London Buses route 68
| 68 (and X68) | |
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| Overview | |
| Operator | London Central |
| Vehicle | New Routemaster |
| Night-time | Night Bus N68 |
| Route | |
| Start |
West Norwood station (68) West Croydon station (X68) |
| Via |
Herne Hill Camberwell Elephant & Castle Waterloo Aldwych Russell Square |
| End | Euston bus station (68) and Russell Square (X68) |
London Buses route 68 (and X68) is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between West Norwood station and Euston bus station, it is operated by London Central.
In the early period of motor omnibus travel, before World War I, number 68 was not in use as a route for the London General Omnibus Company, even though higher numbers up to 93 were active in 1912, for example.
The route was active at the start of World War II. During this war, its usual peacetime lighting of a pale blue colour was removed because of the risk of aerial bombing and the buses were blacked-out.
By 1952, following the removal of the last trams, the route ran from the Earl of Eldon public house in South Croydon to Chalk Farm station in Camden. This was a long 15 mile journey via places such as Thornton Heath, Norwood, Herne Hill, Camberwell, Elephant & Castle, Waterloo and Euston station which nowadays would require two changes of bus. The route started operating AEC Routemaster buses on Sundays in 1963 and switched to full Routemaster operation in 1970. The buses at this time were based in garages in Chalk Farm, Norwood and Croydon.
Upon being re-tendered, on 1 April 2006 routes 68 and X68 passed from Arriva London to London Central.
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