London Buses route 211 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in

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, England. Running between Hammersmith bus station and

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, it is operated by

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History

Route 211 was introduced on 17 July 1993 replacing '' Red Arrow'' route 511 between Waterloo and Victoria stations, before continuing to Hammersmith bus station along the existing route 11, replacing the latter north of Fulham Broadway station. It was operated by London General until June 1998 when upon retendering passed to Travel London who introduced a fleet of Optare Excels. It was included in the sale of Travel London to Limebourne Buses in August 2000 and again to Connex in July 2001. In November 2002 the service received new Alexander ALX400 bodied

Dennis Trident 2 The Dennis Trident 2 is a 2-axle low-floor double-decker bus chassis originally manufactured by Dennis, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the Dennis Arrow. It was built by TransBus after Dennis was incorporated into the group in 2001, t ...

s with the service upgraded in preparation for the introduction of the

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. Route 211 was included in the sale of the business back to Travel London in February 2004 which in turn was sold to Abellio London in May 2009. On 30 June 2012, brand new

Alexander Dennis Enviro400 The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 is a twin-axle low-floor double-decker bus that was built by the British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis between 2005 and 2018. It replaced the Alexander ALX400, Dennis Trident (from which the Enviro400 was d ...

s and Alexander Dennis Enviro400Hs were introduced. In June 2016 the route began being operated using New Routemasters. On 29 January 2019 the route transferred to London United Busways. The route is due to be shortened in the future.

Current route

Route 211 operates via these primary locations:Route 211 Map
Transport for London * Hammersmith bus station for Hammersmith stations * Fulham Broadway station * Chelsea & Westminster Hospital * Royal Marsden Hospital * Royal Brompton Hospital *

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''Old Town Hall'' *

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* Sloane Square station *

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for Victoria station *

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* Westminster station *

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''Cab Road''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:211, London Buses Route Bus routes in London Transport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Transport in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Transport in the London Borough of Lambeth Transport in the City of Westminster