Green Line route 757

Infobox Green Line coaches route
number=757 (including 755)


operator=Arriva Shires & Essex
garage= Luton
vehicle=Various coach types, including:
VDL SB4000/Van Hool T9
DAF SB3000/Plaxton Premiere
pvr=
start=Luton
via=Luton Airport
M1 Motorway
end=London
length= 30 miles (48 km)
level=Daily
frequency=Every 15 minutes
time=Around 1 hour 30 minutes
day=24 hour service
night=24 hour service

Green Line route 757 is a limited-stop express coach service, currently operated by Arriva Shires & Essex as part of the large Green Line Coaches network. It operates between Luton and London. Additionally, the route 755 variation also serves some Luton housing estates. Some coaches run in easyBus livery.

History

Route 757 was started in 1980, as part of a new Green Line network. [ [http://www.ampyx.org.uk/lcountry/grnline/grnline.html History of Green Line] Accessed 21 March 2008]

In 2005, five new VDL SB4000/Van Hool T9 were ordered for the route, these were some of the first wheelchair accessible coaches to enter service with disabled passengers entering via the front door. [ [http://www.greenline.co.uk/__80256E2700397232.nsf/vWeb/wpDOMR6L4GMC Green Line - "Assisted Travel on Green Line 757"] Accessed 21 March 2008] In 2007, one of these coaches sustained severe accident damage in a fatal accident on the M1 motorway. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7038940.stm BBC News - "Man dies in motorway fog pile-up"] Accessed 21 March 2008]

In 2006, as part of some easyBus service changes, some of the 757 coaches were repainted into easyBus orange. Thus, the minibus serves operated by easyBus over the same route of the 757 has now been incorporated into the coach route. Tickets can be used on either vehicles, and all coaches display prominent, "Green Line (or easyBus) passengers welcome" notices.

More recently, it has been common to see some of Arriva's standard buses on the route, most often Scania/Wright Solars branded for Luton Town services.

In February 2008, the route was revised to run as a standard service from Luton, then Luton Airport to London. Route 755 continued however.

An order was announced in April 2008 for 13 new tri-axle VDL SB4000/Van Hool T9s for the route.

Current route

Route departing Luton

*"Some 755 numbered coaches also serve some Luton housing areas."
*Luton "Town Centre, Church Street"
*Luton Airport
*Direct via M1 motorway
*Bricket Wood "A405, Black Boy Pub"
*Brent Cross "Shopping Centre, A406"
*Finchley Road "Finchley Road railway station"
*London "Baker Street tube station"
*London "Marble Arch, Park Lane"
*Victoria "Buckingham Palace Road"

Route departing London, Victoria

*London Victoria "Buckingham Palace Road"
*London "Marble Arch, Park Lane"
*London "Gloucester Place"
*Finchley Road "Finchley Road railway station"
*Brent Cross "Shopping Centre, A406"
*Bricket Wood "A405, Black Boy Pub"
*Direct via M1 motorway
*Luton Airport
*Luton "Town Centre, Church Street"
*"Some 755 numbered coaches also serve some Luton housing areas."

ee also

*Green Line Coaches
*Arriva Shires & Essex

References

External links

* [http://www.greenline.co.uk/ Green Line Coaches website]
* [http://www.greenline.co.uk/__80256E2700397232.nsf/vWeb/wpNPOK6CBKG4?OpenDocument Green Line - Route 757]
* [http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/ Arriva Shires & Essex website]
* [http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/__80256E280053B5B6.nsf/vWeb/wpDOMR6ACNZJ?Open&show=current&region=Shires%20and%20Essex&town=Luton Full timetable - Arriva]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/757.pdf Full timetable - Transport for London]