London Buses route 360 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in

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, England. Running between

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and Elephant & Castle, it is operated by London Central.

History

The route was the first in London to use hybrid electric buses, with six vehicles built by

Wrightbus Wrightbus is a Northern Ireland based bus manufacturer and a pioneer of the low-floor bus. The company was established in 1946 by Robert Wright and was later run by his son William Wright, until it was acquired in 2019 by British businessman ...

, branded

Electrocity The Wright Electrocity was a type of hybrid electric bus built by Wrightbus between 2002 and 2013. The Electrocity was based on DAF/VDL SB120 chassis for most of these buses, except for a single Dennis Dart SLF prototype. History Two Electroci ...

, entering service in February 2006. The trial was announced in March 2005; route 360 was chosen as it is one of few single-deck routes to operate in central London. Six diesel buses were operated alongside the hybrids for comparison. The hybrids were temporarily withdrawn shortly after their introduction following problems with engine overheating. In November 2009, it was announced that London Central had successfully tendered to retain the route, which would be converted to full hybrid operation using a mixture of new and existing vehicles from 23 January 2010, the first route to use only hybrid vehicles. In August 2014, new passenger information screens were introduced on one bus on the route. The hybrid buses were replaced by electric

Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV The Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC (sold as the Alexander Dennis Enviro200) is a single-decker city bus produced by Alexander Dennis since 2014, as the successor to the Enviro200 midibus and Enviro300 full-size bus. The first Enviro200 MMCs ...

single-deckers in November 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:360, London Bus Route Bus routes in London Transport in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Transport in the London Borough of Lambeth Transport in the London Borough of Southwark Transport in the City of Westminster