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{{Infobox London Bus
{{Short description|London bus route}}
{{Infobox bus line
| number=74
|number = 74
| image=
|logo =
| operator=[[Go-Ahead London]]
|image = BV66VJN Go-Ahead London WHV122 Volvo B5LH with Wright Gemini 3 bodywork (52445287202).jpg
| garage=[[London General#Putney|Putney]]
|image_width = 300
| vehicle=[[Volvo B7TL|B7TL]] 10m / [[Wright Eclipse Gemini|Eclipse Gemini]]
|caption = [[London General|Go-Ahead London]] [[Wright Gemini 3]] bodied [[Volvo B5LH]] at [[Marble Arch]]
| pvr=21
|bgcolor = red
| start=[[Baker Street]]
|titlecolor = white
| via=[[Portman Square]]<br>[[Marble Arch]]<br>[[South Kensington]]<br>[[Gloucester Road, London|Gloucester Road]]<br>[[Earl's Court]]<br>[[Putney Bridge]]
|operator = [[London General|Go-Ahead London]]
| end=[[Putney]]
|garage = [[Putney bus garage|Putney]]
| length=7 miles (11 km)
|vehicle = [[Volvo B5LH]] [[Wright Gemini 3]]
| level=Daily
|pvr = 18
| frequency=About every 8-12 minutes
|predecessors =
| time=37-71 minutes
|night = Night Bus [[London Buses route N74|N74]]
| day=5:15am until 1:30am
|start = [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street station]]
| night=Night Bus [[N74]] / [[N97]]
|via = [[Portman Square]]<br>[[Marble Arch]]<br>[[South Kensington]]<br>[[Gloucester Road, London|Gloucester Road]]<br>[[Earl's Court]]<br >[[Putney Bridge]]
| ibus=yes
|end = [[Putney Exchange]]
}}
|length = {{convert|7|mi}}
|level = Daily
|frequency = About every 8-10 minutes
|day = 05:15 until 01:30
|time = 37-71 minutes
|map = }}


'''London Buses route 74''' is a [[Transport for London]] contracted bus route in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. The service is currently contracted to [[Go-Ahead London]].
'''London Buses route 74''' is a [[Transport for London]] contracted bus route in [[London]], England.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KOiPAAACAAJ |page=168 |title=Routemaster Omnibus |author=Geoff Rixon|year=2008 |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=9780711033146 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=The Story of the London Bus | publisher=London Regional Transport | author=Day, John | year=1973 | isbn=9780853290377}}</ref> Running between [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street station]] and [[Putney Exchange]], it is operated by [[London General|Go-Ahead London]].


==Proposed withdrawal==
==History==
In June 2022, TfL launched a consultation on a range of bus cuts which included the proposed merger of route 74 and [[London Buses route 430|430]], but it would be shortened to South Kensington to reduce duplication with services 2 and 13.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Jacob |date=2022-06-02 |title=Big Changes Ahead For Bus Services in Hammersmith & Fulham |url=https://www.hammersmithtoday.co.uk/#!pages/shared:common:hfbuses009 |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Hammersmith Today}}</ref> With the merger, the affected portion from West Brompton, via Warwick Road, Creswell Gardens and Onslow Gardens would no longer run.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=Proposals to cut south west London bus routes could 'cripple' part of London, union warns |url=https://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/20244418.proposals-cut-south-west-london-bus-routes-cripple-part-london/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Wandsworth Times |language=en}}</ref> On 23 November 2022, it was announced that these changes would not be going ahead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ehq-production-europe.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/6d06c2e4078dd9f773d953da7d536fd1dc91a2a3/original/1669194388/1d3e2bafe8ff45f098ca19d41c3031ad_central-london-bus-review-2022-decision-summary-and-next-steps.pdf|title=Central London Bus Review 2022: Decision summary and next steps|website=TfL Have Your Say|date=2022-11-23|access-date=2022-11-23}}</ref>
Route 74 runs from Camden Town to Putney Heath ''Green Man'' and Putney Heath ''Telegraph Inn'' (Monday to Saturday journeys) via [[London Buses route 274|route 274]] (between Camden Town and Marble Arch), existing route and [[London Buses route 14|route 14]] (between Putney Station and Putney Heath ''Green Man''). The route includes [[Baker Street]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aD4RAAAAIAAJ |title=The Baker Street Journal |volume=2 |publisher=Baker Street Irregulars}}</ref> It is used by London [[commuter]]s.<ref>{{citation |title=Free world |author=Timothy Garton Ash |year=2004}}</ref>
[[1949]] There are photographs showing Route 74 in May 1949 of RT85 on Fire, and a further picture of the burnt out wreck parked in a yard before it was scrapped in December of that year.<ref>http://londonhalfcabs.com/GalBus_RT_1/G_RT0085f.php</ref><ref>http://www.countrybus.org/RT/RTa00.htm#2RT2</ref><ref>London Bus File 1946-49 Ken Glazier Page83</ref>

