London Buses route 129

Infobox London Bus
number=129


operator=Travel London
garage=Walworth Road
vehicle=Wright Electrocity
Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander Dennis Pointer
pvr=4
start=North Greenwich
via=Greenwich Millennium Village
Greenwich Peninsula
East Greenwich
end=Greenwich
length=2 miles (4 km)
level=Daily
frequency=About every 12 minutes
time= 12-22 minutes
day=5:30am until 1:00am
night=No night service

London Buses route 129 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Travel London.

History

Route 129 was commenced on 3 June 2006. It's highly uncommon nowadays to get a completely new route starting, much less one that doesn't serve any new bus territory. The 129 however does just that, running just from Greenwich to North Greenwich. This partly duplicates route 188 which already does the same (and, it might be added, is very lightly used), but differs in operating via the Greenwich Millennium Village. Currently 129, and recently re-routed route 108, are the only routes serving the Millennium Village that don't head off in an easterly direction, towards Woolwich.

There is reasonably frequent at every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes, 20 evenings and Sundays, but still only needs 4 buses. All stand time is taken at the North Greenwich end. The contract was awarded to Travel London, starting 3 June 2006, which operates it from the reopened Walworth garage.

After speculation that the buses off route 315 were going to be used, new vehicles have arrived after all, in the shape of standard Dart/Pointers in Travel London red. They have been numbered in the former Tellings-Golden Miller numeric sequence, although with the addition of Connex style class codes.

There is actually an intention to extend the route, which will make it a bit more substantial. This will take in the Convoys Wharf redevelopment (not yet started) and some currently unserved roads in the south Bermondsey area, but is not expected to start until 2008 at least.

Current route

Route departing North Greenwich

* North Greenwich tube station
* Edmund Halley Way
* Millennium Busway (adjacent to West Parkside,
* Greenwich Millennium Village and Southern Way)
* Greenwich Peninsula "Sainsbury's" and dedicated bus roads within retail park
* Peartree Way
* Woolwich Road
* Trafalgar Road
* Romney Road
* Nelson Road
* College Approach
* King William Walk
* Greenwich "Cutty Sark"

Route departing Greenwich

* Greenwich "Cutty Sark"
* King William Walk
* Nelson Road
* Romney Road
* Woolwich Road
* Tunnel Avenue
* Peartree Way
* Greenwich Peninsula "Sainsbury's"
* roads within retail park
* Millennium Busway (adjacent to Southern Way, Greenwich Millennium Village and West Parkside)
* Edmund Halley Way
* North Greenwich Station

Previous route 129s in London

The route number 129 had been used once prior to its current use.

* From 1950 until 2004, it operated from Claybury Broadway to Ilford Station/Barking/Becontree Heath/Romford/Dagenham [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk/Routes/129.htm]

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Travel London

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/129.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]