London Buses route 186
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| Management | |
| Operated by | Metroline |
| Garage | Edgware |
| Vehicle | Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President |
| Route | |
| Start | Northwick Park Hospital |
| Via | Harrow Wealdstone Edgware Mill Hill Hendon |
| End | Brent Cross Shopping Centre |
| Length | 11 miles (17 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily (5:30am until 1:00am) |
| Frequency | About every 20 minutes |
| Journey time | 50-80 minutes |
| Night | none |
| Adult single fares | |
| Cash | £1.50 |
| Oyster | 80p (£1 Mon-Fri 7-9.30am) |
| Transport for London | |
London Buses route 186 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
The 186 was one of five routes selected by London Transport for evaluation of the first low floor buses from 1993/1994. (The others were 101, 120, 144 and 222) All 68 buses ordered were fitted with Wright Pathfinder bodies, but the chassis were divided between Dennis and Scania, with the 186 being one of the routes to receive the LLW-class Dennis Lance SLFs.
Apart from artics, the vast majority of subsequent low-floor single-deck buses in London have been Darts and other lightweight models. Neither of the London Transport designs was a major success anywhere in the country, but Scania and Volvo make other models of full-size low-floor single deckers and these are quite popular outside London. The LLWs worked fairly well on the 186, with not-too-heavy loadings (despite their size the buses have only 34 seats) and at the same time no very narrow or twisty roads that could make their length a problem.
[edit] Current route
[edit] Route departing Northwick Park Hospital
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[edit] Route departing Brent Cross
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[edit] Gallery
 Leyland National operation of route 186 |
 MCW Metrobus operation of route 186 |
 Dennis Lance SLF operation of route 186 |
 MCW Metrobus operation of route 186 |
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