London Buses route 59
| 59 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Operator | Arriva London |
| Vehicle | New Routemaster[1] |
| Route | |
| Start | Streatham Hill |
| Via | Brixton Kennington Waterloo Holborn |
| End | King's Cross |
London Buses route 59 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Streatham Hill and King's Cross, it is operated by Arriva London.
History
Route 59 was introduced in 1999 in order to replace part of route 109 and also provide a service between Streatham and Euston station. It was and still is contracted to Arriva London.[2]
On 10 November 2007 the route was extended from Euston to King's Cross. The move, which was intended to provide a direct link between Waterloo and St Pancras stations, coincided with the relocation of the Eurostar terminal.[3]
In 2007, the route was used by two residents of Brixton as the starting point for a journey around the world using any method of transport except the aeroplane.[4]
On 20 December 2013, thirty people were injured when the driver of a route 59 bus (a DAF DB250LF with Wright Pulsar Gemini body, fleet number DW84[5] and registered as LJ04LFX) swerved to avoid a vehicle and hit a tree in Kennington.[6][7][8][9] Seven people were seriously injured.[10]
New Routemaster's were introduced on 22 March 2016.[1]
Current route
Route 59 operates via these primary locations:[11]
- Streatham Hill Telford Avenue
- Brixton station
- Kennington for Oval station
- Lambeth North station
- Waterloo station
- South Bank
- Waterloo Bridge
- Aldwych
- Holborn station
- Euston bus station
for Euston station 
- St Pancras International
- King's Cross station
- King's Cross Wharfdale Road
References
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- ↑ Route 59 (third) busesatwork.co.uk
- ↑ Route 59 extended to St Pancras and King's Cross Transport for London 30 October 2007
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- ↑ Route 59 Map Transport for London
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Timetable
