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	Go-Ahead London Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC on Old Kent Road
Overview
Operator	Go-Ahead London
Garage	Camberwell
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC
Peak vehicle requirement	10
Night-time	No night service
Route
Start	East Dulwich
Via	Camberwell Green; Bricklayers Arms; Aldgate
End	Shoreditch
Length	5 miles (8.0 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 11-20 minutes
Journey time	23-55 minutes
Operates	05:00 until 00:30

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London Buses route 42 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between East Dulwich and Shoreditch, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

History

Route 42 commenced operation on 25 July 1912 as a daily route between Finsbury Park station and Clapton Pond via Seven Sisters Road, Amhurst Park and Upper Clapton Road. On 26 August 1912, it was extended from Clapton to Tower of London via Hackney, Whitechapel Road, Aldgate and Minories. From 14 April 1913 it was extended on Mondays to Saturdays from Tower of London to Camberwell Green via Tower Bridge, Old Kent Road and Albany Road.^[1]

The route was reduced from a daily allocation of eight vehicles at the beginning of 1970 to only three by 1985, when the evening service was also withdrawn. Upon being tendered, in 1987 the route passed to London Country South East.^[2]

Route 42 was included in the sale of Limebourne Buses to Connex in July 2001. Upon being re-tendered, it passed to London Easylink on 20 April 2002. However, on 21 August 2002, London Easylink went into liquidation.^[3]

Route 42 was taken over by Transport for London subsidiary East Thames Buses. On 3 October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to Go-Ahead London, which included a five-year contract to operate route 42.^[4]^[5]^[6]

On 1 October 2016, the route was extended from Denmark Hill to East Dulwich via Dulwich Hospital with double-decker buses introduced.^[7]^[8] On the same date, the route was temporarily withdrawn between Tower Bridge Road and Liverpool Street bus station until 23 December 2016 while Tower Bridge was closed for refurbishment.^[9]

In 2021, the frequency of the service was reduced from 4.8 buses per hour to 4 during Monday-Friday peak times, and from 5 buses per hour to 4 during Monday-Saturday daytimes.^[10]

Current route

Route 42 operates via these primary locations:^[11]

East Dulwich Sainsbury's
East Dulwich station
North Dulwich station
Denmark Hill
Denmark Hill station
King's College Hospital
Camberwell Green
Bricklayers Arms
City Hall
Tower Bridge Road
Tower Bridge
Tower of London
Tower Gateway station
Aldgate station
Liverpool Street bus station for Liverpool Street station
Shoreditch Appold Street

References

^ David A. Ruddom (1985), Motor omnibus routes in London: November 1908 to December 1912, vol. 2
^ McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. pp. 98–99. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
^ Buses recalled as firm goes into bankruptcy BBC News 21 August 2002
^ Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009 Archived 22 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses Bus & Coach Professional 3 August 2009 Archived 24 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ East Thames Buses Archived 24 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Go-Ahead London
^ Have your say on our proposal for an extension to bus route 42 Transport for London 15 July 2016
^ Bus Services Changes 19 August to 8 October inclusive Transport for London
^ Tower Bridge Closure Archived 11 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London
^ Mortimer, Josiah (21 December 2021). "The 41 London bus routes that have quietly been cut in 2021". MyLondon. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ Route 42 Map Transport for London

External links

Media related to London Buses route 42 at Wikimedia Commons
Timetable

[1] David A. Ruddom (1985), Motor omnibus routes in London: November 1908 to December 1912, vol. 2

[2] McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. pp. 98–99. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.

[3] Buses recalled as firm goes into bankruptcy BBC News 21 August 2002

[4] Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009 Archived 22 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses Bus & Coach Professional 3 August 2009 Archived 24 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[6] East Thames Buses Archived 24 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Go-Ahead London

[7] Have your say on our proposal for an extension to bus route 42 Transport for London 15 July 2016

[8] Bus Services Changes 19 August to 8 October inclusive Transport for London

[9] Tower Bridge Closure Archived 11 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London

[10] Mortimer, Josiah (21 December 2021). "The 41 London bus routes that have quietly been cut in 2021". MyLondon. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[11] Route 42 Map Transport for London

