London Buses route 65

65
London United Scania OmniCity in Kingston in May 2012
Overview
Operator	London United
Route
Start	Ealing Broadway station
Via	South Ealing Brentford Kew Richmond Petersham Ham Surbiton Hook
End	Kingston Chessington (Nights only)

London Buses route 65 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Ealing Broadway station and Chessington, it is operated by London United.

Route 65 originally ran from Ealing Argyle Road (now Scotch Common) to Leatherhead via Ealing Broadway, South Ealing, Brentford, Richmond, Petersham, Ham, Kingston, Tolworth, Hook and Chessington. It was initially operated from Kingston (K) and Turnham Green (V) garages, using STL-class AEC Regents and, after World War II, AEC Regent III RTs and Leyland Titans. In 1946, "pay-as-you-enter" experiments were carried out on route 65, running between Ealing Broadway and Leatherhead.

Armchair finally took over in January 1991, using a batch of seventeen Leyland Olympians plus three second-hand Atlanteans. It retained the route upon it being re-tendered in 1996, and subsequently replaced the ageing Atlanteans with new Northern Counties Palatine II bodied Volvo Olympians. A variety of other buses worked the route during Armchair's tenure, including Alexander bodied Leyland Olympians after Armchair lost route 260, two MCW Metrobuses new to East Kent Road Car Company.