London Buses route H91

Infobox London Bus
number=H91


operator=Transdev London
garage=Hounslow Heath
vehicle=Dennis Dart SLF 10.8m / Plaxton Pointer
pvr=14
start=Hounslow West
via= Heston
Lampton
Osterley
Gunnersbury
Chiswick
end=Hammersmith
length=8 miles (13 km)
level=Daily
frequency=About every 10-15 minutes
time= 26-63 minutes
night=No night service
day=6:00am until 11:00pm
ibus=yes

London Buses route H91 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Transdev London.

History

The H91 dates back to 25 May 1991, and was formed from the withdrawal of route 91 (which ran between Wandsworth and Hounslow). The original route 91 dates back much longer, more than 50 years, once running between Wandsworth Bridge and Cranford, from Turnham Green and Riverside Garages with a Wandsworth Saturday allocation being introduced to replace the Turnham Green Saturday allocation in October 1952. The Riverside allocation was withdrawn in May 1956, with a reallocation to Turnham Green on Saturday.

On 12 October 1952 the route was extended from Hounslow to London Airport (Heathrow), Monday to Saturday, although this was restricted to Monday to Saturday mornings only for a period between 17 October 1956 and 1 May 1957. The route was extended at all times to Heathrow on 30 April 1958, but was withdrawn on 5 October. The Sunday service was withdrawn completely on 26 November 1958, and the Saturday service between Heathrow and Hounslow was withdrawn on 11 October 1961. Garage allocation changed once again during October 1965, with a Monday to Friday operation from Turnham Green and Saturdays from Riverside, a Turnham Green Saturday allocation was reintroduced during November 1968.

On 30 November 1968, the route was withdrawn at all times between Hounslow and Heathrow. The Riverside allocation was withdrawn on the introduction of single deck AEC Swifts during September 1971, but these were replaced by double deck Daimler Fleetlines (DMS) in November 1973, and in turn replaced by Metrobuses in December 1979.

The Monday to Friday service was extended to Wandsworth Garage on 13 June 1976, followed by a Monday to Saturday extension on 7 August 1976. No other changes occurred until 1990 when, on the 6 January the allocation was transferred to Hounslow.

Route 91 was withdrawn on 25 May 1991, although this was essentially a split of the route with the Hammersmith to Hounslow section being renumbered route H91, the Turnham Green to Fulham Broadway section was renumbered route 391, with the Fulham to Wandsworth section being withdrawn.

The H91 began using Plaxton bodied Darts along with MCW Metrobuses from the former route 91. Following the conversion to Westlink it used Plaxton and Wright Handybus bodied Darts. When London United brought back Westlink in about 1998 the route retained the latter and it gained a wide variety of buses. This included MCW Metrobuses from the 281 and the 85, Leyland Olympians from the 140, Leyland Lynxes from the 81 as well as low floor darts from different routes. But these were all replaced in 2001 by Wright Pathfinder bodied Darts and Dennis Lances. However the Plaxton bodied darts were still retained due to the poor reliability of the Lances. In spring 2004 the route gained Alexander Royale bodied Volvo Olympians and extra low floor darts from the 49. This allowed the Lances to be withdrawn and the route is now plied by the former although in early 2007 Cateno bodied Darts were used for a brief period.

Current route

Route departing Hammersmith

*Hammersmith Station (District/Piccadilly Lines) "Bus Station for Hammersmith Station (Hammersmith & City Line)"
* Talgarth Road
* Queen Caroline Street
* King Street "for Ravenscourt Park Station "
* Stamford Brook Bus Garage
* Chiswick High Road
* Turnham Green "Church"
* Town Hall Avenue
* Heathfield Terrace
* Wellesley Road
* Oxford Road North
* Chiswick High Road
* Gunnersbury
* Gunnersbury Station
* Great West Road
* Brentford
* Great West Road "Ealing Road"
* Great West Road "Windmill Road"
* Great West Road "Boston Manor Road"
* Osterley "Gillete Corner"
* Osterley Station
* Lampton
* Vicarage Farm Road "Great Weat Road"
* Bath Road
* Hounslow West Station

Route departing Hounslow West Station

* Hounslow West Station
* Bath Road
* Vicarage Farm Road "Great Weat Road"
* Lampton
* Osterley Station
* Osterley "Gillette Corner"
* Great West Road "Boston Manor Road"
* Great West Road "Windmill Road"
* Great West Road "Ealing Road"
* Brentford
* Gunnersbury
* Chiswick High Road
* Gunnersbury Station
* Oxford Road North
* Wellesley Road
* Sutton Lane
* Turnham Green "Church"
* Chiswick High Road
* Stamford Brook Bus Garage
* King Street "for Ravenscourt Park Station "
* Dalling Road
* Glenthorne Road
* Beadon Road
* Hammersmith Station (Hammersmith & City Line)
*Hammersmith Broadway
*Hammersmith Road
*Hammersmith Station (District/Piccadilly Lines) "Bus Station"

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Transdev London

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/H91full.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]