London Buses route 293

Infobox London Bus
number=293


operator=Metrobus
garage=Croydon
vehicle=Scania OmniCity
Scania OmniDekka
pvr=6
start=Morden
via=Lower Morden
North Cheam
Ewell
Epsom
end=Epsom General Hospital
length=8 miles (12 km)
level=Daily
frequency=Every 20 minutes, every 30 evenings and Sundays.
time=30-40 minutes (50 in peaks)
day=05:39 (towards Morden)
until
00:25 (towards Epsom)
night=No night service

London Buses route 293 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metrobus.

History

Route 293 was begun in April 1970, replacing route 93 between North Cheam and Epsom. At the time, the service ran beyond Morden to South Wimbledon and Wimbledon railway station, and served Epsom railway station rather than the General Hospital.

In April 1981, the route was converted to double deck operation. A year later, it was moved from Merton to Sutton garage.

A year after that the routing was changed to serve North Cheam between Ewell and Morden and Hackbridge instead of Wimbledon. Two years later, in April 1985, the service was swapped back to Merton garage.

In February 1989, operation was transferred to London County South West, and then in 1990, the route was withdrawn from Epsom station and extended to Merton Abbey Savacentre.

Between 1995 and 1998, there were a number of route changes, but the route was finally standardised to run its current service in 2000, now operated by the new London General.

The contract was awarded to Quality Line for the service to begin in September 2003. The service was slightly re-routed between Morden and North Cheam. The contract was then awarded to Metrobus, with it being taken over by them from August 2008, using 6 Scania Omnicity's and 1 Scania Omnidekka.

Current route

Route departing Morden

*Morden "Railway Station"
*Lower Morden "Beverley"
*St Anthonys Hospital
*North Cheam "Queen Victoria"
*Ewell "Green Man"
*Epsom "High Street (stop K)"
*Epsom General Hospital

Route departing Epsom

*Epsom General Hospital
*Epsom "Clock Tower (stop B)"
*Epsom "High Street (stop G)"
*Ewell "Green Man"
*North Cheam "Queen Victoria"
*St Anthonys Hospital
*Lower Morden "Beverley"
*Morden "Railway Station"

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Metrobus

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/293.pdf Full TfL timetable (PDF)]
* [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspublications.nsf/f2d920e015d1183d80256c670041a50b/53420e238182007980257290004487f4/$FILE/293.pdf Full SCC timetable (PDF)]