London Buses route 263

Infobox London Bus
number=263


operator=Metroline
garage=Potters Bar (PB)
vehicle=Dennis Trident 2 / Plaxton President
pvr=Monday to Friday: 14
Saturday: 15
Sunday:12
start=Barnet Hospital
via=Whetstone
North Finchley
East Finchley
Highgate
end=Archway Station
length=8 miles (13 km)
level=Daily
frequency=About every 10-12 minutes
time= 29-53 minutes
day=6:00am until 1:00am
ibus=yes
night= N20 (runs via Finchley Central and terminates at Barnet Church)

London Buses route 263 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.

History

Route 263 originally started operation, with Routemaster buses, in 1971 and originally operated between Barnet High Street and Farringdon Street. In 1980, the route was converted to one man operation buses. 1983 saw the route's buses being converted to Metrobuses. At this point the routes garages were Finchley and Holloway. 3 years later the route was shortened on the southern side to Archway station. The northern side of the route was extended to Potters Bar bus garage which also became the main garage for the route. In 1986, some of the route's buses started terminating at Barnet Hospital, where a stand was built for terminating buses. Others were terminating at Potters Bar station, since 1983, to counter the shortening of the route 134. Later the route 84 took over operations to Potters Bar station and so the 263 was shortened to Potters Bar bus garage. In 1989, Metrobuses were replaced by Scanias low floor buses. These buses were only used by the route for a year. When they were replaced by double decker buses, the route was also slightly modified between Barnet High Street and Barnet Hospital. The route to Potters Bar bus garage was, in 1994, suspended on Sundays and later withdrawn completely as the route 234 covered these operations. At this point the route was operated by Leaside Buses and subsequently its garage changed. The garage was changed again in 2001, when First Capital took over operations of the route. The route was awarded to Metroline in 2003 and at this point its garage was Holloway. Its garage was moved back to Potter Bar in 2004. As of 2007, the route uses Trident 9.9m/President buses. [ [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk/Routes/263.htm Route 263 ] ] [ [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/details.htm#246 London Bus Route Details ] ]

Current route

Route departing Barnet Hospital

*Barnet Hospital
*Barnet "Church"
*High Barnet tation
*Barnet Hill
*Whetstone "Griffin"
* North Finchley "Sainsbury's/Library"
*North Finchley "Tally Ho Corner"
*East Finchley Station
*Highgate Station "Woodman"
*Archway Station

Route departing Archway Station

*Archway Station
*Highgate Station, "Woodman"
*East Finchley Station
*High Road
*North Finchley "Tally Ho Corner"
*High Road North Finchley
*Whetstone "Griffin"
*High Road Whetstone
*Barnet Hill
*High Barnet Station
*Barnet "Church"
*Wood Street
*Barnet Hospital

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Metroline

References

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/263.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]