London Buses route 194

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194

Management
Operated by	Arriva London
Garage	Croydon Garage
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	14
Route
Start	Lower Sydenham
Via	Penge Beckenham Elmers End Green Shirley
End	West Croydon
Length	11 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Daily (5:00 until 12:20am)
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Journey time	45-72 minutes
Night	No night service
Transport for London • Performance (PDF)

London Buses route 194 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London.

The route is formed by double-deckers, and mostly uses Alexander ALX400, but most of these ones are out of date as they were some of the first ordered in the UK and along with other Arriva route 197 these need to be changed fully to Arriva's new 'base' bus Volvo B7TL. It's strange to see a double decker go round the back roads, but the 194 does exactly that.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Lower Sydenham 2.2 Route departing West Croydon 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

The 194 has been cut back since Arriva took over the service from Stagecoach in London (now Selkent). Tfl had cut of some of the route at the Sydenham end, which used to travel back to Forest Hill. The bus, when under stagecoach operation, had gotten stuck time and time again on the back roads, at Perry Rise. When Tfl did this the bus stand at Forest Hill Station went deserted, with only few visits from terminating short 122's and 176's (which for both has now nearly been wiped out). Now the stand still exists, with the bus shelter and sign still there. (NOTE: The 194 sign on the bus stop has been taken off.)

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Lower Sydenham Lower Sydenham Sainsburys Bell Green Sydenham Road Kent House Road Sydenham Road Mayow Road Newlands Park Penge East railway station Parish Lane Penge High Street Kent House railway station Beckenham Road tram stop Clock House railway station Beckenham War Memorial Croydon Road Beckenham Road Beckenham Hospital Croydon Road Eden Park Avenue Elmers End Green Upper Elmers End Road Eden Park railway station Links Way South Eden Park Road West Wickham railway station West Wickham Baths Station Road West Wickham High Street Bridle Road Shirley Way Shirley Inn Shirley Park Addiscombe Road Sandilands tram stop Lebanon Road tram stop East Croydon station Wellesley Road (For Whitgift Centre) West Croydon Bus, tram and train station

[edit] Route departing West Croydon West Croydon Bus, tram and train station Wellesley Road (For Whitgift Centre) East Croydon station Lebanon Road tram stop Sandilands tram stop Shirley Park Shirley Inn Shirley Monks Orchard Road West Wickham Swan West Wickham railway station South Eden Park Road Links Way Eden Park railway station Uppers Elmers End Road Elmers End Green Beckenham Hospital Croydon Road Beckenham War Memorial' Clock House railway station Beckenham Road tram stop Kent House railway station Penge High Street Parish Lane Penge East railway station Newlands Park Sydenham Road Mayow Road Sydenham Road Highclere Street Bell Green Lower Sydenham Sainsburys

[edit] Gallery

194 in 1983 termanating at Croydon Airport	Leyland Olympian in operation for route 194	194 at East Croydon in 1996	Stagecoach Selkent using Leyland Titan's for the 194
Favoured Volvo Olympian for the 194 in 2003 at West Croydon

[edit] See also

• List of bus routes in London
• Arriva London

[edit] External links

• Transport for London
• London Bus Routes
• Full Timetable (PDF)

List of bus routes in London
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