London Buses route 245

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245

London Buses
Management
Operated by	Metroline
Garage	North Wembley
Vehicle	Dennis Dart SLF/ Plaxton Pointer 2
PVR †	19
Route
Start	Alperton Sainsbury's
Via	Sudbury Town North Wembley Wembley Park Neasden Cricklewood Childs Hill
End	Golders Green
Length	9 miles (15 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 8-15 minutes
Journey time	43-70 minutes
Day	5:00am until 0:46am
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 245 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Alperton Sainsbury's 2.2 Route departing Golders Green 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This route began in 1962, to replace the former trolleybus route 645, which ran from North Finchley to Stanmore, via Finchley Central, Golders Green, Cricklewood, West Hendon, Colindale, Edgware, Stonegrove and Canons Park.

Withdrawn between Colindale and Stanmore, the Edgware to Stanmore section replaced by the revised route 251.

Was rerouted at Cricklewood via route 16 to Sudbury Town Station, withdrawn between Golders Green and North Finchley in 1970.

Extended to Alperton Sainsbury's (Mon-Fri except peaks/ Saturday Shopping Hours).

Extended at all times to Alperton Sainsbury's in 1998.

The 245 was at first based at Metroline's Cricklewood garage with RT's double deckers. The allocation was later transferred to Harrow Weald, using Metrobuses, North Wembley gained part of the allocation in 1991, convert the route into single deck, North Wembley gained the whole allocation in 1999, converting the route to low floor single dekers.

Dual doored Dennis Darts transferred from route 189 were bought in to increase the frequency.

Route 245's operation will be transferred to First London with new single deckers in 28th June 2008.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Alperton Sainsbury's Alperton Sainsbury's Glacier Way Ealing Road Bridgewater Road for Alperton Station Station Approach Sudbury Town Station Harrow Road Sudbury Inn Sudbury & Harrow Road Station Watford Road East Lane North Wembley Station North Wembley Forty Avenue Brent Town Hall Forty Lane Blackbird Cross Blackbird Hill Neasden Lane North Neasden Lane Neasden Shopping Centre Birse Crescent Tanfield Avenue Crest Road Coles Green Road The Crescent Dollis Hill Lane Edgware Road Cricklewood Bus Garage Cricklewood Broadway Cricklewood Station Cricklewood Lane Childs Hill Finchley Road Golders Green Station Bus Station

[edit] Route departing Golders Green Golders Green Station Bus Station Finchley Road Childs Hill Cricklewood Lane Cricklewood Station Cricklewood Broadway Cricklewood Bus Garage Edgware Road Dollis Hill Lane Neasden Underpass Coles Green Road Crest Road Tanfield Avenue Neasden Underpass Neasden Lane North Blackbird Hill Forty Lane Wembley Park Forty Avenue East Lane North Wembley North Wembley Garage North Wembley Station East Lane Watford Road Harrow Road Sudbury Inn Sudbury & Harrow Road Station Station Approach Sudbury Town Station Bridgewater Road for Alperton Station Ealing Road Glacier Way Alperton Sainsbury's

[edit] See also

• List of bus routes in London
• Metroline

[edit] External links

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

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