route. A Sunday service was only added in 2003 the same time the route was diverted to Norwood Junction at Shirley Park instead of West Croydon.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing New Addington New Addington Homestead Way King Henry's Drive Addington High School Central Parade New Addington tram stop Parkway King Henry's Drive tram stop King Henry's Drive Betchworth Way Goldcrest Way Headley Drive Dunley Drive (east arm) Merrow Way Fieldway North Walk Fieldway Applegarth Fieldway Lodge Lane Addington Village Interchange Bus station and tram stop Kent Gate Way Addington Park Gravel Hill tram stop Addington Hills Coombe Lane tram stop Shirley Hills Road Shirley Windmill Lloyd Park tram stop Shirley Park Upper Shirley Upper Shirley Road Trinity School Shirley Road Ashburton Library Ashburton Park Woodside tram stop Portland Road Croydon Arena Portland Road Harrington Road Norwood Junction railway station Norwood Junction Grosevnor Road

[edit] Route departing Norwood Junction Norwood Junction Grosevnor Road Norwood Junction railway station Portland Road Croydon Arena Woodside tram stop Ashburton Park Shirley Road Trinity School Upper Shirley Addington Hills Coombe Lane tram stop Shirley Park Shirley Hills Road Shirley Windmill Gravel Hill tram stop Addington Village Interchange Bus station and tram stop Lodge Lane Fieldway Lodge Lane Fieldway Applegarth Fieldway North Walk Merrow Way Headley Drive Dunley Drive (east arm) Goldcrest Way Betchworth Way King Henry's Drive tram stop New Addington tram stop Parkway Central Parade King Henry's Drive Addington High School New Addington Homestead Way

[edit] Gallery

RT in operation with the 130	130 on Gravel Hill going towards Streatham	130 as seen in 2000, using an MCW Metrobus	Leyland Titan for the 130 on behalf of Arriva London
130 in operation with Dennis Dart	Arriva London operation of route 130	130 as seen today with Metrobus's Dennis Dart

[edit] Previous route 130s in London

The route number 130 had been used once prior to its current use.

• In 1925 - 1934 for a Raynes Park <to> Edmonton,* Chingford (Royal Forest Hotel),* Sunday only route 130. *Termini varied ** After 1928 this route operated on Summer Sundays only (see 130A).

There was also in London :

• Between 1928 - 1934 a Raynes Park <to> Edmonton Winter Sundays only route 130A (see 130).

[edit] See also

• List of bus routes in London
• Metrobus
• Transport for London

[edit] External links

• London Buses
• Transport for London

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