London Buses route 187

London Buses route 187 is on Transport for London contract in London, United Kingdom and is on a First London contract.

History
Route 187 use to run from South Harrow via it Alperton, Park Royal, Harlesden, West Kilburn, Maida Vale, Swiss Cottage and terminated at Hampstead Heath.The route was withdrawn between Hampstead Heath and West Kilburn, replaced by former route 187A. Route 187A was, route 187 was extended back to Hampstead Heath; this section was again discounted and replaced by 46.

When route 187 was transferred from Metroline to London Traveller based at the Harlesden garage, New route 487 was created to replace it between South Harrow and Central Middlesex Hospital and route 187 was extended via route 46 to Swiss Cottage and route 82 to the new O2 Centre on Finchley Road.

Due to management with London Traveller (Metropolitan Omnibus) route 187 and 487 was transferred to Thorpes at the Perivale garage using a mixture of London Traveller's Dart's, Dart's from 70, 210 and London Buses route 316 and some double decks.

But Thorpe's also had problems managing these two routes and surrended them early 2004. First Centrewest won the contracts for the two routes and operate route 187 from the new willesden Junction garage and 487 at Alperton; using Dennis Dart SLF 10.2m / Marshall Capitals.

Current Route

 * Central Middlesex Hospital
 * Park Royal Asda
 * Harlesden station
 * Harlesden Jubilee Clock
 * Kensal Rise railway station
 * Queen's Park station
 * Maida Vale Edgware Road
 * St John's Wood tube station
 * Swiss Cottage tube station
 * Finchley Road tube station for Finchley Road & Frognal railway station