London Buses route 125

London Buses route 125 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Finchley Central station and Winchmore Hill, it is operated by Metroline.

History

Route 125 commenced operatng in 1937 and originally ran between Southgate station and North Finchley. In 1948, the route was extended to Golders Green. Later, the route was extended to Highlands Hospital. The route was later, further extended to Winchmore Hill. From 1950 onwards, various timetable modifications took place over the route including withdrawal of certain services on weekends or in the evenings. This included the withdrawal of service to Winchmore Hill on Sundays and the withdrawal of the route between Golders Green and North Finchley on evenings and weekends and subsequently its complete withdrawal. The service, for a short time ran to Oakwood on weekends as the 29A operating there, was withdrawn on weekends. Later the 298A succeeded the route 29A which ran daily. This allowed for the 125 to operate daily to Winchmore Hill.

On 12 April 1986 the route was extended from Winchmore Hill to Enfield Town. On 2 February 1991, route 125 was extended to Finchley Central station replacing route 26. On 31 January 1998 as part of a reorganisation of Arriva's London operations, it was transferred to Arriva London's Palmers Green garage. On 5 April 2003, it was converted to low floor operation with Plaxton President bodied DAF DB250LFs.

Tender History

Upon being put out to tender, the route was awarded to Grey-Green from 14 November 1987.

Upon being re-tendered in 2009, the route was retained by Arriva London from 30 January 2010.

Upon being re-tendered in 2014, the route was awarded to Metroline from 31 January 2015.^[1]

Current route

• Finchley Central station
• North Finchley
• Whetstone
• Southgate station
• Winchmore Hill Station Road

References

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 125 at Wikimedia Commons
• London Bus Routes gallery
• Timetable