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London Buses route 142 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London and Hertfordshire, England. Running between Watford Junction station and Brent Cross bus station, it is operated by Arriva The Shires. ==History== Route 142 was introduced by the London General Omnibus Company in March 1914. During the 1950s, route 142 was a somewhat different route from its present format. It ran from Watford Junction via Bushey, Bushey Heath and Stanmore and to Edgware station. From Edgware it continued to Kilburn Park station, except in the evenings and on weekends.〔(London Transport Central Area Routes 140-145 ) E Plates〕 As part of the trolleybus replacement programme, the route was extended to Kilburn Park full-time on 3 January 1962 (but cut back to Edgware on Sundays in 1963) and again in 1966. It was withdrawn between Colindale and Kilburn Park in 1970, with this section replaced by route 32. On 31 January 1976, it was extended to Brent Cross station. On 19 May 1976 it was cut back to Brent Cross bus station (weekdays except peaks and Saturdays).〔 Buses travelling towards Brent Cross were diverted via Edgware bus station on 16 September 1989. On 3 July 1993, it was rerouted via the withdrawn section of route 251 between Edgware and Stanmore.〔 The allocation was transferred to London Country Bus Services' Watford garage, and became part of London Country North West in 1986. It was included in the sale of the business to Luton & District in October 1990 and retained the contract shortly afterwards, ordering 15 new Leyland Olympians to operate the route. The route was retained again in 1995, making it the first route to be retained by its existing operator through two consecutive retenders. The operation was later rebranded as Arriva The Shires. Upon being re-tendered, it was again retained by Arriva The Shires with a new contract commencing on 4 January 2003 with low-floor Alexander ALX400 bodied DAF DB250s. At the same time it was extended to Brent Cross bus station at all times. When re-tendered, it was retained by Arriva The Shires with new contracts commencing on 5 January 2008〔(Bus tender results Route 142 ) Transport for London 9 February 2007〕 and 5 January 2013.〔(Tender News ) ''BusTalk'' (Go-Ahead London) issue 16 June 2012〕 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 142」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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