London Buses route 194

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194

London Buses
Management
Operated by	Arriva London
Garage	Croydon Garage
Vehicle	VDL DB250/Wright Pulsar Gemini
PVR †	14
Route
Start	Lower Sydenham
Via	Penge Beckenham Elmers End Green Shirley
End	West Croydon
Length	11 miles (17 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Journey time	45-72 minutes
Day	5:00 until 12:20am
Night	No night service
Adult single fares
Oyster	90p
Cash	£2.00
† peak vehicle requirement Transport for London • Performance
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London Buses route 194 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London.

The route is operated by double-deckers, and mostly uses Alexander ALX400 buses, to be replaced by Volvo B7TL buses.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Lower Sydenham 2.2 Route departing West Croydon 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

The original service 82, provided by the London General Omnibus Company, operated between West Wickham and Lower Sydenham and was renumbered 194 at the time of nationalisation.

For most of the time that route 194 was operated by London Transport it ran between Croydon Airport and Forest Hill. The part of the route between Elmers End Green and Penge Pawleyne Arms was via Elmers End Road (passing Elmers End Garage which operated this route at that time)and Croydon Road. In 1989 a temporary diversion was established via Beckenham War memorial while the bridge adjacent to Elmers End railway station was rebuilt, however it was never restored. [1]

The 194 has been cut back since Arriva took over the service from Stagecoach in London (now Selkent). TfL had cut of some of the route at the Sydenham end, which used to travel back to Forest Hill.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Lower Sydenham Lower Sydenham Sainsburys Bell Green Sydenham Road Kent House Road Sydenham Road Mayow Road Newlands Park Penge East railway station Parish Lane Penge High Street Kent House railway station Beckenham Road tram stop Clock House railway station Beckenham War Memorial Croydon Road Beckenham Road Beckenham Hospital Croydon Road Eden Park Avenue Elmers End Green Upper Elmers End Road Eden Park railway station Links Way South Eden Park Road West Wickham railway station West Wickham Baths Station Road West Wickham High Street Bridle Road Shirley Way Shirley Inn Shirley Park Addiscombe Road Sandilands tram stop Lebanon Road tram stop East Croydon station Wellesley Road (For Whitgift Centre) West Croydon Bus, tram and train station

[edit] Route departing West Croydon West Croydon Bus, tram and train station Wellesley Road (For Whitgift Centre) East Croydon station Lebanon Road tram stop Sandilands tram stop Shirley Park Shirley Inn Shirley Monks Orchard Road West Wickham Swan West Wickham railway station South Eden Park Road Links Way Eden Park railway station Uppers Elmers End Road Elmers End Green Beckenham Hospital Croydon Road Beckenham War Memorial' Clock House railway station Beckenham Road tram stop Kent House railway station Penge High Street Parish Lane Penge East railway station Newlands Park Sydenham Road Mayow Road Sydenham Road Highclere Street Bell Green Lower Sydenham Sainsburys

[edit] Gallery

194 DMS16.jpg 194 in 1983 termanating at Croydon Airport	194 L199 tn.jpg Leyland Olympian in operation for route 194	194 L248 tn.jpg 194 at East Croydon in 1996	194 T1113 tn.jpg Stagecoach Selkent using Leyland Titan's for the 194
194 VA126.jpg Favoured Volvo Olympian for the 194 in 2003 at West Croydon

[edit] See also

• List of bus routes in London
• Arriva London

[edit] External links

• Transport for London
• London Bus Routes Fotopic
• London Bus Routes
• Full Timetable (PDF)

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