London Buses route 237

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 London Buses
237
Management
Operated by Metroline
Garage Brentford (BD)
Vehicle Dennis Trident 2 9.9m /Alexander ALX400
PVR † 22
Route
Start Hounslow Heath
Via Hounslow
Brentford
Kew Bridge
Turnham Green
Chiswick
End Shepherd's Bush Green
Length 8 miles (13 km)
Service
Level Daily
Frequency About every 8-12 minutes
Journey time 37-67 minutes
Day 5:30am until 0:46am
Night Night Bus N9
Adult single fares
Oyster 90p
Cash £2.00
† peak vehicle requirement
Transport for London • Performance

London Buses route 237 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. This route is currently contracted to Metroline.

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[edit] History

Route 237 was introduced in the early 1930s when it was totally different from what it is today. It started at Hounslow Garage, followed the current route 235 and finished at Chertsey station. Single-deck one man buses were used on the route.

In 1978, the route was extended to replace the Shepherd's Bush Green section of route 117 and the section between Sunbury and Chertsey Station was withdrawn. (Route 117 was, in 1962, itself a replacement of trolleybus service 657 between Hounslow and Shepherd's Bush.) It was converted to double-deck Routemaster operation at the same time, a rare case of a route being converted from one person to crew operation.

In 1996, the section between Sunbury Village and Hounslow Heath was withdrawn, being replaced by route 235. In 1998 London United lost the contract for route 237 and the route was transferred to Armchair, operated by Leyland Olympians. In 2002 the contract was renewed and the route was converted to low-floor double-deck operation using Dennis Trident 2s.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Shepherd's Bush Green

[edit] Route departing Hounslow Heath

[edit] See also

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