| 37 | |
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| Overview | |
| Operator | London Central (Go-Ahead London) |
| Garage | Peckham |
| Route | |
| Start | Peckham |
| Via | North Dulwich Herne Hill Brixton Clapham Common Wandsworth |
| End | Putney Heath |
London Buses route 37 is aTransport for London contracted bus route inLondon, England. Running betweenPeckham andPutney Heath, it is operated byGo-Ahead London subsidiaryLondon Central.
DuringWorld War I it was operated withnaptha powered vehicles.[1] The route was the first in London to be staffed by a female conductor from 1 November 1915.[2]
FiveAEC Regent Idouble-decker buses with open tops were ordered by Charles Pickup for route 37 on weekdays in 1932, now running between Peckham and Richmond.[3] It was later extended toHounslow.
In April 1997, the route gained anight bus variant, route N37. It was the 50th night bus route to begin operation in London.[4] This route was withdrawn when the 37 became a 24-hour service in April 2004.[5]
Route 37 was selected by Transport for London to be the trial route for the operation of twoWright SRM double-deckers onVolvo B5LHChybrid electric chassis in 2018. These buses were equipped with roof-mountedpantograph chargers that could charge the B5LHC's batteries when attached to Volvo 'OppCharge' opportunity charging gantries, scheduled to be installed at the 37's termini at Peckham bus station and Putney Heath, which would allow for the SRMs to run for 4.3 miles (6.9 km) each direction inbattery electric bus mode.[6][7] However, the trial SRMs eventually entered service on 1 August 2018 as conventional hybrids after TfL abandoned plans to install the opportunity charging gantries, stating there was insufficient space at Peckham bus station and Putney Heath.[8]
Route 37 operates via these primary locations:[9]
Media related toLondon Buses route 37 at Wikimedia Commons
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