London Buses route 381

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**381**

Management
Operated by	Travel London
Garage	Walworth
Vehicle	Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement	8
Route
Start	County Hall
Via	Waterloo London Bridge Bermondsey Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays
End	Peckham
Length	8 miles (13 km)
Service
Level	Daily (5:00am until 1:00am)
Frequency	About every 10-12 minutes
Journey time	40-65 minutes
Night	Night Bus N381
Adult single fares
Oyster	£1.00
Cash	£2.00
Transport for London • Performance (PDF)

London Buses route 381 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Travel London.

1 History
2 Current route
- 2.1 Route departing Peckham
- 2.2 Route departing Waterloo
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The 381 started life as the P11, following much of the same route, with only a few diversions. The P11 "Peckham Hopper" itself was a renumbering of the Peckham to Waterloo section of the 70/70A routes on 19 November 1988. The other sections covered by route P12 and new roads served by route P13, creating a new Peckham network of minibus routes, using Optare StarRider-bodied Mercedes-Benz 811D 26 seater minibuses. Those on the P11 were replaced in 1991 by new, larger, Dennis Darts, but these were still not big enough, and the P11 was eventually converted to double-deck using 9 Volvo Olympians in 1995.

The P11 was renumbered 381 in September 1999, so that a night route N381 (running beyond Waterloo to Trafalgar Square via Westminster Bridge) could be added - rather than a potentially confusing NP11! After ten years London Central lost the contract to Travel London, who took over the route on 9 October 2004.