London Buses route 17

London Buses route 17

Infobox London Bus
number=17


operator=Metroline
garage=Holloway
vehicle=Dennis Trident 2/Plaxton President
Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President
pvr=16
start=Archway
via=Holloway
King's Cross
Holborn Circus
end=London Bridge
level=Daily
length=6 miles (9 km)
frequency=About every 8 minutes
time=30-56 minutes
night=No night service
day=4:30am until 1:00am
ibus=yes

London Buses route 17 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.

History

Today's route 17 commenced operation on 3 August 1985 as a Monday to Saturday crew operated route between North Finchley and Kings Cross, with a Monday to Friday extension to London Bridge Station, as a replacement for sections of routes 18, 45 and 104. This was the fifth time that the route number 17 had been used on a London bus route.

Although a relatively new route, the route number 17 actually has a very long history over sections of today's route. The 17 can trace its history back to a tram route 17 which commenced on 1 January 1913, when a previously unnumbered service between Archway and Farringdon Street was given the route number 17. It was a very busy and stable service serving the Caledonian Market and saw no changes in the period 1913 until 1933, when the London Passenger Transport Board was created.

London Transport as it became known, soon set about replacing trams with trolleybuses and as from 6 March 1938 tram route 17 was replaced by trolleybus routes 517 and 617, the use of 517 and 617 denoted in which direction the buses traversed the "Holborn Loop". 517 anti-clockwise from Kings Cross via Gray's Inn Road to Holborn Circus returning via Farringdon Street, the 617's clockwise. Both routes were also extended to North Finchley.

On 1 February 1961, in Stage 9 of the Buses for Trolleybuses scheme, trolleybus routes 517 and 617 were replaced by a new bus route 17, operating daily between North Finchley and Kings Cross with a Saturday extension to Farringdon Street, being further extended to Camberwell Green to bolster route 45 via Elephant & Castle. As from January 1967, the 17 was extended on Sundays from Kings Cross to South Kensington Station via Camberwell Green, Brixton, Stockwell, Clapham Junction, Battersea Bridge and Chelsea, the 45 being withdrawn completely on Sundays.

As from 16 January 1971, the 17 became a Monday to Friday, Archway to Camberwell Green service. It was replaced by changes to route 45 and a new Route 263. Seven years later, as part of the "Busplan 78" scheme, the 17 was withdrawn completely after service on 27 October 1978, route 45 being increased and extended to Archway as a replacement.

On 3 August 1985, a "new" route 17 was introduced after nearly seven years, in which time there was no route 17 in London. The re-incarnated 17 was a Monday to Saturday route between North Finchley and Kings Cross with a Monday to Friday (except evenings) extension to London Bridge replacing the long-standing 18 between Kings Cross and London Bridge. On 11 November 1990 a Sunday service was also introduced between North Finchley and Kings Cross, replacing the 45 between Kings Cross and Archway, making the 17 a daily operation between these points. This situation was not long lived, as three months later the 17 was withdrawn between North Finchley and Archway as from 2 February 1991. Lastly, a small re-routing occurred on 24 April 1993 between Mansion House and London Bridge via Cannon Street instead of via Southwark Bridge, since which time the route has been a stable operation. The route originally used MCW Metrobuses when it was operated by MTL London Northern until Metroline took over and the route was converted to low floor Trident operation.

Current route

Route departing Archway

* Archway Station "Junction Road"
* Highgate Hill
* Tollhouse Way
* Archway Road
* Sandridge Street
* Holloway Road
* Holloway
* Camden Road
* Caledonian Road
* King's Cross
* Pentonville Road
* King's Cross Road
* Acton Street
* Gray's Inn Road
* Holborn
* Holborn Circus
* Charterhouse Street
* Farringdon Street
* Ludgate Hill
* St. Paul's Churchyard
* Cannon Street
* Monument
* King William Street
* London Bridge
* Borough High Street
* Railway Approach
* London Bridge station

Route departing London Bridge

* London Bridge station
* London Bridge Street
* Borough High Street
* London Bridge
* King William Street
* Monument
* Cannon Street
* Queen Victoria Street
* Friday Street
* Cannon Street
* St. Paul's Churchyard
* Ludgate Hill
* Farringdon Street
* Charterhouse Street
* Holborn Circus
* Holborn
* Gray's Inn Road
* King's Cross
* York Way
* Wharfdale Road
* Caledonian Road
* Hillmarton Road
* Parkhurst Road
* Holloway
* Holloway Road
* Highgate Hill
* Archway Station "Macdonald Road"

Gallery

Previous route 17s in London

The route number 17 had been used four times prior to its current use.
*In 1908 - 1924 for an Ealing Plaistow, Rippleside or London Bridge via Shepherds Bush, Holborn and Bank route. * Termini varied.
*In 1924 - 1926 for a Southall London Bridge via Shepherds Bush, Holborn and Bank route.
*In 1934 - 1958 for a Southall, East Acton or Park Royal London Bridge via Shepherds Bush, Holborn and Bank route. * Termini varied.
*In 1961 - 1978 for a North Finchley, Archway Kings Cross, Camberwell Green, South Kensington via Brixton, Stockwell, Clapham route. * Termini varied.

There were also in London:
*Between 1913 - 1938 a Farringdon Street Archway Tram route 17.
*In 1934 - 1940 a Southall London Bridge via Shepherds Bush, Holborn and Bank Night route 17.

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Metroline

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.londonbusesbyadam.fotopic.net London Bus Routes Fotopic]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/017.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]


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