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| Overview | |
| Operator | London General (Go-Ahead London) |
| Garage | Merton |
| Vehicle | BYD Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV |
| Peak vehicle requirement | 14 |
| Night-time | No night service |
| Route | |
| Start | New Malden |
| Via | Raynes Park Wimbledon Colliers Wood Mitcham |
| End | Pollards Hill |
| Length | 8 miles (13 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | About every 12-20 minutes |
| Journey time | 30-83 minutes |
| Operates | 05:20 until 01:11 |
London Buses route 152 is aTransport for London contracted bus route inLondon, England. Running betweenNew Malden andPollards Hill, it is operated byGo-Ahead London subsidiaryLondon General.
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Route 152 originally operated fromMitcham Cricket Green toKingston viaColliers Wood,South Wimbledon,Raynes Park,New Malden,Tolworth,Hook, andSurbiton. On 27 May 1936, it was diverted at Hook toHampton Court station viaHinchley Wood.[citation needed] On 27 June 1951, route 152 was extended toFeltham station viaTeddington, with Kingston garage gaining an allocation in addition to the existingMerton garage allocation. The route reverted to sole operation by Merton garage from 9 May 1962.[citation needed] It continued to run to Mitcham, running every 20 minutes.[1]
The route reverted to sole operation by Merton garage from 9 May 1962. On 24 January 1970, it was diverted at Scilly Isles toEsher in lieu of Feltham. From the same date, the service was converted fromAEC Regent III RT operation toone-man operation using single-deckAEC Merlins. From 18 May 1974, the service reverted to double-deck operation usingDaimler Fleetlines. From 27 September 1980, the route was diverted at Tolworth toSurbiton station instead of Hampton Court, leaving the section of route to Hampton Court unserved except for some school journeys renumbered 152A. Under the major service cuts of 4 September 1982, single-deck operation returned to the route usingLeyland Nationals.[citation needed]
On 27 June 1987, route 152 was withdrawn between Surbiton and New Malden, diverting instead viaroute 131 to Kingston. On 26 November 1988, operation transferred toSutton garage as part of the 'Sutton Bus' local tender unit, but operation gradually moved back to Merton garage. On 30 November 1991 Merton garage resumed full control, and the route was converted to single-deck midibus operation usingOptare MetroRiders.[citation needed] This change was made in order to facilitate an extension of the route toPollards Hill via Eastfields Estate,[2] an area long-deprived of a bus service and beyond the remit of larger vehicles due to roadwidth restrictions, one of the factors in earlier proposals such as the re-routing ofroute 118 being shelved.[citation needed]
On 30 November 1996, the route was converted to low floor operation withDennis Darts. Upon being re-tendered, the route passed to Mitcham Belle on 1 December 2001. Route 152 was included in the 27 August 2004 sale of Mitcham Belle'sTransport for London bus contracts to Centra.[3]
Upon being re-tendered in 2006, route 152 passed toTravel London.[4] Route 152 was included in the 21 May 2009 sale of Travel London toAbellio London[5][6][7] who were awarded a further contract in May 2011.[8]
In November 2014, a bus on the route caught fire, becoming the third bus to do so in a week.[9] Abellio was accused of 'shocking maintenance'.[10] The fire was believed to have been caused by the engine overheating.[10]
When next re-tendered the route was awarded toLondon General who commenced operating it from Merton garage on 3 December 2016.[11][12][13][14]
Route 152 operates via these primary locations:[15]
Media related toLondon Buses route 152 at Wikimedia Commons
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