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74
A Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini on route 74
Overview
OperatorGo-Ahead London
GaragePutney (AF)
VehicleVolvo B5L Hybrid 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement21
Night-timeNight Bus N74
Route
StartBaker Street
ViaPortman Square
Marble Arch
South Kensington
Gloucester Road
Earl's Court
Putney Bridge
EndPutney
Length7 miles (11 km)
Service
LevelDaily
FrequencyAbout every 8-12 minutes
Journey time37-71 minutes
Operates5:15am until 1:30am
"Performance" (PDF). tfl.gov.uk.

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.

History

Route 74 runs from Camden Town to Putney Heath Green Man and Putney Heath Telegraph Inn (Monday to Saturday journeys) via route 274 (between Camden Town and Marble Arch), existing route and route 14 (between Putney Station and Putney Heath Green Man). The route includes Baker Street.[1] It is used by London commuters.[2] 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.[3][4][5]

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 route 85. At this time, there was a 74A which terminated at Marylebone and a 74B which terminated in Hammersmith.[6] In 1968, a large-scale experiment on bus supervision was carried out with driver-to-controller radios being introduced on route 74.[7] In 1981 it was rerouted via withdrawn section of route 30 to Roehampton Earl Spencer (Sunday) and Bessborough Road (Monday to Saturday).

In 1982, it was withdrawn between Putney and Roehampton on Sundays. It was withdrawn between West Brompton Empress State Building and Roehampton (Monday to Saturday) on 3 August 1985 and Sunday in February 1985, but was extended back to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 In 1991, it was rerouted at Baker Street to King's Cross via route 18, and the withdrawn section was replaced by new route 274.

It was withdrawn between Baker Street and King's Cross in 1993. The section between Putney and Roehampton was withdrawn in 2002, being replaced by new route 430.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 Routemasters 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 Metrobuses replaced RML's in 1987. Chelverton Road (now Putney) (AF) gained the whole allocation in 1991. Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine replaced the Metrobuses in 1998 and Volvo B7TL 10m / Wright Eclipse Gemini were bought to convert the route into low-floor in 2002. [8]

On 20 October 2012, Volvo B5L Hybrid 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 and Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 were introduced.

Current route

See also

References

  1. ^ The Baker Street Journal, vol. 2, Baker Street Irregulars
  2. ^ Timothy Garton Ash (2004), Free world
  3. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  4. ^ Ian'S Bus Stop: Rt
  5. ^ London Bus File 1946-49 Ken Glazier Page83
  6. ^ Geoff Rixon, Routemaster Omnibus, p. 168
  7. ^ Day, John (1973). The Story of the London Bus. London Regional Transport. ISBN 9780853290377.
  8. ^ http://www.londonbuses.co.uk/routes/074.html
  9. ^ London bus timetable - Route 74 londondrum.com
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