- 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 (towardsMorden )
until
00:25 (towardsEpsom )
night=No night serviceLondon Buses route 293 is a
Transport for London contracted bus route inLondon ,United Kingdom . The service is currently contracted to Metrobus.History
Route 293 was begun in April 1970, replacing route 93 between
North Cheam andEpsom . At the time, the service ran beyondMorden toSouth Wimbledon andWimbledon railway station , and servedEpsom 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 betweenEwell andMorden andHackbridge 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London County South West , and then in 1990, the route was withdrawn from Epsom station and extended toMerton Abbey Savacentre .Between 1995 and 1998, there were a number of route changes, but the route was finally standardised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 betweenMorden andNorth 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
* MetrobusExternal 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)]
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