London Buses route 181

London Buses route 181 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metrobus. The 181 is currently running out of Metrobuses Green Street Green, which is based in Orpington. The garage has only recently been re-built for Metrobus, they had to use a tempoary garage in Pollards Hill, near Streatham and Beddington. The garage is quite far from the route along with other routes 261 and 284 which both operate in the same area as the 181 (in fact the 284 also used to be owned by Stagecoach London, and was given to Metrobus at about the same time), and the 358 which is in the Forest Hill, Penge areas. But this is due to Metrobus not having many garages in London, only having this one and Croydon. Although two London Buses operate from thier Surrey Garage in Crawley.

History
The 181 used to be operated by Stagecoach London and Selkent(although the latter was before Stagecoach, don't be confused with the original Selkent and the new one which has taken over all of Stagecoaches South London operations. They are/were operated by different companies) out of there Catford Garage which is much closer, in fact the 181 passes the road it's on (Bromley Road). When Metrobus took over the contract in early 2006, the route changed as it was extended at Downham Old Bromley Road it's previous terminus to Grove Park.

Route Departing Grove Park

 * Grove Park Town Centre
 * Baring Road Chinbrook Road
 * Grove Park railway station
 * Downham Way The Green
 * Downham Way
 * Downham Community Centre
 * Downham Way St. Barnabas Hall
 * 'Downham Bromley Road''
 * Bromley Road Old Bromley Road
 * Southend Village The Pond
 * Bromley Road Tigers Head
 * Southend Lane Dunfield Road
 * Southend Lane King Alfred Avenue
 * Southend Lane Worsley Bridge Road (for Lower Sydenham railway station)
 * Lower Sydenham Bell Green
 * Lower Sydenham Bell Green Sainsbury's (store opening times only)
 * Perry Hill Perry Rise
 * Perry Hill Rutland Park
 * Catford Hill Woolstone Road (for Elm Lane)
 * Catford St. Dunstans College
 * Catford and Catford Bridge Stations
 * Catford Lewisham Town Centre, Broadway Theatre
 * Catford Rushey Green
 * Sangley Road Plassy Road
 * Sangley Road
 * Sandhurst Road
 * Brownhill Road Torridon Road
 * Hither Green Lane
 * 'Hither Green Old Hospital'' (for Hither Green railway station)
 * Hither Green Lane Thornford Road Post Office
 * Courthill Road
 * Ladywell Leisure Centre
 * Lewisham High Street
 * Lewisham Shopping Centre Town Centre
 * Lewisham station Bus station

Route Departing Lewisham

 * Lewisham station Bus station
 * Lewisham Shopping Centre Town Centre
 * Lewisham High Street
 * Courthill Road
 * Hither Green Lane
 * 'Hither Green Old Hospital'' (for Hither Green railway station)
 * Brownhill Road Torridon Road
 * Sandhurst Road
 * Sangley Road
 * Catford Bromley Road
 * Catford Lewisham Town Centre
 * Catford and Catford Bridge Stations
 * Catford St. Dunstans College
 * Catford Hill Woolstone Road
 * Perry Hill Rutland Park
 * Perry Hill Perry Rise
 * Lower Sydenham Sainsbury's
 * Lower Sydenham Bell Green
 * Southend Lane King Alfred Avenue
 * Southend Lane Dunfield Road
 * Bromley Road Tigers Head
 * Southend Village The Pond
 * Bromley Road Old Bromley Road
 * 'Downham Bromley Road''
 * Downham Way St. Barnabas Hall
 * Downham Way
 * Downham Way The Green
 * Grove Park railway station Bus station