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London Buses route 139 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between West Hampstead and Waterloo, it is operated by Metroline. ==History== Route 139 commenced operating on 14 March 1992 to replace the withdrawn northern section of route 159 between West Hampstead and Baker Street. It originally ran from West Hampstead, with some daytime journeys extended to and from Golders Green, to Trafalgar Square, using standard length AEC Routemasters from London Northern's Chalk Farm garage that received route 139 branding. In 1993, less than a year after the route's inception, Chalk Farm Bus garage closed, and the Routemasters moved to Holloway, which already operated Routemasters on route 10. They lost their route branding in favour of the MTL London livery, after London Northern was bought out by MTL in October 1994. On 28 March 1998, route 139 was converted to single deck one person operation, with Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Darts based at North Acton garage, running at approximately the same frequencies as before.〔 This was therefore a reduction in capacity; but a new route 189, formed the previous year, was extended to help on the overlapping section between Abbey Road and Oxford Circus. The Golders Green journeys were withdrawn, terminating at West End Green at all times. In September 2000, North Acton garage closed and the whole fleet moved to Cricklewood, being closer to the West Hampstead terminus. On 1 February 2003 the route was extended from Trafalgar Square to Waterloo station, via the Strand and Waterloo Bridge, and at the same time was gradually converted back to double deck operation with Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 2s, in preparation for the introduction of the London congestion charge. These were replaced by Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s in 2010. 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 139」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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