| 36 | |
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| Overview | |
| Operator | Go-Ahead London |
| Garage | New Cross |
| Vehicle | Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC |
| Peak vehicle requirement | Day: 27 Night: 7 |
| Night-time | 24-hour service |
| Route | |
| Start | New Cross bus garage |
| Via | Peckham Camberwell Vauxhall Victoria Hyde Park Corner Marble Arch Edgware Road Paddington Maida Hill |
| End | Queen's Park station |
| Length | 9 miles (14 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | 24-hour service |
| Frequency | About every 6-12 minutes |
| Journey time | 49-91 minutes |
| Operates | 24-hour service |
London Buses route 36 is aTransport for London contracted bus route inLondon, England. Running betweenNew Cross bus garage andQueen's Park station, it is operated byGo-Ahead London.
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Route 36 dates back to 1911 whenLondon General Omnibus Company commenced operating betweenQueens Park andVictoria. By 1934 it had been extended toHither Green.[1]
On 24 August 1961, a gun and five boxes of ammunition were found under the rear seat of a 36A bus in Peckham garage. The gun was identified as that used to kill Michael Gregsten and wound Valerie Storie in the 'A6 murder case', for whichJames Hanratty was hanged.[2]
The 36B was cut back toPeckham and renumberedroute 136 in March 1994.[3]
On 29 January 2005, route 36 was converted to one man operation with theAEC Routemasters replaced byPlaxton President bodiedVolvo B7TLs.[3]
It is one of very few routes still to cross central London, carrying people in to the centre from both ends of the route.[4]
On 9 February 2013,Go-Ahead London retained the contract for route 36 with new and existingAlexander Dennis Enviro400s.[5] It is operated out ofNew Cross garage.[6]
Route 36 operates via these primary locations:[7]
forVauxhall station
Media related toLondon Buses route 36 at Wikimedia Commons
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