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London Buses route 132 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Bexleyheath and North Greenwich bus station, it is operated by London Central. ==History== In 1950, the route operated as a circular route from Eltham Well Hall station to Bexleyheath, with extra trips running between 13:30 and 17:00 weekdays from Eltham to Bexley Hospital. In March 1959 the circular route was discontinued and replaced by a service from Eltham Well Hall station to Bexleyheath garage via Blendon, Danson Road, and Crook Log. As part of the ''Trolleybus Replacement Programme'', journeys on weekdays and Saturday mornings continued onto Erith. The summer of 1964 saw the route change again, always starting at Eltham, to Bexleyheath garage (on Sundays), onto Erith, Belvedere, Abbey Wood, Plumstead and Woolwich ''Parsons Hill'' (Monday - Saturday), and onto Woolwich Road ''Victoria Way'' (weekday peaks only).〔(Route 132 ) ''busesatwork.co.uk''〕 By Easter 1970, the route had been extended from Bexleyheath to Slade Green, terminating at Bexleyheath garage on Saturdays and Sundays only. In January 1974 the first double deck bus was operated on the 132, and in March 1975 the Saturday service was extended to Slade Green, to help out with the increasing population wanting a link to Bexleyheath shopping area. In April 1978, the route was extended south of the A207 (once Watling Street), serving Eltham station via Blackfen, Blendon and Bexley village to Bexleyheath. Upon being tendered out, route 132 was operated by Boro'line from January 1988 to February 1992, then Kentish Bus until January 1998, followed by Harris Bus. Following the latter collapsing, the route returned to London Regional Transport, through its East Thames Buses subsidiary on 25 March 2000.〔 On 24 January 2009, the route was extended westwards via the Greenwich Peninsula to North Greenwich bus station.〔(MP celebrates introduction of new bus route ) ''News Shopper'' 21 September 2008〕〔(Bexley: Changes aimed at improving bus routes ) ''News Shopper'' 28 January 2009〕 On 3 October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to London General, which included a five-year contract to operate route 132.〔(Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses ) Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009〕〔(Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 3 August 2009〕〔(East Thames Buses ) Go-Ahead London〕 On 7 November 2009, the allocation was transferred to London Central's Bexleyheath garage.〔(Farages take on new routes ) ''BusTalk'' (Go-Ahead London) issue 1 December 2009〕 Since October 2009, part of the route from Eltham to Bexleyheath has been covered at night by night bus route N21.〔(Duncan Borrowman welcomes proposed night bus changes ) Bexley Borough Liberal Democrats〕 On 1 December 2012, route 132 was converted to double deck operation using Plaxton President bodided Volvo B7TLs.〔http://www.londonbusroutes.net/changes.htm#42〕 On 12 September 2015, the route gained a 24-hour service on Friday and Saturday nights. 〔https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/night-bus-review/user_uploads/night-bus-changes-from-12-september-2015.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Buses route 132」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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