London Buses route 250

Infobox London Bus
number=250


operator=Arriva London
garage=Thornton Heath
Brixton
vehicle=DAF DB250/Alexander ALX400
pvr=22
start=Croydon
via=Thornton Heath
Norbury
Streatham
end=Brixton
length=8 miles (13 km)
level=24-hour service
frequency=About every 7-12 minutes
time=39-64 minutes
day=24-hour service
night=24-hour service

London Buses route 250 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London.

History

Route 250 was commenced on 14 May 1988 and was operated by South London at Streatham Garage using Leyland Olympians (L-class). This only ran Monday to Saturdays.

By 6 January 1990, the route was transferred from Streatham Garage to Brixton Garage, using MCW Metrobuses. In July it was transferred to Thornton Heath Garage and they started a Sunday service, the 250 was also converted back to Leyland Olympians.

In 1996 South London was renamed Cowie South London, with yellow diagonal stripes added on the back of the buses. Two years later, Arriva bought out Cowie and the buses were repainted with a cream/white cow horn applied to the front of their buses.

In 1999 Arriva bought some DAF DB250/Alexander ALX400 low-floor double-deckers (DLA-class) to replace the Leyland Olympians on route 250. In 2001, the 250 was transferred back to Brixton Garage and was converted back to Leyland Olympian operation. By the end of 2001 the operation was transferred back to Thornton Heath, and the DAF DB250s were allocated to the 250 again. The 250's night service is run by Brixton Garage using low-floor double-deckers.

Current route

Route departing Brixton

*Stockwell Park Walk
*Brixton Road
*Brixton tube station
*Brixton Road "Lambeth Town Hall"
*Effra Road
*St Matthew's Road
*Brixton Hill
*Streatham Hill "Brixton bus garage"
*Streatham Hill railway station
*Streatham High Road
*Streatham railway station
*Streatham High Road "Streatham Common"
*Green Lane
*Parchmore Road
*High Street
*Thornton Heath railway station
*Brigstock Road
*Thornton Heath Pond "Thornton Heath bus garage"
*London Road "Mayday Hospital"
*West Croydon railway station for "West Croydon bus station"
*Poplar Walk "Whitgift Centre"
*Wellesley Road
*Wellesley Road tram stop "Whitgift Centre"
*Wellesley Road
*Park Lane "Fairfield Halls"

Route departing Croydon

*Park Lane "Fairfield Halls"
*Croydon Flyover "Slip Road"
*High Street
*Katherine Street
*St George's Walk
*Park Street
*Wellesley Road
*Wellesley Road tram stop "Whitgift Centre"
*Wellesley Road
*Station Road "West Croydon bus station"
*West Croydon railway station
*London Road "Mayday Hospital"
*Thornton Heath Pond "Thornton Heath bus garage"
*Brigstock Road
*Thornton Heath railway station
*High Street
*Parchmore Road
*Green Lane
*Streatham High Road "Streatham Cmmon"
*Streatham railway station
*Streatham High Road
*Streatham Hill railway station
*Streatham Hill "Brixton bus garage"
*Brixton Hill
*Brixton Road "Lambeth Town Hall"
*Brixton tube station
*Brixton Road
*Stockwell Road
*Stockwell Park Walk

ee also

*List of bus routes in London
*Arriva London
*Route 109

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/250.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]