London Bus Route 57

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
07.01.51	BN	14RT	16RT	15RT

TOOTING BROADWAY - Southcroft Road - Streatham - Brixton - Stockwell - Vauxhall - VICTORIA
This Route was introduced as part of the tram replacement program replacing trams 8 & 20.


Extracted from 1952 historical map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

30.04.58

14RT

16RT

9RT

20.08.58

7RT

8RT

TOOTING BROADWAY - VICTORIA (Monday-Saturday)
Sunday Route withdrawn.

17.05.63

7RTL

TOOTING BROADWAY - VICTORIA (Monday-Saturday)
RTL type displaced from Mortlake replace RT's

RTL1556 seen before the July 64 changes

29.01.64

11RT

10RT

KINGSTON - Norbiton - Combe Lane - Copse Hill - Raynes Park - Worple Road - Wimbledon - Merton Tooting Broadway - STREATHAM Telford Avenue (Monday-Saturday) - Brixton - STOCKWELL (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat shopping hours)
Withdrawn between Stockwell and Victoria , this section replaced by Route 50 and further withdrawn between Telford Avenue and Stockwell except for MF peaks and Saturday shopping hours.
Extended from Tooting Broadway to Kingston
BN allocation transferred to Merton (AL) thus type change back to RT.


Extracted from 1964 historical map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

31.12.66

8RT

7RT

KINGSTON - STREATHAM Thrale Hall Hotel(Monday-Saturday)
Withdrawn between Streatham and Stockwell.

17.06.67

9RT

7RT

KINGSTON - BRIXTON GARAGE (Monday-Saturday)
Extended from Streatham to Brixton Garage.

RT2836 Kingston Hill

18.09.71

9SMS

8SMS

KINGSTON - BRIXTON GARAGE (Monday-Saturday)
Converted from RT to SMS (OPO) operation.

SMS819 Kingston Station stand

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06.01.73

9SMS

8SMS

28.02.76

9SMS

8DMS

KINGSTON - STREATHAM Telford Avenue (Monday-Saturday)
Saturday converted to double deck operation

DMS635 Wimbledon

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13.11.77

AL121+

9DMS

8DMS

KINGSTON - STREATHAM Telford Avenue (Monday-Saturday)
Mon-Fri converted to double deck operation

09.09.82

AL291+

8DMS

7DMS
5LS

KINGSTON - STREATHAM Telford Avenue (Monday-Saturday)
Saturday LS operation introduced.

LS420 St Leonards Church, Streatham

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03.08.85

AL291+

12D

KINGSTON - STREATHAM Telford Avenue (Monday-Saturday)
LS operation withdrawn.

DMS2488 Brixton Garage, December 1988

02.09.89

NB141+

16M

10M

	Route transferred from AL to NB.

KINGSTON - STREATHAM Telford Avenue (Monday-Saturday)
NB allocation transferred to FW.

M201 Kingston

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07.09.91

FW51+

16M

14M

KINGSTON - STREATHAM Telford Avenue
NB allocation transferred to FW.

05.09.92

18dd

14dd

6dd

	Contract reassigned

STREATHAM HILL Atkins Road (Monday-Saturday) - TOOTING BROADWAY (Sundays) - KINGSTON
Transferred to London & Country operating from Leatherhead and Croydon.
Sunday Route introduced.

Dennis Dominator 604 Kingston

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04.09.94

CR/LH

18dd

17dd

11dd

KINGSTON & STREATHAM HILL Atkins Road
Sunday Route extended from Tooting to Streatham

28.06.97

K401+

19M

18M

KINGSTON - STREATHAM HILL Atkins Road
Contract reassigned from London & Country to London United (Westlink) at Kingston Garage.

M1069 Kingston

01.06.98

K401+

19VA

18VA

9VA

KINGSTON - STREATHAM HILL Atkins Road
M type replaced by new VA vehicles.

03.11.01

TV801+

19VA

18VA

10VA

KINGSTON - STREATHAM HILL Atkins Road
Kingston (K) closure - allocation moved to a new base at Tolworth (TV)

Route Branded VA23 Tooting April 2002

16.11.02

TV801+

22TA/VA

13TAVA

KINGSTON - STREATHAM HILL Atkins Road
PVR increase as a reliability measure.

04.01.03

TV801+

25TA

16TA

KINGSTON - STREATHAM HILL Atkins Road
Frequency increase and now totally TA.

04.04.06

TV801+

25TA

16TA

	LONDON UNITED logo replaced by Transdev

30.06.07	TV201+	25TA	25TA	16TA
Night Service	TV231+	4TA	4TA	4TA

KINGSTON - CLAPHAM PARK ( 24/7 )
All night Route commenced.

04.07.09	TV201+	25TA	25TA	16TA
Night Service	TV231+	4TA	4TA	4TA

	Contract renewal

KINGSTON - CLAPHAM PARK ( 24/7 )
All night Route commenced.

TA283 Raynes Park

03.03.11	TV201+	25TA	25TA	16TA
Night Service	TV231+	4TA	4TA	4TA

	TRANSDEV REPLACED BY RATP

TA246 Tooting Broadway

05.07.14	TV201+	26VLE	26VLE	16VLE
Night Service	TV231+	4VLE	4VLE	4VLE

	Contract extended for two years


Taken from 2014 historical map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

02.07.16	AL1+	27E	26E	17E
Night Service	AL401+	5E	5E	4E

	Contract reassigned

KINGSTON - CLAPHAM PARK ( 24/7 )
Allocation moved to Merton
To make room at Merton the 77 moved to Stockwell (SW) , 337 moved from SW to Putney (AF) which had room because of the 85 departure to Tolworth (TV) which completed the circle

E61 Kingston

03.07.21	AL1+	21E	22E	18E
Night Service	AL401+	5E	5E	4E

KINGSTON - CLAPHAM PARK ( 24/7 )
Contract extended for two years

WSD10 Kingston

04.02.23	AL1+	19E	19E	18E
Night Service	AL401+	5E	5E	4E

KINGSTON - CLAPHAM PARK ( 24/7 )
Frequency cut

WVL381 Kingston Hill

01.07.23	AL1+	19E	19E	18E
Night Service	AL401+	4E	4E	4E

KINGSTON - CLAPHAM PARK ( 24/7 )
Contract renewal eventually with new electric buses Ee

WSD6 Worple Road, Wimbledon

07.11.23	AL1+	19Ee	19Ee	18Ee
Night Service	AL401+	4Ee	4Ee	4Ee

KINGSTON - CLAPHAM PARK ( 24/7 )
Gradulal conversion to new electric buses Ee

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Current Blind

Operating Garages

BN Brixton
Changeover point outside garage

AL Merton
Changeover point outside garage

NB Norbiton
Changeover point outside garage

FW Fulwell
Changeover point Kingston

K Kingston
Changeover point outside garage

TV Tolworth
Changeover point Kingston

CR Croydon
Changeover point from CR- changeover via ferry bus/car @ Atkins Road

LH Leatherhead
Changeover point Kingston,

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Operating Garages

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