London Buses route 87

London Buses route 87 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Aldwych and Wandsworth, it is operated by London General.

87
Overview
OperatorLondon General
GarageStockwell (SW)
Peak vehicle requirement21
Night-timeNight Bus N87
Route
StartAldwych
ViaCharing Cross
Westminster
Vauxhall
Wandsworth Road
Clapham Junction
EndWandsworth

History

Route 87 is the renumbering of the former route 77A from 3 June 2006 in line with TfL's policy of removing letter-suffixed routes.[1]

Upon being re-tendered, the route was retained by London General with a new contract commencing on 1 June 2013.[2][3]

On 30th March 2019, the route entered New Routemaster operation after route 88 was extended to Parliament Hill Fields via Albany Street to replaced route C2, which ceased operation on the same day. Route 88 is now operated via Alexander Dennis Enviro 400Hs and Enviro 400 MMC bodied Alexander Dennis E40Hs.

Current route

Route 87 operates via these primary locations:[4]

References
  1. Craig, Zoe (15 September 2016). "How Do London's Buses Get Their Numbers?". Londonist.
  2. Tender Round Wins Roll In BusTalk (Go-Ahead London) issue 17 August 2012
  3. "Route 87 - award announced 19 July 2012". Transport for London. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. Route Map Transport for London
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