The route remained unchanged between 1950 and [[1965]]. It was extended from Putney Heath to Kingston Vale (Monday to Friday peaks) in 1966 with journeys to Telegraph Inn transferred to [[London Buses route 85|route 85]]. At this time, there was a 74A which terminated at [[Marylebone]] and a 74B which terminated in [[Hammersmith]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1KOiPAAACAAJ |page=168 |title=Routemaster Omnibus |author=Geoff Rixon}}</ref> In [[1981]] it was rerouted via withdrawn section of [[London Buses route 30|route 30]] to Roehampton ''Earl Spencer'' (Sunday) and Bessborough Road (Monday to Saturday).

In [[1982]], it was withdrawn between Putney and Roehampton on Sundays. It was withdrawn between West Brompton ''Empress State Building'' and Roehampton (Monday to Saturday) on 3 August 1985 and Sunday in February [[1985]], but was extended back to Roehampton in [[1987]]. In [[1991]], it was rerouted at Baker Street to King's Cross via [[London Buses route 18|route 18]], and the withdrawn section was replaced by [[London Buses route 274|new route 274]].

It was withdrawn between Baker Street and King's Cross in [[1993]]. The section between Putney and Roehampton was withdrawn in [[2002]], being replaced by [[London Buses route 430|new route 430]].

Before it was operated by London General, it was operated from Putney Bridge (F) garage, using [[AEC Regent III RT|RT's]]. Allocation was transferred to Chelverton Road (AF) and Riverside (R) garages and RT's were replaced by [[Routemaster]]s (RM's) in [[1965]]. Chelverton Road (AF) gained the whole allocation and 30-foot Routemasters (RML's) replaced RM's in [[1967]].

Holloway (HT) gained part of the allocation in 1981. [[MCW Metrobus|Metrobuses]] replaced RML's in 1987. Chelverton Road (now Putney) (AF) gained the whole allocation in 1991. [[Volvo Olympian]]/[[Northern Counties Palatine]] (NV's) replaced the Metrobuses in [[1998]] and [[Volvo B7TL]] 10m / [[Wright Eclipse Gemini]] were bought to convert the route into low-floor.

Night bus [[London Buses route N74|N74]] provides the night service for route 74 and 430, between Baker Street and Roehampton.<ref>[http://www.eco.co.uk/p/bus/111 Bus - EC&) Venues | Event Venues in London | Conference Centres in London]</ref>
{{Clear}}


==Current route==
==Current route==
[[File:Prince_Albert_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_860473.jpg|thumb|[[AEC Routemaster]] in [[Primrose Hill]] in February 1983]]
{{Col-begin}}
Route 74 operates via these primary locations:<ref>[https://www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/74 Route 74 Map] Transport for London</ref>
{{Col-2}}
* [[Putney Exchange]]
===Route departing Baker Street Station===
* [[Putney Bridge tube station|Putney Bridge station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
<ref name=Timetable>[http://www.londondrum.com/transport/bus.php?route=74 London bus timetable - Route 74] ''londondrum.com''</ref>
* [[Fulham High Street]]
*[[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street Station]] ''for [[Madame Tussaud's]] & [[Planetarium]]''
*[[Baker Street]]
* [[Charing Cross Hospital]]
* [[West Brompton station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{rail-interchange|london|overground}} {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
*Portman Square
* [[Earl's Court tube station|Earl's Court station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Oxford Street]]
*[[Marble Arch tube station|Marble Arch Station]]
* [[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
* [[South Kensington tube station|South Kensington station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Park Lane (road)|Park Lane]]
* [[Knightsbridge tube station|Knightsbridge station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Hyde Park Corner tube station|Hyde Park Corner Station]]
* [[Hyde Park Corner tube station|Hyde Park Corner station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Knightsbridge]]
*[[Knightsbridge tube station|Knightsbridge Station]]
* [[Marble Arch tube station|Marble Arch station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
* [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Harrods]]
*Brompton Road
*Cromwell Road
*Exhibition Road
*Thurloe Street
*[[South Kensington tube station|South Kensington Station]] ''for The Museums''
*Old Brompton Road
*Bute Street
*Harrington Road
*Queens Gate
*Cromwell Road
*[[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road Station]]
*[[Cromwell Hospital]]
*Earls Court Road
*[[Earl's Court tube station|Earl's Court Station]] ''for [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre]]''
*Old Brompton Road
*[[West Brompton tube station|West Brompton Station]]
*Lillie Road
*Fulham Palace Road
*Fulham High Street
*[[Putney Bridge tube station|Putney Bridge Station]]
*[[Putney Bridge]]
*Putney High Street
*[[Putney railway station|Putney Station]]
{{Col-break}}