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-'''London Buses route 42''' is a [[Transport for London]] contracted bus route in [[London]], England. Running between [[Denmark Hill]] and [[Liverpool Street station]], it is operated by [[London Central]].
+'''London Buses route 42''' is a [[Transport for London]] contracted bus route in [[London]], England. Running between [[East Dulwich]] and [[Shoreditch]], it is operated by [[London Central|Go-Ahead London]].
 ==History==
-Route 42 commenced operation on 25 July 1912 as a daily route between [[Finsbury Park railway station|Finsbury Park station]] and [[Clapton Pond]] via [[Seven Sisters Road]], Amhurst Park and Upper Clapton Road. On 26 August 1912, it was extended from [[Lower Clapton|Clapton]] to [[Tower of London]] via [[Hackney Central|Hackney]], [[Whitechapel|Whitechapel Road]], [[Aldgate]] and [[Minories]]. From 14 April 1913 it was extended on Mondays to Saturdays from Tower of London to [[Camberwell Green]] via [[Tower Bridge]], [[Old Kent Road]] and Albany Road.<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nVaiQwAACAAJ |title=Motor omnibus routes in London: November 1908 to December 1912 |volume=2 |author=David A. Ruddom }}</ref> A month later the 42 was also extended on Sundays to Camberwell. The next change in spring 1923, when the route was extended on Saturdays and Sundays from Camberwell Green to [[Clapham Common]] (Old Town) via Coldharbour Lane and [[Acre Lane]].
+Route 42 commenced operation on 25 July 1912 as a daily route between [[Finsbury Park railway station|Finsbury Park station]] and [[Clapton Pond]] via [[Seven Sisters Road]], Amhurst Park and Upper Clapton Road. On 26 August 1912, it was extended from [[Lower Clapton|Clapton]] to [[Tower of London]] via [[Hackney Central|Hackney]], [[Whitechapel|Whitechapel Road]], [[Aldgate]] and [[Minories]]. From 14 April 1913 it was extended on Mondays to Saturdays from Tower of London to [[Camberwell Green]] via [[Tower Bridge]], [[Old Kent Road]] and Albany Road.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVaiQwAACAAJ |title=Motor omnibus routes in London: November 1908 to December 1912 |volume=2 |author=David A. Ruddom |year=1985 }}</ref>
+The route was reduced from a daily allocation of eight vehicles at the beginning of 1970 to only three by 1985, when the evening service was also withdrawn. Upon being tendered, in 1987 the route passed to [[London Country South East]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McLachlan|first=Tom|title=London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change|year=1995|publisher = Venture Publications|pages=98–99|isbn=1-898432-74-0}}</ref>
-On 1 December 1924 a new system of route numbering on London Buses came into force under The London Traffic Act of 1924. The 42 remained unchanged, but short working had suffixes added, with the plain route number being only used for journeys for the whole length of the route. The main Monday to Friday route became the 42A, with the 42B and 42C working short journeys from Finsbury Park to Hackney and Aldgate. In June 1925 short routes 42D (Hackney Station - Aldgate) and 42E (Finsbury Park - Hackney Station) were introduced. The 42D changed in late 1925 to run Hackney Station - Camberwell Green.
+Route 42 was included in the sale of Limebourne Buses to [[Connex Bus UK|Connex]] in July 2001. Upon being re-tendered, it passed to [[Durham Travel Services|London Easylink]] on 20 April 2002. However, on 21 August 2002, London Easylink went into liquidation.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2208620.stm Buses recalled as firm goes into bankruptcy] ''BBC News'' 21 August 2002</ref>
-This situation remained until 3 October 1934, when the newly constituted [[London Passenger Transport Board]] instituted its own numbering system, in which all workings again carried just the plain 42 route number. On 16 October 1938, Tram routes 49, 49A, 59 and 79 were replaced by [[trolleybus]]es. As part of this scheme, the 42 was withdrawn on Sundays, and axed between [[Stamford Hill]] and Finsbury Park, being re-routed to [[Turnpike Lane tube station|Turnpike Lane station]] via [[Seven Sisters, London|Seven Sisters Corner]] to replace [[London Buses route 76|route 76A]]. A daily route 42A was also introduced, running  between Finsbury Park station and Camberwell Green with an extension to [[Clapham Common]] on Saturdays. From 5 February 1939, the 42 was re-introduced on Sundays between [[Arriva London#Tottenham (AR)|Tottenham garage]] and Camberwell Green. The 42A was withdrawn and the Saturday extension to Clapham Common added to the 42. As a [[World War II|wartime economy measure]], route 42 was withdrawn north of Aldgate and south of Camberwell Green on 22 November 1939 to become a daily Aldgate - Camberwell Green route.
+Route 42 was taken over by [[Transport for London]] subsidiary [[East Thames Buses]]. On 3 October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to [[London General|Go-Ahead London]], which included a five-year contract to operate route 42.<ref>[http://www.go-ahead.com/media/news/2009news/2009-07-30.aspx Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses] Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722214933/http://www.go-ahead.com/media/news/2009news/2009-07-30.aspx |date=22 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=2688&categoryid=0 Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses] ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 3 August 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003953/http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=2688&categoryid=0 |date=24 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.londoncentral.com/about-us/page_275.html East Thames Buses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524023309/http://www.londoncentral.com/about-us/page_275.html |date=24 May 2014 }} Go-Ahead London</ref>
-From 18 May 1952, the 42 was extended on Sundays from Camberwell Green to [[Arriva London#Norwood (N)|Norwood garage]] via [[Loughborough Junction]] and [[Herne Hill]], replacing [[London Buses route 48|route 48]]. On 10 October 1954, the 42 was withdrawn Sundays between Herne Hill and Norwood garage. On 19 February 1955 extended on Saturdays between Camberwell and Norwood garage, again replacing route 48. This extension was cut back to Herne Hill from 20 October 1956. On 20 August 1958, in the service cuts brought about by the Busman's Strike of 1958, the 48 was completely withdrawn, with the 42 now running  daily Aldgate - Camberwell Green with a Monday to Saturday extension to Herne Hill, albeit in peak hours only on Mondays to Fridays.<ref name="busesatwork">[http://www.busesatwork.co.uk/Routes/042.htm Route 42] ''busesatwork.co.uk''</ref>
