London Buses route C2

C2This route has the ibus AVL system installed.

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Management
Operated by	Metroline
Garage	Holloway (HT)
Vehicle	Trident 2 9.9m / President Alexander Dennis Enviro400
PVR †	Day: 19 Night: 3
Route
Start	Parliament Hill Fields
Via	Kentish Town Camden Town Great Portland Street Oxford Circus Green Park Hyde Park Corner
End	Victoria
Length	6 miles (9 km)
Service
Level	24-hour service
Frequency	every 7-12 minutes (Day) 30 minutes (night)
Journey time	24-41 minutes
Day	24-hour service
Night	24-hour service
Adult single fares
Oyster	90p
Cash	£2.00
† peak vehicle requirement Transport for London • Performance
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London Buses route C2 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.

History

Camden Hoppa Route C2 began in March 1987 from the withdrawal of the Northern End of route 53 (between Parliament Hill Fields and Oxford Circus from 4 April 1987). The route was initially tendered to London Country North West (LCNW), running between Regent Street via Camden Town to Parliament Hill Fields, using Optare CityPacers minibuses leased from London Regional Transport from Muswell Hill Garage. LCNW surrendered the route during June 1988, with London Buses taking over operation of the route, from Victoria Garage using their leased CityPacers.

The route stayed at Victoria (Basement) Garage, eventually with London General using Optare StarRiders, until January 1994, when the route was lost to London Northern.

The StarRiders moved with the route to Holloway Garage, although this was only temporary as Northern Counties Paladin 9m bodied Camden Link route branded Dennis Darts (DNLs) entered service in June. The 1990s saw a brief period where the route was extended northwards via Highgate and Crouch End. Privatisation saw the route being passed to MTL London Northern in October, later bought out by Metroline in 1998. The Darts were replaced by double deck Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 2s during 1999.

The C2 was converted into a 24-hour service on 14 April 2007. This was the first time that a normal prefix route gained a night service.

In June 2009 the route was extended from Oxford Circus, via Green Park station and Hyde Park Corner to Victoria bus station, partially replacing a withdrawn section of route 8.

Current route

• Parliament Hill Fields
• Kentish Town Station
• Camden Town Station
• Great Portland Street Station
• Oxford Circus Station
• Green Park Station
• Hyde Park Corner
• Victoria Station Bus Station

See also

• List of bus routes in London
• Metroline

External links

• Transport for London
• London Bus Routes
• Full timetable (PDF)