London Buses route 57

57
Go-Ahead London Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV at Streatham Hill station
Overview
Operator	Go-Ahead London
Garage	Merton
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	Fairfield bus station
Via	Norbiton Kingston Hospital Raynes Park Wimbledon South Wimbledon Merton Abbey Colliers Wood Tooting Streatham Streatham Hill
End	Clapham Park
Service
Level	24-hour service
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Operates	24-hour service

London Buses route 57 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Fairfield bus station and Clapham Park, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

History

The 57 service, running from Victoria to Tooting Broadway, via Vauxhall, Stockwell, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton & Streatham, was first introduced in July 1951, replacing London Tram routes 8 & 20. It took its present route in January 1964.^[1]

In 2015, Go-Ahead London won the tender to run the service, taking over from London United on 2 July 2016.^[2] In February 2023, the service frequency was reduced to every 12 minutes.^[3]

Current route

Route 57 operates via these primary locations:^[4]

• Fairfield bus station
• Norbiton station
• Kingston Hospital
• Raynes Park station
• Wimbledon station
• South Wimbledon station
• Merton Abbey
• Colliers Wood station
• Tooting Broadway station
• Streatham
• Streatham Hill station
• Clapham Park

Incidents

On Friday, 28 November 2014, a woman in her sixties was struck by a number 57 bus in Streatham and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving.^[5]

References

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 57 at Wikimedia Commons
• 57 bus route Timetable

This page was last edited on 21 April 2024, at 16:02