+On 1 October 2016, the route was extended from [[Denmark Hill]] to [[East Dulwich]] via Dulwich Hospital with double-decker buses introduced.<ref>[https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/bus-route-42 Have your say on our proposal for an extension to bus route 42] Transport for London 15 July 2016</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160924100321/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-service-changes.pdf Bus Services Changes 19 August to 8 October inclusive] Transport for London</ref> On the same date, the route was temporarily withdrawn between Tower Bridge Road and [[Liverpool Street bus station]] until 23 December 2016 while [[Tower Bridge]] was closed for refurbishment.<ref>[https://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/tower-bridge-closure Tower Bridge Closure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011071655/https://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/tower-bridge-closure |date=11 October 2016 }} Transport for London</ref>
-On 27 January 1965, the route was withdrawn on Saturdays between Camberwell Green and Herne Hill; the Monday to Friday service to Herne Hill was withdrawn on 2 January 1967. On 24 January 1970, the 42 was converted to one-person operation. The route was reduced from a daily allocation of eight vehicles at the beginning of 1970 to only three by 1985, when the evening service was also withdrawn.<ref name="busesatwork" /> Upon being tendered, in 1987 the route passed to [[London Country South East]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McLachlan|first=Tom|title=London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change|year=1995|publisher = Venture Publications|pages=98–99|isbn=1-898432-74-0}}</ref>
+In 2021, the frequency of the service was reduced from 4.8 buses per hour to 4 during Monday-Friday peak times, and from 5 buses per hour to 4 during Monday-Saturday daytimes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mortimer|first=Josiah|date=2021-12-21|title=The 41 London bus routes that have quietly been cut in 2021|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/41-london-bus-routes-quietly-22524597|access-date=2022-01-27|website=MyLondon|language=en}}</ref>
-On 11 June 1994, the route was extended from Aldgate to terminate at [[Liverpool Street bus station]], and the evening service was restored on 4 May 1996. Upon being re-tendered, on 19 April 1997, the route passed to Limebourne Buses and was extended from Camberwell Green to [[Denmark Hill]] (Red Post Hill).<ref name="busesatwork" /> Route 42 was included in the sale of Limebourne Buses to [[Connex Bus UK|Connex]] in July 2001. Upon being re-tendered, it passed to [[Durham Travel Services|London Easylink]] on 20 April 2002. However on 21 August 2002, London Easylink went into liquidation.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2208620.stm Buses recalled as firm goes into bankruptcy] ''BBC News'' 21 August 2002</ref>
-Route 42 was taken over by [[Transport for London]] subsidiary [[East Thames Buses]]. On 3 October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to [[London General]], which included a five-year contract to operate route 42.<ref>[http://www.go-ahead.com/media/news/2009news/2009-07-30.aspx Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses] Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=2688&categoryid=0 Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses] ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 3 August 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.londoncentral.com/about-us/page_275.html East Thames Buses] Go-Ahead London</ref>
-In April 2010 it was transferred to fellow [[Go-Ahead London]] subsidiary [[London Central]]'s [[London Central#Camberwell (Q)|Camberwell garage]] and again on 13 October 2012 to London General's [[London General#Mandela Way (MW)|Mandela Way]]. On 13 September 2014, the route moved back to London Central's [[London Central#Camberwell (Q)|Camberwell garage]].
 ==Current route==
 Route 42 operates via these primary locations:<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/42 Route 42 Map] Transport for London</ref>
-*[[Denmark Hill]] ''Sunray Avenue''
+*[[East Dulwich]] ''Sainsbury's''
-*[[Denmark Hill railway station|Denmark Hill station]] {{rail-interchange|london|overground}} {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
+*[[East Dulwich railway station|East Dulwich station]] {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
+*[[North Dulwich railway station|North Dulwich station]] {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
+*[[Denmark Hill]]
+*[[Denmark Hill railway station|Denmark Hill station]] {{rail-interchange|london|overground}} {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
+*[[King's College Hospital]]
 *[[Camberwell Green]]
 *[[Bricklayers Arms]]
-*[[City Hall, London|City Hall]]
+*[[City Hall, Southwark|City Hall]]
+*[[Tower Bridge Road]]
 *[[Tower Bridge]]
+*[[Tower of London]]
 *[[Tower Gateway DLR station|Tower Gateway station]] {{rail-interchange|london|DLR}}
 *[[Aldgate tube station|Aldgate station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
-*[[Liverpool Street bus station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} [[Liverpool Street station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} <!--{{rail-interchange|london|overground}} from 31 May 2015--><!--{{rail-interchange|london|crossrail}} from 31 May 2015-->{{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
+*[[Liverpool Street bus station]] {{rail-interchange|london|bus}} for [[Liverpool Street station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{rail-interchange|london|overground}} {{rail-interchange|london|crossrail}} {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
+*[[Shoreditch]] ''Appold Street''
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{Reflist|30em}}
 ==External links==
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+[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Southwark]]
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+[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]
+[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Hackney]]