London Buses route 360

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	Go-Ahead London Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV on Vauxhall Bridge
Overview
Operator	Go-Ahead London
Garage	Camberwell
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV
Route
Start	Royal Albert Hall
Via	Kensington; Sloane Square; Pimlico; Vauxhall; Lambeth
End	Elephant and Castle

London Buses route 360 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Royal Albert Hall and Elephant and Castle, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

History

The route was the first in London to use hybrid electric buses, with six vehicles built by Wrightbus, branded Electrocity, entering service in February 2006.^[2] The trial was announced in March 2005; route 360 was chosen as it is one of few single-deck routes to operate in central London.^[3] Six diesel buses were operated alongside the hybrids for comparison.^[4] The hybrids were temporarily withdrawn shortly after their introduction following problems with engine overheating.^[5]

In November 2009, it was announced that Go-Ahead London had successfully tendered to retain the route, which would be converted to full hybrid operation using a mixture of new and existing vehicles from 23 January 2010, the first route to use only hybrid vehicles.^[6] In August 2014, new passenger information screens were introduced on one bus on the route.^[7]^[8]^[9]

The hybrid buses were replaced by electric Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV single-deckers in November 2017.^[10]

Current route

Route 360 operates via these primary locations:^[11]

References

^ "Who runs your bus". Transport for London. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ ""Cleaner, greener" buses for route 360". London SE1. Bankside Press. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "First Electrocity order for Wrightbus". Bus & Coach Magazine. 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
^ Bond, Sam (8 February 2006). "Red buses go green in London". Edie. Faversham House. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Milmo, Dan (26 October 2006). "London plans hybrid bus fleet to cut carbon emissions". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Aldridge, John (November 2009). "Route 360 to go 100% hybrid in latest contract shake-up". Buses (656). Ian Allan Publishing: 16–17.
^ Hopping, Clare (7 August 2014). "TfL to trial WiFi on Number 12 and RV1 London buses". Recombu. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ Worth, Dan (6 August 2014). "TfL will trial bus WiFi and digital seat data displays". V3. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ "WiFi trial on RV1 bus route". London SE1. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ "London's 360 electrified". Coach and Bus Week. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Route 360 Map Transport for London