London Buses route 372

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372

London Buses
Management
Operated by	Blue Triangle
Garage	Rainham
Vehicle	Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander Dennis Pointer
PVR †	4
Route
Start	Lakeside Shopping Centre
Via	Aveley Rainham South Hornchurch Elm Park
End	Hornchurch
Length	13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 30 minutes
Journey time	31-41 minutes
Day	6:00am until midnight
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 372 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Blue Triangle.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Lakeside 2.2 Route departing Hornchurch 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

The route was introduced by Transport for London as a partial replacement for route 324, a route created by Capital Citybus, then being taken over by Ensignbus, but latterly with Town & Country buses. TfL, before their current budgetary crisis, had a brief spell of taking responsibility for cross-border routes, and the 372 is one beneficiary. However the sections of 324 between Hornchurch and Romford and between Lakeside and Bluewater were not replaced, although Ensignbus has more recently re-launched this link as route X80.

Initial operation was on a temporary 18-month contract and the four Darts were obtained from dealer stock. This probably explains why they are single door, despite being longer (10.7m) versions, which is very unusual for a TfL route. A new 5 year contract was awarded to Blue Triangle from March 2004, which apparently specified that the vehicles should be converted to dual door.

The basic service is half hourly (hourly evenings and Sundays), but gets very busy in the run-up to Christmas when it is common for journeys to be duplicated and/or double decked at the weekend using buses spare off the 248. The schedule is not very efficient with large amounts of layover at most times of day - one extra bus would secure a 20 minute service on Mondays to Fridays and a half hourly evening and possibly Sunday service. Meanwhile, buses just have to spend a third of their time at the termini.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Lakeside Lakeside Shopping Centre Arterial Road West Ship Lane Hall Road Love Lane Purfleet Road Aveley Mill Road Sandy Lane New Road Wennington Road Rainham Station Rainham Broadway Bridge Road Viking Way Rainham Tesco Viking Way Bridge Road New Road Cherry Tree Lane South End Road South Hornchurch Mungo Park Road Rosewood Avenue The Broadway Elm Park Station The Broadway Elm Park Avenue Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch High Street Hornchurch Town Centre

[edit] Route departing Hornchurch Hornchurch Town Centre Hornchurch High Street Abbs Cross Lane Elm Park Avenue The Broadway Elm Park Station The Broadway Rosewood Avenue Mungo Park Road South Hornchurch Bridge Road Viking Way Rainham Tesco Viking Way Bridge Road New Road Cherry Tree Lane South End Road Rainham Broadway Rainham Station Wennington Road New Road Sandy Lane Mill Road Aveley Purfleet Road Love Lane Hall Road Ship Lane Arterial Road West Lakeside Shopping Centre

[edit] See also

• List of bus routes in London
• Blue Triangle

[edit] External links

• Transport for London
• London Bus Routes Fotopic
• London Bus Routes
• Timetable (PDF)

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