Jump to content

London Buses route 74: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
→Current route: Updated places served to match route 14 in Putney
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
 
(38 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|London bus route}}
{{Infobox bus line
{{Infobox bus line
|number = 74
|number = 74
|logo =
|logo =
|image = London General WVL496 on Route 74, South Kensington.jpg
|image = BV66VJN Go-Ahead London WHV122 Volvo B5LH with Wright Gemini 3 bodywork (52445287202).jpg
|image_width = 300
|image_width = 300
|caption = [[London General]] [[Wright Eclipse Gemini 2]] bodied [[Volvo B9TL]] on route 74 in August 24 2013
|caption = [[London General|Go-Ahead London]] [[Wright Gemini 3]] bodied [[Volvo B5LH]] at [[Marble Arch]]
|bgcolor = red
|bgcolor = red
|titlecolor = white
|titlecolor = white
|operator = [[London General]]
|operator = [[London General|Go-Ahead London]]
|garage = [[London General#Putney (AF)|Putney (AF)]]
|garage = [[Putney bus garage|Putney]]
|vehicle = [[Volvo B5LH]] 10.4m / [[Wright Eclipse Gemini 2]]<br />[[Volvo B9TL]] 10.4m / [[Wright Eclipse Gemini 2]]
|vehicle = [[Volvo B5LH]] [[Wright Gemini 3]]
|pvr = 21
|pvr = 18
|predecessors =
|predecessors =
|night = Night Bus [[London Buses route N74|N74]]
|night = Night Bus [[London Buses route N74|N74]]
|start = [[Baker Street]]
|start = [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street station]]
|via = Portman Square<br />Marble Arch<br />South Kensington<br />Gloucester Road<br />Earl's Court<br />Putney Bridge
|via = [[Portman Square]]<br>[[Marble Arch]]<br>[[South Kensington]]<br>[[Gloucester Road, London|Gloucester Road]]<br>[[Earl's Court]]<br >[[Putney Bridge]]
|end = [[Putney]]
|end = [[Putney Exchange]]
|length = 7 miles (11 km)
|length = {{convert|7|mi}}
|ibus = yes
|level = Daily
|level = Daily
|frequency = 8-12 minutes
|frequency = About every 8-10 minutes
|day = 05:15 until 01:30
|day = 05:15 until 01:30
|time = 37-71 minutes
|time = 37-71 minutes
|fare =
|map = }}
|cash =
|map =
|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/businessandpartners/buses/boroughreports/routes/performance-route-74.pdf|title=Performance|publisher=tfl.gov.uk}}
}}


'''London Buses route 74''' is a [[Transport for London]] contracted bus route in [[London]], England. Running between [[Baker Street]] and [[Putney]], it is operated by [[London General]].
'''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 ]{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.countrybus.org/RT/RTa00.htm#2RT2 Ian'S Bus Stop: Rt<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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 1968, a large-scale experiment on bus supervision was carried out with driver-to-controller radios being introduced on route 74.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Story of the London Bus | publisher=London Regional Transport | author=Day, John | year=1973 | isbn=9780853290377}}</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]].

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

Holloway (HT) gained part of the allocation in 1981. [[MCW Metrobus]]es replaced RML's in 1987. Chelverton Road (now Putney) (AF) gained the whole allocation in 1991. [[Northern Counties Palatine]] bodied [[Volvo Olympian]]s replaced the Metrobuses in 1998 and [[Wright Eclipse Gemini]] bodied [[Volvo B7TL]]s were bought to convert the route into low-floor in 2002. <ref>http://www.londonbuses.co.uk/routes/074.html</ref>

On 20 October 2012, [[Wright Eclipse Gemini 2]] bodied [Volvo B5LH]] and [[Wright Eclipse Gemini 2]] bodied [[Volvo B9TL]]s were introduced.


==Current route==
==Current route==
[[File:Prince_Albert_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_860473.jpg|thumb|[[AEC Routemaster]] in [[Primrose Hill]] in February 1983]]
⚫
*[[Baker Street tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} for ''[[Madame Tussaud's]] & [[Planetarium]]''
Route 74 operates via these primary locations:<ref>[https://www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/74 Route 74 Map] Transport for London</ref>
⚫
*[[Marble Arch tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
* [[Putney Exchange]]
⚫
*[[Hyde Park Corner tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Knightsbridge tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
* [[Putney Bridge tube station|Putney Bridge station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Harrods]]
* [[Fulham High Street]]
* [[Charing Cross Hospital]]
⚫
*[[South Kensington tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} for ''The Museums''
*[[Gloucester Road tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
* [[West Brompton station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{rail-interchange|london|overground}} {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
*[[Earl's Court tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} for ''[[Earls Court Exhibition Centre]]''
* [[Earl's Court tube station|Earl's Court station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[West Brompton tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{rail-interchange|london|overground}}
* [[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
⚫
* [[South Kensington tube station|South Kensington station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Fulham|Fulham High Street]]
*[[Putney Bridge tube station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
* [[Knightsbridge tube station|Knightsbridge station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
⚫
* [[Hyde Park Corner tube station|Hyde Park Corner station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
*[[Putney]] ''High Street''
⚫
* [[Marble Arch tube station|Marble Arch station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}

⚫
* [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street station]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Prince Albert Road - geograph.org.uk - 860473.jpg
File:Buses in Putney High Street - geograph.org.uk - 3163995.jpg
File:A4 Brompton Road - DSC04277.JPG|[[Wright Eclipse Gemini]] bodied [[Volvo B7TL]] on route 74
</gallery>

==See also==
{{portal|London Transport}}
* [[List of bus routes in London]]


==References==
==References==
Line 76: Line 49:


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
*[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/74 Timetable]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/074.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]


{{London Bus Routes}}
{{London Bus Routes}}
Line 84: Line 56:
{{DEFAULTSORT:074, London Buses Route}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:074, London Buses Route}}
[[Category:Bus routes in London]]
[[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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  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
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=London_Buses_route_74&oldid=1257322434"