London Buses route N171 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Hither Green Station and Tottenham Court Road, it is operated by London Central.
History []
Route N171 commenced operation on 27 April 1996 between Trafalgar Square and Hither Green Station via Aldwych - Waterloo - Elephant & Castle - Camberwell Green - Peckham - New Cross - Brockley Cross - Brockley Rise - Stanstead Road - Catford Bridge - Catford - Sangley Road. The route was introduced to replace routes N71 and N79. The route initially operated by London Central from their New Cross (NX) garage using Leyland Titans.
On 28 April 2000, the Leyland Titans were replaced by Volvo Olympians and the route was rerouted at Aldwych to Tottenham Court Road instead of Trafalgar Square.
On 28 April 2001, the route was retained by London Central and was converted to low floor operation using Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs.
On 29 April 2006, the route was changed to terminate at Catford Bus Garage instead of Hither Green, and so mirroring the day 171 route. The route was retained by London Central at the same time.
On 25 June 2010, a consultation was held, proposing to reintroduce the service to Hither Green.
On 29 April 2011, following the consultation, the route was rerouted to Hither Green station and the route was retained by London Central with brand new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs were introduced.
On 28 April 2018, the route was retained by London Central and the Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs were replaced by brand new Enviro 400 MMC bodied Alexander Dennis E40Hs and existing Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LHs.
In May 2022, the route was converted to full Enviro 400 MMC bodied Alexander Dennis E40H operation.
Current Route[]
Route N171 operates via these primary locations:
- Hither Green Springbank Road
- Torridon Road
- Sandhurst Road
- Catford Lewisham Town Hall
- Catford & Catford Bridge Stations
- Stanstead Road
- Brockley Rise
- Crofton Park
- Brockley
- New Cross Gate
- Queens Road Peckham
- Peckham Bus Station
- Camberwell Green
- Walworth Road
- Elephant & Castle
- Waterloo (For IMAX Cinema and Southbank Centre)
- Aldwych (For Covent Garden)
- Holborn
- Tottenham Court Road Earnshaw Street