London Buses route 153

153
CT Plus Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart at Liverpool Street bus station in December 2007
Overview
Operator	CT Plus
Garage	Ash Grove (HK)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro200
Route
Start	Finsbury Park bus station
Via	Holloway Barnsbury Islington Barbican
End	Finsbury Square
Length	6 miles (9.7 km)
Service
Level	Daily

London Buses route 153 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Finsbury Park bus station and Finsbury Square, it is operated by CT Plus.

History

Route 153 commenced operating on 2 June 1984 between Archway station and Angel via Holloway using MCW Metrobuses.

On 24 November 1984, it was extended from Angel to Tottenham Court Road station via route 19. This section was withdrawn on 4 April 1987. It was also converted to minibus operation on the same date and its operation transferred to London Country North West's Coppetts Wood garage. On 26 June 1988, it returned to London Buses's Victoria Basement garage.

On 1 June 1992, it was diverted at Holloway from Archawy station to Finsbury Park station and extended at its southern end to Smithfield. It was transferred to Capital Citybus' Northumberland Park garage on the same date. On 8 July 1998, route 153 was included in the sale of Capital Citybus to First London.

Upon being re-tendered, the route passed to CT Plus on 3 February 2001. On the same date it was diverted from Smithfield to Liverpool Street bus station. CT Plus successfully tendered to retain the route with new contracts commencing on 4 June 2006 and 2 June 2013.

It has been curtailed from Liverpool Street bus station to Finsbury Square while Crossrail road closures are in place.

Current route

Route 153 operates via these primary locations:

• Finsbury Park bus station for Finsbury Park station
• Holloway Road station
• Barnsbury
• Islington
• Barbican station
• Finsbury Square

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 153 at Wikimedia Commons
• London Bus Routes gallery
• Timetable