London Buses route 192

Infobox London Bus
number=192


operator=Arriva London
garage=Lea Valley
vehicle=Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart 8.9m
pvr=12
start=Enfield
via=Bush Hill Park station
Edmonton Green station
Lea Valley
end=Tottenham Hale station
length=8 miles (12 km)
level=Daily
frequency=About every 10 minutes
time=33-55 minutes
day=04:25 to 01:40
night=No night service
ibus=yes

London Buses route 192 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London.

History

Route 192 is a local minibus service running in the Enfield area, between Enfield to Tottenham Hale. It was started in 1995, at the time from Enfield to Northumberland Park Tesco, and providing some competition to commercial services 363 and 517 which County Bus had just launched. Optare StarRider minibuses from Leaside’s Enfield Garage were used to begin with, but these were replaced by Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer or Northern Counties Paladins after a few years. The route was extended to Tottenham Hale during 2001, when Arriva Shires and Essex, who had taken over County Bus, withdrew the 363 and 517.

Arriva London (who had taken over Leaside) won a new contract for the route in November 2002. This specified low floor buses, a batch of new 8.8m Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer "Mini Pointer Darts" were purchased. The tender also saw a large service increase, with the daytime frequency on Mondays to Saturdays increasing from every 15 to every 10 minutes, and evenings and Sundays from 30 to every 15 minutes, with earlier and later journeys added.

A contract for October 2007 was again won by Arriva, and again it specified new vehicles. These were Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts, which entered service in 2008. The service carries heavy loadings throughout the route, but the narrow roads the route traverses means that the vehicles are still to the shortest length however. From the new contract, an extra bus was added to the schedule, to counter the delays caused by the overcrowding on the route. [ [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/192.htm London Bus routes history - Route 192] Accessed 3 May 2008]

Current route

Route departing Enfield

*Enfield "Little Park Gardens"
*Bush Hill Park railway station
*Edmonton Green railway station
*Lea Valley "Tesco"
*Tottenham Hale station

Route departing Tottenham Hale

*Tottenham Hale station
*Lea Valley "Tesco"
*Edmonton Green railway station
*Bush Hill Park railway station
*Enfield "Little Park Gardens"

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Arriva London

References

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/192.htm Full timetable]