- London Buses route 96
Infobox London Bus
number=96
operator=Selkent
length= 13 miles (20 km)
time= 38-69 minutes
garage=Plumstead
start=Woolwich
end=Bluewater Shopping Centre
via=Plumstead
Welling
Bexleyheath
Crayford
Dartford
level=Daily
frequency=About every 8 minutes
day=4:30am until 1:00am
night= No night service
pvr=22
vehicle=Dennis Trident 2 /Alexander ALX400 London Buses route 96 is a
Transport for London contracted bus route inLondon ,United Kingdom . The service is currently contracted toSelkent .History
The 96 commenced operation on
4 March 1959 in stage 1 of London Transport's "buses for trolleybuses" conversion scheme. It was a direct replacement for trolleybus route 696 and ran betweenWoolwich andDartford viaPlumstead ,Welling andBexleyheath . A supplementary daily route 195 betweenWoolwich and Eltham, also commenced at this time. This was the second time that a motorbus route had carried the route number 96.Although a very stable route, the 96 was involved in an "area scheme", as the continual route change schemes in the early 1960s were known.
As from
8 May 1963 , the 96 was extended at Woolwich to terminate at Victoria Way. The 195, which wasn't a successful route, was withdrawn at this time. One person operation came to the 96 as from6 November 1971 and the route was extended to Charlton Station at the same time.In August 2006 there was [http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/display.var.858356.0.bus_blaze_investigated.php|a fire on a bus] in
Dartford .Current route
Route departing Woolwich
*
Woolwich
* Beresford Street
*Woolwich "High Street"
* Hare Street
* Powis Street
*John Wilson Street
* Castile Road
* Monk Street
* Calderwood Street
* Thomas Street
* Green's End
* General Gordon Place
* Vincent Road
* Burrage Road
* Plumstead Road
* Plumstead Station
*Plumstead "High Street"
*Wickham Lane
*Upper Wickham Lane
*Welling "High Street"
*Park View Road
*Crook Log
* Broadway
*Arnsberg Way
*Bexleyheath
*Geddes Place
*Market Place
*Arnsberg Way
* Broadway
*Watling Street
*London Road
*Crayford
*Crayford Road
*Dartford Road
*West Hill
* Highfield Road
*Westgate Road
* Home Gardens for Dartford Station
*Dartford "High Street"
* Market StreetThen non-stop via:
* "East Hill"
* "The Brent"
* "Watling Street"
* "St Clements Way"To:
*Bluewater Shopping Centre Route departing Bluewater
*
Bluewater Shopping Centre Then non-stop via:
* "Bluewater Parkway"
* "St Clements Way"
* "Watling Street"
* "The Brent"
* "East Hill"
* "Dartford High Street"To:
* Market Street for Dartford Station
*Lowfield Street
*Instone Road
* Highfield Road
*West Hill
*Dartford Road
*Crayford Road
*Crayford
*Roman Way
*London Road
*Watling Street
* Broadway
*Arnsberg Way
*Bexleyheath
*Market Place
*Friswell Place
*Arnsberg Way
* Broadway
*Crook Log
*Park View Road
*Welling "High Street"
* Upper Wickham Lane
* Wickham Lane
*Plumstead "High Street"
* Plumstead Station
* Plumstead Road
* Beresford Street
*Woolwich "High Street"ee also
*
List of bus routes in London
*Selkent External links
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/096.pdf Full timetable]
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