London Buses route 120
| 120 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Operator | London United |
| Garage | Hounslow (AV) |
| Vehicle |
Scania OmniCity 10.8m Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.2m |
| Peak vehicle requirement | 16 |
| Night-time | No night service |
| Route | |
| Start | Northolt |
| Via |
Yeading Southall Norwood Green Lampton |
| End | Hounslow bus station |
| Length | 8 miles (13 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | 10-15 minutes |
| Journey time | 30-65 minutes |
| Operates | 04:30 until 00:53 |
London Buses route 120 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Northolt and Hounslow bus station, it is operated by London United.
Route 120 commenced operating on 27 January 1926. The route initially ran from the Victory, The Green, Southall to the Hussar, Staines Road, Hounslow Heath, via King Street, Norwood Road, Heston Road, Lampton Road, Staines Road, Tivoli Road and Gloucester Road to a stand in Barrack Road, returning directly to Staines Road. On Saturday afternoons and evenings and all day on Sundays it was extended from Hounslow Heath to the Red Lion, Feltham via Staines Road, Hounslow Road, and High Street, Feltham. It was operated by two single-deck K-type buses (three on Saturday pm) based at Hounslow garage. The practice until 1934 was to use suffixes to the route number for different termini: Southall to Feltham was 120, Southall to Hounslow Heath was 120A.
On 28 July 1926, the route was extended northward via the Green and South Road to Cambridge Road, Southall. In March 1927 the single deckers were replaced by open-top double-deck NS-type buses. From 1 February 1928 buses also ran to Feltham on weekday afternoons.
Between 16 November 1928 and 6 February 1929 London Public Omnibus also provided buses for the route from a garage in Pluckington Place, Southall: two on weekdays and three on Saturdays. From 15 February 1929 the route was extended from Southall to Clarendon Road for Hayes station via the Broadway, Uxbridge Road, Coldharbour Lane, Station Road and Clayton Road (returning via Blyth Road). The longer route required six buses (nine on Saturdays). Buses from Hanwell garage were used for the Sunday service from 3 April 1931. The same garage supplied some Saturday buses from May 1931. Both garages were now using ST-type buses.
On 22 June 1932, the route was withdrawn between Hounslow Heath and Feltham. On 4 March 1936 it was withdrawn between the White Hart in King Street, Southall and Hounslow Heath, being replaced by new route 105. The shortened 120 was operated by 2 STs from Hounslow garage (3 on Sat). Hanwell garage took over weekday operation in April 1938, and the Sunday service was withdrawn on 8 May 1938.
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