London Buses route 137

137
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Garage	Brixton (BN)
Vehicle	New Routemaster[1]
Peak vehicle requirement	35[1]
Night-time	Night Bus N137
Route
Start	Streatham Hill
Via	Clapham Common Battersea Sloane Square Hyde Park Corner Marble Arch
End	Oxford Circus

London Buses route 137 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Streatham Hill and Oxford Circus, it is operated by Arriva London.

History

Arriva London AEC Routemaster at Oxford Circus in March 2004

In the 1930s, STL buses were used on this route which ran from Highgate to Elmers End.^[2]

The AEC Routemaster buses which operated route 137 since 1 November 1964 were replaced by one-person operated Wright Pulsar Gemini bodied DAF DB250s on 10 July 2004, ending a remarkable forty years of service^[3]

New Routemasters were introduced on 6 December 2014. The rear platform remains closed at all times except for when the bus is at bus stops.^[4]

Current route

Route 137 operates via these primary locations:^[5]

• Streatham Hill Telford Avenue
• Clapham Park Atkins Road
• Clapham Common station
• Clapham Cedars Road
• Queenstown Road station
• Battersea Park station
• Battersea Park
• Chelsea Bridge
• Belgravia Lister Hospital
• Royal Hospital Chelsea
• Chelsea Royal Hospital Road
• Sloane Square station
• Knightsbridge station
• Hyde Park Corner station
• Mayfair Doncaster Hotel
• Marble Arch station
• Bond Street station
• Oxford Circus station John Prince's Street

References

1. Arriva London gears up for more New Routemasters Arriva London
2. Reed, John (2000). London Buses: A Brief History. Capital Transport Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 9781854142337.
3. Blacker, Ken (2007). Routemaster: 1970–2005 2 (2nd ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. pp. 116, 168. ISBN 978-1-85414-303-7.
4. Press Release Transport For London
5. Route 137 Map Transport for London

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 137 at Wikimedia Commons