London Buses route 237

Infobox London Bus
number=237


operator=Metroline
garage=Brentford
vehicle=Dennis Trident 2 /Plaxton President
pvr=22
start=Hounslow Heath
via=Hounslow
Brentford
Kew Bridge
Turnham Green
Chiswick
end=Shepherd's Bush Green
level=Daily
length=8 miles (13 km)
frequency=About every 8-12 minutes
time=37-67 minutes
night=Route N9
day=5:30am until 0:46am
ibus=yes

London Buses route 237 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. This route is currently contracted to Metroline.

History

Route 237 was introduced in the early 1930s when it was totally different from what it is today. It started at Hounslow Garage, followed the current route 235 and finished at Chertsey station. Single-deck one man buses were used on the route.

In 1978, the route was extended to replace the Shepherd's Bush Green section of route 117 and the section between Sunbury and Chertsey Station was withdrawn. (Route 117 was, in 1962, itself a replacement of trolleybus service 657 between Hounslow and Shepherd's Bush.) It was converted to double-deck Routemaster operation at the same time, a rare case of a route being converted from one person to crew operation.

When the route was converted to OPO in 1987, it mainly used Leyland Olympians also MCW Metrobuses and even the odd single decker.

In 1996, the section between Sunbury Village and Hounslow Heath was withdrawn, being replaced by route 235. By this time there had been enough Metrobuse to allow the Olympians to be converted to the 140, although the latter still did reular runs on the route. In 1998 London United lost the contract for route 237 and the route was transferred to Armchair, operated by Leyland Olympians and Northern Counties Palatine-bodied Volvo Olympians even single decker Darts did some workings. In 2002 the contract was renewed and the route was converted to low-floor double-deck operation using Dennis Trident 2s, with the last Olympian running on the 3 January 2003. In early 2006 the contract was handed over to Metroline and the existing vehicles since have been painted into Metroline livery. More recently Plaxton President Dennis Trident's have been introduced to the route.

Current route

Route departing Shepherd's Bush Green

*Shepherd's Bush Green "Shepherd's Bush Station for Central Line"
*Goldhawk Road
*Goldhawk Road Station
*Starch Green
*Stamford Brook Station
*Chiswick High Road
*Stamford Brook Bus Garage
*Turnham Green "Church"
*Gunnersbury Station
*Kew Bridge Station
*Kew Bridge Road
*Brentford High Street
*Syon Park
*London Road
*Isleworth Station
*Hounslow "Bus Station"
*Hounslow High Street
*Douglas Road
*Hanworth Road
*Grove Road
*Staines Road
*Hounslow Heath "Hussar"

Route departing Hounslow Heath

*Hounslow Heath "Hussar"
*Staines Road
*Grove Road
*Hanworth Road
*Hounslow "Bus Station"
*London Road
*Isleworth Station
*Syon Park
*Brentford High Street
*Kew Bridge Road
*Kew Bridge Station
*Chiswick High Road
*Gunnersbury Station
*Turnham Green "Church"
*Stamford Brook Bus Garage
*Goldhawk Road
*Stamford Brook Station
*Starch Green
*Goldhawk Road Station
*Uxbridge Road
*Shepherd's Bush Green "Shepherd's Bush Station Central Line"

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Metroline

External links

* [http://www.londonbusesbyadam.fotopic.net London Bus Routes Fotopic]
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/237.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]