London Buses route 207

207
Metroline Scania OmniCity at White City
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Hayes (HS)
Night-time	Night Bus N207
Route
Start	Southall
End	White City bus station
Route map Hayes-by-pass Roundabout Uxbridge Road The Broadway Southhall High Street Hanwell Broadway West Ealing Broadway New Broadway The Broadway The Mall Ealing Common Station Acton High Street The Vale Uxbridge Road Shepherd's Bush Market Station Shepherd's Bush Interchange White City Bus Station This diagram: ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

London Buses route 207 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Southall and White City bus station, it is operated by Metroline.

Route 207 originates from London United Tramways route 7 which ran between Uxbridge and Shepherd's Bush Green. In 1936, this route was replaced by a trolleybus route 607 which ran until 1960. Route 207 was introduced on 9 November 1960 as part of the trolleybus replacement program stage 8, replacing trolleybus route 607 between Uxbridge and Shepherd's Bush Green, using AEC Routemasters. The route was converted to crew operated Daimler Fleetlines in 1976, reverted to Routemasters in 1980 due to unreliability. One man operation followed in 1987 using MCW Metrobuses. In 1990 limited stops route 607 began, paralleling route 207 .

The route, which runs along the entire length of the Uxbridge Road, was operated as two overlapping sections in the late 1990s, with a peak vehicle requirement of 35 double-deckers. The proposed West London Tram paralleled much of the 207.

Low floor buses replaced the MCW Metrobuses in 2001, along with six articulated buses which were on trial on the route for six months, running between Hayes-by-Pass and Shepherd's Bush Green, from First London's Greenford garage. The trial was a success and on 9 April 2005 the route was split into two sections; the Hayes-by-Pass to Shepherd's Bush Green section retained the number 207 and was converted to single deck articlated bus operation with Mercedes-Benz O530Gs. The section between Uxbridge and Acton was renumbered 427 using Dennis Trident 2s. A new base opened at Hayes for the 207; the Uxbridge and Acton allocations were withdrawn.

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