London Buses route 57

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London General BYD Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV at Streatham Hill station in February 2024
Overview
Operator	London General (Go-Ahead London)
Garage	Merton
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	Clapham Park
Via	Streatham Hill Streatham Tooting Colliers Wood Merton Abbey South Wimbledon Wimbledon Raynes Park Kingston Hospital Norbiton
End	Fairfield bus station
Service
Level	24-hour service
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Operates	24-hour service

London Buses route 57 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Clapham Park and Fairfield bus station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London subsidiary London General.

History

The 57 service, running from Victoria to Tooting Broadway, via Vauxhall, Stockwell, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton & Streatham, was first introduced in July 1951, replacing London Tram routes 8 and 20. It took its present route in January 1964.

Transdev London Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2 in Kingston in December 2008

In 2015, Go-Ahead London won the tender to run the service, taking over from London United on 2 July 2016. In February 2023, the service frequency was reduced to every 12 minutes.

Current route

Route 57 operates via these primary locations:

• Clapham Park
• Streatham Hill station
• Streatham
• Tooting Broadway station
• Colliers Wood station
• Merton Abbey
• South Wimbledon station
• Wimbledon station
• Raynes Park station
• Kingston Hospital
• Norbiton station
• Fairfield bus station

Incidents

On Friday, 28 November 2014, a woman in her sixties was struck by a number 57 bus in Streatham and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving.

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 57 at Wikimedia Commons
• 57 bus route Timetable