===Route departing Putney Station===
<ref name=Timetable />
*[[Putney railway station|Putney Station]]
*Putney High Street
*[[Putney Bridge]]
*[[Putney Bridge tube station|Putney Bridge Station]]
*Fulham High Street
*Fulham Palace Road ''Lillie Road''
*Lillie Road
*[[West Brompton tube station|West Brompton Station]]
*Old Brompton Road
*Warwick Road
*[[Earl's Court tube station|Earl's Court Station]]
*Cromwell Road
*[[Cromwell Hospital]]
*[[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road Station]]
*Queensbury Place
*Harrington Road
*[[South Kensington tube station|South Kensington Station]] ''for The Museums''
*Cromwell Place
*Thurloe Place
*Cromwell Road
*Brompton Road
*[[Harrods]]
*[[Knightsbridge tube station|Knightsbridge Station]]
*[[Knightsbridge]]
*[[Hyde Park Corner tube station|Hyde Park Corner Station]]
*[[Park Lane (road)|Park Lane]]
*[[Marble Arch tube station|Marble Arch Station]]
*[[Oxford Street]]
*Gloucester Place ''for [[Marylebone station|Marylebone Station]]''
*Marylebone Road
*[[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street Station]] ''for [[Madame Tussaud's]] and [[Planetarium]]''
{{Col-end}}

==See also==
* [[List of bus routes in London]]
* [[Go-Ahead London]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
*[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/74 Timetable]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/074.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]


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[[Category:Bus routes in London]]
[[Category:Transport in Kensington and Chelsea]]
[[Category:Transport in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]]
[[Category:Transport in Wandsworth]]
[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Wandsworth]]

Latest revision as of 09:29, 14 November 2024

74
Go-Ahead London Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LH at Marble Arch
Overview
OperatorGo-Ahead London
GaragePutney
VehicleVolvo B5LH Wright Gemini 3
Peak vehicle requirement18
Night-timeNight Bus N74
Route
StartBaker Street station
ViaPortman Square
Marble Arch
South Kensington
Gloucester Road
Earl's Court
Putney Bridge
EndPutney Exchange
Length7 miles (11 km)
Service
LevelDaily
FrequencyAbout every 8-10 minutes
Journey time37-71 minutes
Operates05:15 until 01:30

London Buses route 74 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England.[1][2] Running between Baker Street station and Putney Exchange, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

Proposed withdrawal

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In June 2022, TfL launched a consultation on a range of bus cuts which included the proposed merger of route 74 and 430, but it would be shortened to South Kensington to reduce duplication with services 2 and 13.[3] With the merger, the affected portion from West Brompton, via Warwick Road, Creswell Gardens and Onslow Gardens would no longer run.[4] On 23 November 2022, it was announced that these changes would not be going ahead.[5]

Current route

[edit]
AEC Routemaster in Primrose Hill in February 1983

Route 74 operates via these primary locations:[6]

References

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  1. ^ Geoff Rixon (2008), Routemaster Omnibus, Ian Allan, p. 168, ISBN 9780711033146
  2. ^ Day, John (1973). The Story of the London Bus. London Regional Transport. ISBN 9780853290377.
  3. ^ Phillips, Jacob (2022-06-02). "Big Changes Ahead For Bus Services in Hammersmith & Fulham". Hammersmith Today. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  4. ^ "Proposals to cut south west London bus routes could 'cripple' part of London, union warns". Wandsworth Times. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  5. ^ "Central London Bus Review 2022: Decision summary and next steps" (PDF). TfL Have Your Say. 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  6. ^ Route 74 Map Transport for London
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