London Buses route 29

29
Overview
Operator	Arriva London
Night-time	Night Bus N29
Route
Start	Wood Green
Via	Finsbury Park Holloway Camden Town
End	Trafalgar Square
Route map Legend Wood Green Station Wood Green Shopping City Turnpike Lane Station Green Lanes West Green Road Harringay Grand Parade Harringay Green Lanes Station Manor House Station Seven Sisters Road Finsbury Park Finsbury Park Station Tollington Road Sobell Centre Seven Sisters Road Hornsey Road Holloway Holloway Road Camden Road Caledonian Road Parkhurst Road Holloway Prison Camden Road York Way Camden Road Station Camden Town Station Bayham Street Camden High Street Mornington Crescent Station Hampstead Road Warren Street Station (Euston Square Station ) Gower Street University College London Goodge Street Station Bloomsbury Street Tottenham Court Road Tottenham Court Road Station Charing Cross Road Shaftesbury Avenue Leicester Square Station Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross Station ) ← {{{previous_line}}} {{{next_line}}} →

London Buses route 29 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Wood Green and Trafalgar Square, it is operated by Arriva London.

History

Arriva London Plaxton President bodied DAF DB250 on Tottenham Court Road in December 2003

Arriva London Mercedes-Benz O530G in September 2011

The route continued to operate between Victoria and Enfield Town for the next 14 years, being served by a fleet of AEC Routemasters operating out of Palmers Green garage.

In 1988, the route was converted to single person double deck operation. A proposal by Capital Citybus to operate the route with tri-axle double deck buses in 1991 was rejected by London Regional Transport, then in charge of tendering the route, and it was retained by incumbent operator Leaside Buses.

On 14 January 2006, Mercedes-Benz O530G articulated buses were introduced. It was reported that operation of the route by articulated vehicles cost around £1.6 million more per year than double-deck operation.

In April 2006, the route's stop in Tottenham Court Road was relocated and a bus lane extended to provide more space for passengers and vehicles.

On 5 and 6 February 2014, nine AEC Routemasters were used on the route during a London Underground strike.

Route

Night bus route N29 follows a same route as the 29, but is extended to and from Palmers Green and Enfield Town.

Today

The route is noted for its high crime rate, and in January 2008 was London's third most dangerous bus route, according to figures released by Transport for London. In February 2010 police presence on the route was increased. This followed a similar increase in early 2005 which had focussed on antisocial behaviour and illegal parking along the route.

Current route

• Wood Green station
• Turnpike Lane station
• Harringay Green Lanes station
• Manor House station
• Finsbury Park station
• Holloway Road, Nag's Head
• Camden Road station
• Camden Town station
• Mornington Crescent station
• Warren Street station
• St Giles High Street for Tottenham Court Road station
• Leicester Square station
• Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross station

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Timetable