London Buses route 171
| 171 | |
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| Overview | |
| Operator | London Central |
| Garage | New Cross (NX) |
| Vehicle | Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 |
| Peak vehicle requirement | 25 |
| Night-time | Night bus N171 |
| Route | |
| Start | Catford |
| Via |
Brockley New Cross Peckham Elephant & Castle Waterloo |
| End | Holborn |
| Length | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | 8-12 minutes |
| Journey time | 45-89 minutes |
| Operates | 04:00 until 00:30 |
London Buses route 171 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Catford and Holborn, it is operated by London Central.
Route 171 Commenced operating on 6 April 1952 at Stage 7 of London Transport's post-war "Tram to Buses" conversion scheme to replace Kingsway Subway Tram route 33. It ran as a daily service between Tottenham and West Norwood via Harringay, Manor House, Newington Green, Angel, Rosebery Avenue, Kingsway, Aldwych, Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Kennington, Brixton, West Norwood (Thurlow Arms) extended Sunday to West Norwood garage). The section between Harringay and Tottenham was new territory, not previously served by London buses.
On 16 October 1957, it swapped its southern end with route 172 at Victoria Embankment to run to Forest Hill via Elephant & Castle, Walworth, Camberwell, Peckham, New Cross and Brockley. This had the effect of leveling out the passenger loads on the Northern and Southern sections of both routes.
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