London Buses route 221
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| Management | |
| Operated by | Arriva London |
| Garage | Wood Green |
| Vehicle | Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini DAF DB250LF/ Alexander ALX400 Plaxton President |
| PVR † | 20 |
| Route | |
| Start | Edgware |
| Via | Mill Hill Mill Hill East North Finchley Friern Barnet New Southgate Bounds Green |
| End | Turnpike Lane |
| Length | 11 miles (17 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | About every 6-12 minutes |
| Journey time | 42-71 minutes |
| Day | 5:25am until 0:57am |
| Night | No night service |
| Adult single fares | |
| Oyster | 90p |
| Cash | £2.00 |
| † peak vehicle requirement Transport for London • Performance |
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London Buses route 221 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London.
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[edit] History
Route 221 began in late 1961 to replace the former trolleybus services 521 and 621. Which ran from North Finchley to King's Cross (Sundays) and Farringdon Street (Mon-Sat/Sunday early journeys).
The 221 was extended Monday - Saturday from North Finchley to Edgware Station in 1966, via routes 125 and the former 240A. The stand was revised at Holborn, buses terminated at Holborn Circus instead of Farringdon Street in 1972.
It was withdrawn between Turnpike Lane Station & Holborn Circus in 1995.
Route 221, for a long time has been stationed at Wood Green, although Finchley had a part allocation from 1961 - early 1986 and Edgware in mid 1986.
Routemasters were used from 1961, it was converted to one person operation in 1973 and DMS and later Metrobuses (M) type double deckers where used.
When Wood Green gained the whole allocation in 1987, the Sunday service was converted to midibus operation in 1995. The Sunday service was converted back to double deck in summer of 1995.
The route was converted to low-floor in 1999, in the form of brand new DAF DB250LF 10.2m / Alexander ALX400; although all sorts of low-floor double-deckers from the Wood Green garage show up very frequently.
[edit] Current route
Half of the journeys towards Edgware terminate at North Finchley.
[edit] Route departing Edgware
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[edit] Route departing Turnpike Lane
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[edit] Previous route 221s in London
Until 1 December 1954, route 221 ran between Pinner and North Harrow Station.
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