London Buses route 16
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| Management | |
| Operated by | Metroline |
| Garage | Cricklewood |
| Vehicle | {{{vehicle}}} |
| Route | |
| Start | Cricklewood |
| Via | Kilburn Marble Arch Hyde Park Corner |
| End | Victoria |
| Length | 6 miles (9 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily (5:00am until midnight) |
| Frequency | About every 7-8 minutes |
| Journey time | 31-57 minutes |
| Night | Night bus N16 |
| Adult single fares | |
| Cash | £1.50 |
| Oyster | 80p (£1 Mon-Fri 7-9.30am) |
| Transport for London | |
London Buses route 16 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.
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[edit] History
Metroline are great fans of cascading vehicles around from one route to another – usually with good reason, varying from passenger loadings and vehicle layouts to economy in engineering. One route that has had more than its share of cascades is the 16, which seemed for a time to be getting new vehicles on an annual basis each summer, though the allocation does now appear to have settled down.
First to come were Volvo Olympians, as an upgrade from MCW Metrobuses, in 1998. AV 23-38 later moved to the 260 and were replaced by an equal number of new Tridents. Those were the first of what was destined to be a short run of success with Metroline for Alexander, as opposed to the Plaxton President which had been specified before (though by MTL, before takeover by Metroline) and subsequently became standard.
But in 2000 those were in turn cascaded, and replaced by the last Alexander bodied buses ordered by Metroline, TAL 118-134. This batch of TALs was thus unique. The TAs moved to route 32, but have subsequently drifted back partly to cover an increase in service on the 16. The 16 also suffered the indignity of a large number of Dennis Dart single deckers recently, to free up double deckers for the much needed conversion of routes 139 and 189 to double deck. However, full double deck operation was re-achieved by 17 February 2003, when the Mayor’s congestion charge kicked in.
[edit] Current Route
[edit] Route departing Cricklewood
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[edit] Route departing Victoria
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[edit] Gallery
 Routemaster operation of route 16 |
 Metroline MCW Metrobus operation of route 16 |
 Metroline MCW Metrobus operation of route 16 |
 Metroline Alexander ALX400 operation of route 16 |
 Metroline Dennis Dart operation of route 16 |
