London Buses route 188

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Abellio London Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL on Waterloo Bridge in October 2013
Overview
Operator	Abellio London
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	North Greenwich bus station
Via	Canada Water Bermondsey Waterloo
End	Russell Square station

London Buses route 188 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between North Greenwich bus station and Russell Square station, it is operated by Abellio London.

Upon being tendered in 1988, the route passed to Boro'line. Initially Leyland Atlanteans hired from Ipswich Buses and Daimler Fleetlines from Nottingham City Transport were used, until new Alexander bodied Volvo Citybuses were delivered in 1989. Boro'line operated from a depot in Crayford.

In November 1990, Boro'line surrendered the route, which consequently passed to London Buses subsidiary Selkent who operated it with Leyland Olympians from Plumstead garage. Upon retendering in 1993, the route changed operators again to London & Country, which was later purchased by the British Bus group. Reorganisation of the group's London operations saw the 188 move to the new Londonlinks subsidiary on its formation in 1995.

Route 188 was included in the sale of British Bus to the Cowie Group in August 1996. The contract to operate the route passed to Travel London in 2005.

On 28 July 2007, route 188 became a 24-hour service with a half-hourly service running throughout the night, seven days a week, passing through Bermondsey, Canada Water and Greenwich before terminating at The O2 Arena. The timetabling had been amended in order to meet the needs of visitors to The O2 where concerts continued until after the tube had closed.