Green Line route 797

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Management
Operated by	Arriva Shires & Essex
Garage	Stevenage
Vehicle	Volvo B10M/Plaxton Premiere Dennis Javelin/Plaxton Premiere
PVR †
Route
Start	Stevenage Some extend to Hitchin
Via	Hatfield University of Hertfordshire
End	London Victoria
Length	30 miles (48km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	Hourly
Journey time	1 hour 25 minutes
Day	05:25 - 20:45
Night	No night service
† peak vehicle requirement See also: Green Line Coaches

Green Line route 797 is a limited-stop express coach service, currently operated by Arriva Shires & Essex as part of the large Green Line Coaches network. It operates between Stevenage and London, with some peak time journeys serving Hitchin and various Stevenage housing estates.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Stevenage (or Hitchin) 2.2 Route departing London Victoria 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Service 797 was for a while operated by the Blazefield Group's Sovereign business. In 2002 Arriva purchased the Hertfordshire side of the business, with the London side being sold to Transdev London. Since then, Arriva have operated the route.

In 2001, before the sale, Sovereign purchased two Volvo B10M/Plaxton Premiere, which were specially branded for the route. ^[1]

Recently, it has not been uncommon to see standard Arriva buses running on the route, instead of the coaches. These are mainly ex-Sovereign vehicles.

[edit] Current route

^[2]

[edit] Route departing Stevenage (or Hitchin) Hitchin railway station † Hitchin town centre † Stevenage Hospital † Various Stevenage housing estastes † Stevenage bus station Welwyn Welwyn By-Pass, Roman Baths Hatfield and; University of Hertfordshire South Hatfield Direct via A1M motorway London Baker Street London Victoria Buckingham Palace Road

[edit] Route departing London Victoria London Victoria Buckingham Palace Road London Marble Arch Direct via A1M motorway South Hatfield University of Hertfordshire and; Hatfield Welwyn Welwyn By-Pass, Roman Baths Stevenage bus station Stevenage Hospital Hitchin town centre † Hitchin railway station † Various Stevenage housing eststes R

Notes:

• ^† Only some peak journeys serve these locations
• ^R Only on request to the driver by passengers already on board

[edit] See also

• Green Line Coaches
• Arriva Shires & Essex

[edit] References

1. ^ Fotopic - Picture of the two new Plaxtons Accessed 23 March 2008
2. ^ Arriva - Route 797 timetable Accessed 23 March 2008

[edit] External links

• Green Line Coaches website
• Green Line - Route 797
• Arriva Shires & Essex website
• Full timetable - Arriva
• Full timetable - Transport for London

v • d • e Green Line Coaches routes Arriva Shires & Essex 724 · 755 · 757 · 758 · 797 New Enterprise Coaches 781† · 784† First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 700 · 701 · 702 Stephensons of Essex X1† · X10† † Not run with Green Line liveried coaches, but still part of the Green Line network