- London Buses route 75
infobox London Bus
number=75
operator=Selkent
length=9 miles
time=35-65 minutes
vehicle=Dennis Trident 2 /Alexander ALX400
garage=Catford
start=Lewisham
via=Catford
Sydenham
Penge
Norwood Junction
end=Croydon Fairfield Halls
level=Daily
day=4:00am until 2:06am
frequency=About every 12 minutes
night=No night service
pvr=12London Buses route 75 is a
Transport for London contracted bus route inLondon ,United Kingdom . The service is currently contracted toSelkent . The service is on a busy bus corridor as it is the only form of public transport to link together Lewisham and Croydon. Recently the 75 has been put under threat fromTramlink , which has plans to extend to Catford and Lewisham. (Metrobus will operate this bus route in February 2009).History
The 75 started operation on
15 December 1912 as a daily route between Woolwich (Free Ferry) andSouth Croydon (Swan & Sugar Loaf). It was operated by Tillings Bus Company and has been the only motor bus route in London to carry the route number 75. The route was acquired by the London General Omnibus Company Co Ltd which extended it from Croydon toCaterham Valley.In 1950 the 75 worked from
Woolwich Ferry by way of Charlton, Blackheath andLee Green and carry on fromCatford missing outLewisham . RT type buses were used. In 1960 the route was extended, on weekdays only, to South Croydon, fromWest Croydon station . In 1983 it converted to single person operation, using Leyland Titans. In 1991 the 75 was withdrawn between Woolwich and Blackheath and, later in the same year, stopped running to Blackheath in favour of Lewisham being the terminating stop, additionally there was an extended Saturday shopping hours service toSurrey Quays . The route was also diverted in Sydenham, running to Woolstone Road and Mayow Road instead of the original Bell Green. In 1994 beyond Lewisham was abandoned to make the more or less current route of Lewisham to West Croydon, although, in that year, it was converted to single decker operation.Volvo Olympian operation started again in 1997 and, in 2002, the final change to the route happened at the southern end extending toCroydon Fairfield Halls . Since thenAlexander ALX400 s have been used on the route. In 2000 the 54 route was shortened to Elmers End (due to the new Tramlink) and so the 75 had become quite a busy route. Despite this, the night service of the route, between 2am and 4am, was little used during the week and was withdrawn on19 May 2007 .Current route
Route departing Lewisham
* Lewisham Station "Loampit Vale"
*Lewisham "High Street"
* Lee Bridge
* Lewis Grove
*Lewisham "High Street"
* Rushey Green
* Catford Road
* Catford Bridge Station
* Catford Station
* Catford Road
* Catford Hill
* Woolstone Road
* Perry Vale
* Mayow Road
* Sydenham Road
*Sydenham "(near Station)"
*Newlands Park
* Penge East Station
*Lennard Road
*Parish Lane
* Green Lane
*Penge
* Croydon Road
*Anerley
* Croydon Road
* Penge Road
* Goat House Bridge
*South Norwood "Clocktower" (for Norwood Junction Station)
* Selhurst Road
* Selhurst Station
* Selhurst Road
* Northcote Road (forBRIT School )
* Whitehorse Road
* St. James’s Road
* Newgate
* Wellesley Road (for West Croydon Bus and Rail Stations) then
* Wellesley Road
*Croydon "Park Lane"
*Croydon "Fairfield Halls "Route departing Croydon
*
Central Croydon "Fairfield Halls "
*Croydon "Whitgift Shopping Centre"
*Croydon "Park Lane"
* Wellesley Road
* Station Road
*West Croydon "Bus Station" (for West Croydon Station)
* Station Road
* Wellesley Road
* St. James’s Road
* Hogarth Crescent
* Whitehorse Road
* Northcote Road (forBRIT School )
* Selhurst Road
* Selhurst Station
* Selhurst Road
*South Norwood "Clocktower" (for Norwood Junction Station)
* Goat House Bridge
* Penge Road
* Croydon Road
*Anerley
* Croydon Road
*Penge
* Green Lane
*Parish Lane
*Lennard Road
* Penge East Station
*Newlands Park
*Sydenham "(near Station)"
* Sydenham Road
* Mayow Road
* Perry Vale
* Woolstone Road
* Catford Hill
* Catford Road
* Catford Station
* Catford Bridge Station
* Catford Road
* Rushey Green
*Lewisham "High Street"
* Lewis Grove
* Lee Bridge
*Lewisham "High Street"
* Lewisham StationPrevious route 75s in London
This has been the only route to carry the number 75 on a motor-bus route in London.
There were also in London:
*In1913 aHighbury Moorgate viaNew North Road Horse Tram route 75.
*Between1914 -1939 aStamford Hill Holborn viaDalston ,Essex Road ,Angel , Rosebery Avenue Tram route 75.ee also
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List of bus routes in London
*Selkent External links
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.stagecoachbus.com/london East London Bus Group]
* [http://www.londonbusesbyadam.fotopic.net London Bus Routes Fotopic]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/075.pdf Full Timetable (PDF)]
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