London Buses route 113 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in

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, England. Running between

Edgware bus station Edgware Bus Station serves the Edgware suburb of the London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England. The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London. The bus station is off Station Road, situated a short distance away from Edgw ...

and

Marble Arch The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash (architect), John Nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near th ...

, it is operated by

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History

Route 113 is a particularly notable route as it ran over exactly the same routeing between

Edgware Edgware () is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with small parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow and in the London Borough of Brent. Edgware is centred north-northwest of Charing Cros ...

and

Oxford Circus Oxford Circus is a road junction connecting Oxford Street and Regent Street in the West End of London. It is also the entrance to Oxford Circus tube station. The junction opened in 1819 as part of the Regent Street development under John Nash, ...

for over 70 years, from before

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until 6 November 2009. After 70 years of operation between Edgware and Oxford Circus, the route was withdrawn between Oxford Circus and Orchard Street, and diverted to

(returning from Portman Street) on 7 November 2009 as part of the

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's pledge to reduce the number of buses using

Oxford Street Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and as ...

, breaking some 2,100 daily passenger journeys on the route between Oxford Street, Hendon, Mill Hill and Edgware. The route was also planned for simultaneous conversion to 24-hour operation in 2009, along with improvements to evening and Sunday frequencies, and a possible diversion in Mill Hill via The Broadway, Hale Lane and Selvage Lane. However, these improvement plans did not come to fruition at the same time as the curtailment to Marble Arch, and were postponed until the next contract commenced in March 2012. Transport for London published their proposals to create an N113 running along the normal daytime route from Edgware to Oxford Street, but additionally serving Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and

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. The N113 was eventually introduced on 30 June 2012. Upon being re-tendered, the route was retained by

with a new contract commencing on 31 March 2012. In 2015, TfL consulted on plans to restore the historic southern terminus of Oxford Circus. These plans were initially suspended but revived again in 2016. This took effect from 1 April 2017 when Metroline commenced a new contract. On 28 August 2021, the route was once again diverted to Marble Arch due to the pedestrianisation of

Current route

Route 113 operates via these primary locations:Route 113 Map
Transport for London *

''for

Edgware station Edgware Station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in North London. The station is the northern terminus of the ''Edgware branch'' of the Northern line and the next station towards south is . Edgware ...

'' * Mill Hill Circus * Hendon Central station *

Brent Cross Brent Cross is originally the name of a crossroads that today forms a major interchange for traffic in the London Borough of Barnet, England. Located a mile from the centres of Hendon and Golders Green, the area also contains the Brent Cross ...

* Finchley Road & Frognal station * Finchley Road station * Swiss Cottage station * St John's Wood station *

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* Baker Street station * Marble Arch station

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:113, London Buses Route Bus routes in London Transport in the London Borough of Camden Transport in the City of Westminster Transport in the London Borough of Barnet