London Buses route 293 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in

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, England. Running between Morden station and Epsom General Hospital, it is operated by London United.

History

Route 293 commenced operating on 18 April 1970 between

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and Epsom stations, replacing route 93 between North Cheam and Epsom.Last Scanis singles to go ''

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'' issue 756 March 2018 page 20 The new route was allocated to Merton garage with operation by AEC Merlins. On 20 April 1974, it was converted to double operation with Daimler Fleetlines. On 23 April 1983, route 293 was rerouted to serve Hackbridge instead of

. Upon being put up for tender, the route passed to

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on 19 July 1986, who introduced using second hand ex Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

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s. Upon the privatisation of LCBS, the route was transferred to London Country South West. In 1990, the route was withdrawn between Morden station and Hackbridge, and was extended to run to Merton Abbey. New Volvo Citybuses replaced the Atlanteans. The route passed from the control of London Regional Transport, and became a commercially operated route by London Country. From 1993-1995, evening and Sunday services were renumbered 593, and were operated by Epsom Buses using Mercedes-Benz minibuses. Between 1995 and 1998, there were a number of route changes, but the route was finally standardised to run its current service in 2000, now operated by London General. Upon being re-tendered, on 19 July 2003 route 293 passed to Quality Line. The service was slightly re-routed between Morden and North Cheam. When next tendered, the route passed to Metrobus' Croydon garage on 30 August 2008. Metrobus successfully tendered to retain the route, with a new contract commencing on 31 August 2013. On 1 September 2018, operation of the route was taken over by Quality Line. On 19 June 2021, operation of the route was transferred from Quality Line to fellow

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company London United's Tolworth garage.

Route

Route 293 operates via these primary locations:Route 293 Map
Transport for London * Morden station * Lower Morden * North Cheam *

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* Ewell * Epsom station * Epsom General Hospital

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:293, London Buses Route Bus routes in London Transport in Epsom and Ewell Transport in the London Borough of Merton Transport in the London Borough of Sutton