London Buses route 36

36
Overview
Operator	London Central
Garage	New Cross (NX) Peckham (PM)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.2m Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement	35
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	New Cross Gate
Via	Peckham Camberwell Vauxhall Victoria Hyde Park Corner Marble Arch Edgware Road Paddington Maida Hill
End	Queen's Park
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London Buses route 36 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between New Cross Gate and Queen's Park, it is operated by London Central.

History

London Central AEC Routemaster with route 36 branding

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 which James Hanratty was hanged.^[1]

The 36B was cut back to Peckham and renumbered route 136 in March 1994.^[2]

On 29 January 2005, route 36 was converted to one man operation with the AEC Routemasters replaced by Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs.^[2]

Present day

London Central Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TL at Paddington station in October 2007

It is one of very few routes still to cross central London, carrying people in to the centre from both ends of the route, and requires the use of over 40 buses.^[3]

On 9 February 2013, London Central retained the contract for route 36 with new and existing Alexander Dennis Enviro400s.^[4]

Current route

Route 36 operates via these primary locations:^[5]

• New Cross Gate bus garage
• Queens Road Peckham station
• Peckham High Street
• Camberwell Green
• Kennington for Oval station
• Kennington Oval
• Vauxhall bus station for Vauxhall station
• Vauxhall Bridge
• Bessborough Gardens for Pimlico station
• Victoria bus station for Victoria station
• Hyde Park Corner station
• Marble Arch station
• Paddington station
• Royal Oak station
• Maida Hill
• Queen's Park station

References

1. "Gun Found On Bus Was Murder Weapon" The Times 26 August 1961 p 6
2. Blacker, Ken (2007). Routemaster: 1970–2005 2 (2nd ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. pp. 116, 166, 172. ISBN 978-1-85414-303-7.
3. Aldridge, John (January 2000). "Connex gains second route while Routemasters go on... and on, but what's going to happen to Red Arrow?". Buses (Ian Allan Publishing) (538): 11.
4. "Route 36 - award announced 24 May 2012". Transport for London. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
5. Route 36 Map Transport for London

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 36 at Wikimedia Commons