London Buses route 176

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176
	Go-Ahead London New Routemaster on the Strand
Overview
Operator	Go-Ahead London
Garage	Camberwell
Route
Start	Penge
Via	Forest Hill; East Dulwich; Denmark Hill; Camberwell; Elephant and Castle; Waterloo
End	Tottenham Court Road station

London Buses route 176 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Penge and Tottenham Court Road station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

History

A Leyland Olympian double-decker operated by Arriva London on route 176 in Dulwich, July 2000

A Volvo B7TL double-decker operated by Arriva London on route 176 in Forest Hill, May 2008

Upon being re-tendered, the route was retained by Arriva London with a new contract commencing on 14 November 2003.^[2]

On 3 January 2009 the route was withdrawn between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Circus to allow Andrew Borde Street to be closed and used as a work site for the upgrade of Tottenham Court Road station and the construction of the Crossrail station.^[3] In January 2010, Transport for London claimed this shortening of route 176 as part of its implementation of the Mayor's request to reduce the bus flow in Oxford Street by 10% in each of 2009 and 2010.^[4]

Current route

Route 176 operates via these primary locations:^[5]

Penge Pawleyne Arms
Penge West station
Sydenham Cobb's Corner for Sydenham station
Sydenham School
Forest Hill Pools
Forest Hill station
Horniman Museum
Dulwich Library
East Dulwich station
Denmark Hill station
King's College Hospital
Camberwell Green
Walworth
Elephant & Castle station
St George's Circus
Waterloo station
South Bank
Waterloo Bridge
Aldwych
Charing Cross station
Leicester Square station
Cambridge Circus
Tottenham Court Road station

References

^ "Routes".
^ Bus tender results Route 176/N176 Transport for London 8 May 2003
^ "Bus diversions to facilitate Crossrail and rebuilding of Tottenham Court Road station". Transport for London. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
^ "Streets ahead: Relieving congestion on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street" (PDF). London Assembly Transport Committee. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2010. See Appendix 1.
^ Route 176 Map Transport for London

External links

Media related to London Buses route 176 at Wikimedia Commons

[Go-Ahead_London_routes-1] "Routes".

[2] Bus tender results Route 176/N176 Transport for London 8 May 2003

[3] "Bus diversions to facilitate Crossrail and rebuilding of Tottenham Court Road station". Transport for London. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2010.

[4] "Streets ahead: Relieving congestion on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street" (PDF). London Assembly Transport Committee. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2010. See Appendix 1.

[5] Route 176 Map Transport for London

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