London Buses route N20

Infobox London Bus
number=N20


operator=Metroline
garage=Potters Bar (PB)
Holloway (HT)
vehicle=Dennis Trident 2/ Plaxton President
Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President
pvr=14
start=Trafalgar Square
via=Tottenham Court Road
Warren Street
Euston
Camden Town
Kentish Town
Archway
Highgate
Finchley
North Finchley
end=Barnet Church
length=13 miles (21 km)
level=Nights
frequency=About every 30 minutes (Sun-Thurs nights)
About every 12 minutes (Fri/Sat nights)
time=50-66 minutes
night=0:00am until 6:00am
day=Northern Line
ibus=yes

London Buses route N20 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.

History

Route N20, like route N5, is a special night service for the Northern Line between Charing Cross and High Barnet Stations (except it does not directly serve Totteridge & Whetstone, Woodside Park, Mill Hill East or West Finchley Stations).

The route was initially numbered N1 and began operating on the morning of the 28 October 1989 running from High Barnet to Charing Cross and then via the Strand to terminate at the Aldwych. Some journeys diverted via Whitehall and Westminster to Victoria Station. (Returning via Victoria Embankment and Arundel Street before continuing from Aldwych). The section between Aldwych and Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross) was withdrawn on 18 July 1992. The journeys to Victoria were withdrawn on 24 June 1995, when the route was renumbered N20, as the number N1 was needed for the night service of the day route 1.

The route was initially run from Holloway Bus Garage using Metrobuses, until 24 June 1995 when a single bus Potters Bar allocation was introduced. The weekend service was increased in 1997 and the allocations were increased. On 15 July 1998 the route was transferred to Northumberland Park bus garage to be operated by First Capital using Leyland Olympians. On 8 January 2000 extra Friday/Saturday night journeys were added between Trafalgar Square and Finchley Central. After 5 years with First, on 25 August 2003, the route transferred back to Potters Bar with Metroline, and the extra journeys were extended from Finchley Central to High Barnet. The route returned to Holloway Garage during February 2005, when a weekend night allocation was introduced.

Current route

Route departing Trafalgar Square

* Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross Station
* Leicester Square Station
* Charing Cross Road
* Tottenham Court Road Station
* Tottenham Court Road
* Goodge Street Station
* Warren Street Station
* Slip Road
* Euston Road
* Euston Bus Station
* Eversholt Street
* Mornington Crescent Station
* Camden High Street
* Camden Town Station
* Kentish Town Road
* Kentish Town Station
* Tufnell Park Station
* Junction Road
* Archway Station
* Archway Road
* Highgate Station
* Highgate Wood
* Great North Road
* East Finchley
* East Finchley Station
* East End Road
* Regent Park Road
* Finchley Central Station
* Ballards Lane
* North Finchley
* Whetstone
* High Road
* Great North Road
* High Barnet Station
* Barnet Hill
* Barnet "Church"

Route departing Barnet Church

* Barnet "Church"
* Barnet Hill
* High Barnet Station
* Great North Road
* High Road
* Whetstone
* High Road for Woodside Park Station
* North Finchley "Bus Station"
* Ballards Lane
* Finchley Central Station
* East End Road
* East Finchley Station
* East Finchley
* Great North Road
* Highgate Wood
* Highgate Station
* Archway Road
* Archway Station
* Junction Road
* Tufnell Park Station
* Kentish Town Station
* Kentish Town Road
* Camden Road
* Camden Town Station
* Bayham Street
* Eversholt Street
* Euston Station "Bus Station"
* Euston Road
* Euston Square Station for Warren Street Station
* Gower Street
* Bloomsbury Street
* New Oxford Street
* Tottenham Court Road
* Charing Cross Road
* Leicester Square
* Charing Cross Road
* Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross Station

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Metroline
* London Buses route N5
* Northern Line

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/N020.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]