• Source: London Buses route 185

London Buses route 185 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Lewisham and Victoria stations, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.




History



Upon being re-tendered in January 2001, the route passed from Selkent to London Easylink. However, because London Easylink had not received operators licences in time for their own buses, the Selkent buses were hired for the first few weeks. On 21 August 2002, when London Easylink went into liquidation, Blue Triangle was given the task of organising emergency cover at short notice.
A large number of operators were involved in providing replacement services, which operated every 15 minutes instead of every 10 as had been run prior to London Easylink's collapse. London Central and London General provided low-floor Volvo B7TL double-deckers amongst older vehicles, and fellow Go-Ahead Group subsidiary Metrobus also contributed. Independent operators Amber Lee, Carousel Buses, Imperial Buses, Redroute Buses and Sullivan Buses all provided vehicles made spare during the break in school terms; none had previously operated a Transport for London contracted route. Arriva London's tourist division The Original London Sightseeing Tour operated the route using closed-top MCW Metrobuses. After a month of service, First London and TfL subsidiary East Thames Buses joined the operation, while Stagecoach London operated additional journeys on route 53, which parallels the 185 over the southern section of route.
In December 2002 it was revealed that the 185 was the fifth least reliable service in London.
On 3 October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to Go-Ahead London, which included a five-year contract to operate route 185.




Current route


Route 185 operates via these primary locations:

Lewisham station
Lewisham Shopping Centre
Lewisham Hospital
Catford and Catford Bridge stations
Forest Hill station
Dulwich Library
East Dulwich station
Denmark Hill station
King's College Hospital
Camberwell Green
Kennington Park
Oval station
Vauxhall bus station for Vauxhall station
Vauxhall Bridge
Pimlico station
Victoria station




References






External links


Media related to London Buses route 185 at Wikimedia Commons

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• Jaringan Nasional
• London Buses route 185
• List of bus routes in London
• London Buses route 53
• London Buses route 109
• New Routemaster
• East Thames Buses
• Victoria bus station
• 185 (disambiguation)
• Ladywell Arena
• London Buses route 152