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London General Alexander Dennis Enviro400 at Fairfield bus station in December 2023
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Merton
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	Fairfield bus station
Via	Norbiton Kingston Hospital Raynes Park Wimbledon South Wimbledon Merton Abbey Colliers Wood Tooting Streatham Streatham Hill
End	Clapham Park
Service
Level	24-hour service
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Operates	24-hour service

London Buses route 57 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Fairfield bus station and Clapham Park, it is operated by London General.

History

The 57 service, running from Victoria to Tooting Broadway, via Vauxhall, Stockwell, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton & Streatham, was first introduced in July 1951, replacing London Tram routes 8 & 20. It took its present route in January 1964.^[1]

Transdev London Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2 in Kingston in December 2008

In 2015, London General won the tender to run the service, taking over from London United (operating as Transdev) on 2 July 2016.^[2] In February 2023, the service frequency was reduced to every 12 minutes.^[3]

Current route

Route 57 operates via these primary locations:^[4]

• Fairfield bus station
• Norbiton station
• Kingston Hospital
• Raynes Park station
• Wimbledon station
• South Wimbledon station
• Merton Abbey
• Colliers Wood station
• Tooting Broadway station
• Streatham
• Streatham Hill station
• Clapham Park

Incidents

On Friday, 28 November 2014, a woman in her sixties was struck by a number 57 bus in Streatham and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving.^[5]

References

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 57 at Wikimedia Commons
• 57 bus route Timetable