London Buses route 260

Infobox London Bus
number=260


operator=Metroline
garage=Willesden
vehicle=Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President
pvr=15
start=Golders Green
end=Shepherd's Bush Green
via=Cricklewood
Willesden
Harlesden
Park Royal
North Acton
East Acton
length=9 miles (14 km)
level=Daily
frequency=About every 12-15 minutes
time=46-78 minutes
night=No night service
day=4:25am until 1:04am
ibus=yes

London Buses route 260 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.

History

Route 260 was introduced on 3 January 1962 to replace the former trolleybus route 660 which ran from Barnet Church and terminated at Willesden Junction via North Finchley, Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill, Cricklewood, Willesden and Halesden; it was also extended during Monday-Friday peak hours and Saturdays to Hammersmith (it was pretty much running the basis of the 263 and 266).

It was withdrawn between Barnet Church and New Barnet in 1969, although it was extended from Barnet Church on Sundays to Barnet "Chesterfield Avenue".

The 260 was withdrawn between North Finchley and Barnet in 1978, with the section between Willesden Junction and Hammersmith being withdrawn in 1981. It was extended to Shepherd's Bush Green replacing the withdrawn section of the former route 255 in 1987. In 2003 it was withdrawn between Golders Green and North Finchley and covered by new route 460.

Before 260 was on a contract to Metroline, the 260 was operated by London Transport from 1962 to 1990 at the Cricklewood, Finchley, Stonebridge, Hendon and Willesden. Willesden gained the whole allocation of the 260 in 1981; the allocation was transferred to Brentford's Armchair in 1990, using Leyland Olympians and Leyland Alanteans. In the summer of 1998 the contract was handed over to Metroline using their fleet of MCW Metrobuses. Not long afterwards Alexander Royale bodied Volvo Olympians were converted from the 52 along with Northern Counties Palatine bodied Olympians which were also on the route. This allowed the Metrobuses to be withdrawn and in the summer of 2003 the route was converted to low floor using Plaxton bodied Dennis Tridents.

Current route

Route departing Golders Green

*Golders Green Station
*North End Road
*Finchley Road
*Cricklewood Lane
*Cricklewood Station
*Willesden Green Station
*Walm Lane
*High Road
*Willesden Bus garage
*Church Road
*Craven Park
*Craven Park Road
*High Street
*Harlesden "Jubilee Clock"
*High Street
*Acton Lane
*Harlesden Station
*Acton Lane
*Central Middlesex Hospital "Bus Station"
*Park Royal "Asda"
*Park Royal Road
*Victoria Road
*North Acton Station
*Wales Farm Road
*Western Avenue
*Old Oak Road
*Uxbridge Road
*Shepherd's Bush Market "Hammersmith and City Line"
*Shepherd's Bush Green "Shepherd's Bush tube station Central Line"

Route departing Shepherd's Bush

*Shepherd's Bush Green "Shepherd's Bush tube station Central Line"
*Shepherd's Bush Market "Hammersmith and City Line"
*Uxbridge Road
*Old Oak Road
*Western Avenue
*Friary Road
*Acton Station
*Horn Lane
*Gypsy Corner for North Acton Station
*Park Royal Road
*Park Royal "Asda"
*Central Middlesex Hospital "Bus Station"
*Acton Lane
*Harlesden Station
*Harlesden "Jubilee Clock"
*Craven Park Road
*Craven Park
*Church Road
*Willesden Bus Garage
*High Road
*Walm Lane
*"'Willesden Green Station
*Cricklewood Station
*Cricklewood Lane
*Finchley Road
*North End Road
*Golders Green Station

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Metroline
* London Buses route 460

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/260.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]