London Buses route 180 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in

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, England. Running between Erith and North Greenwich, it is operated by

Stagecoach London Stagecoach London is a major bus operator in Greater London. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach and operates services under contract to Transport for London mostly in East and South East London as well as some services into Central London. It i ...

History

In June 1992, a

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Leyland-DAB articulated bus was trialled for a month on the route along with a three-axle Citybus Leyland Olympian. On 14 February 1998, operation of the route passed from

Selkent Selkent (an acronym of South East London & Kent) is a bus company operating in central and south London and some parts of north-west Kent. It is a subsidiary brand of Stagecoach London and operates services under contract to Transport for Lond ...

Harris Bus Harris Bus was an English bus operator that operated services under contract to Transport for London. History Harris Bus was established in October 1986 as bus and coach operator in Grays. In 1997 it diversified, operating routes under contra ...

. After Harris Bus ran into financial difficulty, on 25 March 2000 it was taken over by East Thames Buses. On 3 October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to

London General London General is a bus company operating in Greater London. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and operates services under contract to Transport for London. The company is named after the London General Omnibus Company, the principal ...

, which included a five-year contract to operate route 180. London General retained the route when re-tendered with a new contract commencing on 1 October 2016. In December 2017, it was transferred from Belvedere garage to Morden Wharf garage. On 2 October 2021, the route was taken over by

. In July 2017 Transport for London announced proposed changes to route 180 in anticipation of the opening of the

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with route 180 to be diverted after Charlton to run to North Greenwich instead of

Lewisham Lewisham () is an area of southeast London, England, south of Charing Cross. It is the principal area of the London Borough of Lewisham, and was within the historic county of Kent until 1889. It is identified in the London Plan as one of ...

. The change was implemented on 14 May 2022.

Route

Route 180 operates via these primary locations: * Erith *

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Abbey Wood station Abbey Wood is a National Rail station in Abbey Wood in southeast London, England. It is between and stations on the North Kent Line. It is measured from , with services to central London routed via Greenwich or Lewisham, and Elizabeth line ...

Plumstead station Plumstead railway station serves the suburb of Plumstead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, east of Woolwich Arsenal. It is measured from . It is served by Southeastern. Plumstead is on the North Kent Line and was opened 10 years after the li ...

Woolwich Arsenal station Woolwich Arsenal station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) paired interchange station in the heart of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It has two parts; its raised, south-western part of the station is on the sem ...

Charlton station Charlton railway station is a railway station in Charlton, Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is measured from . The station is operated by Southeastern. Trains serving the station are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink. It is in Travelcard ...

Greenwich Peninsula The Greenwich Peninsula is an area of Greenwich in South East London, England. It is bounded on three sides by a loop of the Thames, between the Isle of Dogs to the west and Silvertown to the east. To the south is the rest of Greenwich, to the s ...

North Greenwich station North Greenwich is a London Underground station served by the Jubilee line. Despite its name, it is not in the local area historically known as North Greenwich, on the Isle of Dogs, north of the River Thames; a completely different North Gree ...

Vehicles

Since November 2021, the route has been partially operated by Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied BYD K10

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:180, London buses route Bus routes in London Transport in the London Borough of Bexley Transport in the London Borough of Lewisham Transport in the Royal Borough of Greenwich