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London Buses route N91 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Trafalgar Square and Cockfosters, it is operated by London General.

History[]

Route N91 was renumbered from 291 on 28 September 1960 to allow for the greater need of numbers for day routes. It ran between Liverpool Street and Willesden Garage via Bank, St. Paul’s, Ludgate Circus, Fleet Street, Strand, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Edgware Road, Harrow Road, and Harlesden. It was subsequently rerouted to serve Paddington station, and the route now forms part of today’s route 6 which runs 24 hours.

The present route N91 is the night service for route 91 between Trafalgar Square and Crouch End, and the Piccadilly line between Holborn and Cockfosters, albeit not serving Holloway Road, Arsenal, Finsbury Park, and Manor House stations. Passengers can then continue their journey using night routes N97 to Hammersmith and N9 to Heathrow Airport Central. There is currently no night service for the Uxbridge branch.

The present route N91 commenced operating on 25 February 1994 between Trafalgar Square and Hornsey Rise via Aldwych - Kingsway - Holborn - Euston - King's Cross - Caledonian Road - Nag's Head - Seven Sisters Road - Hornsey Road. The route was initially operated by London Northern from their Holloway (HT) garage using an MCW Metrobus.

On 26 October 1994, the route was included in the sale of London Northern to MTL London.

On 23 June 1995, the route was rerouted between Trafalgar Square and Holborn via Piccadilly Circus instead of Aldwych and was extended from Hornsey Rise to Potters Bar - replacing withdrawn Route N21. The allocation was transferred to the Potters Bar (PB) garage at the same time.

On 31 January 1997, the route passed to Capital Citybus operating from their Northumberland Park (NP) garage with Alexander RH bodied Volvo Olympians introduced and was withdrawn between Cockfosters and Potters Bar.

On 16 May 1997, the route was rerouted between Trafalgar Square and Cambridge Circus direct via Charing Cross Road instead of Piccadilly Circus.

On 8 July 1998, the route was included in the sale of Capital Citybus to First Capital.

On 28 April 2000, the route was rerouted between Trafalgar Square and Holborn via Strand - Aldwych and Kingsway instead of Charing Cross Road.

On 2 February 2002, the route was retained by First London and was converted to low floor operation using brand new Plaxton President bodied Dennis Tridents.

On 6 February 2009, the route passed to Metroline operating from their Holloway (HT) and Potter Bar (PB) garages with Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s introduced.

In 2012, brand new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs were introduced alongside the existing Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s.

On 6 February 2016, the route was retained by Metroline.

In 2018, the Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s were replaced by Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LHs.

On 6 April 2019, the route was converted to a full Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LH operation.

On 29 January 2022, the Potters Bar (PB) allocation was transferred to Holloway (HT) garage.

On 4 February 2023, the route passed to London General operating from Stockwell (SW) garage using existing Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC bodied Volvo B5LHs.

On 20 January 2024, the allocation transferred back to Northumberland Park (NP) garage.

The route is will be rerouted between Hornsey Station and Wood Green Station via Western Road from Autumn 2024[1].

Current Route[]

Route N91 operates via these primary locations:

  • Trafalgar Square Northumberland Avenue
  • Charing Cross Station
  • Aldwych for Covent Garden Station
  • Holborn Station
  • Russell Square Station
  • Euston Bus Station
  • St Pancras Station
  • King's Cross Station
  • Caledonian Road Station
  • Holloway
  • Hornsey Rise
  • Crouch End Broadway
  • Turnpike Lane Bus Station
  • Wood Green Station
  • Bounds Green Station
  • New Southgate Station
  • Arnos Grove Station
  • Southgate Station
  • Oakwood Station
  • Cockfosters Station Cockfosters Road

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