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The London Night Bus network is a series of night bus routes that serve Greater London. Services broadly operate between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00. Many services commence from or operate via Trafalgar Square and are extensions or variations of daytime routes and hence derive their number from these; for example, route N73 Victoria to Walthamstow follows that of route 73 as far as Stoke Newington, before continuing further north.〔(Route N73 ) Transport for London〕〔(Route 73 ) Transport for London〕〔(Central London Night Bus map ) Transport for London〕 ==History== The first night bus was introduced in 1913. A few more services were introduced over the following decades, before all ceased during World War II. Services resumed after the war, increasing as trams and trolleybuses were replaced in the late 1950s and 1960s. In April 1984, the number of routes was increased from 21 to 32. At this point the peak service required 80 buses, by August 2013 this had grown to 890.〔 Originally the night bus network had its own fare structure, but with the introduction of the Oyster card in 2003, was incorporated into the Transport for London fare structure. Up until the mid-2000s, all routes had ''N'' prefixes. However, as some routes merely mirrored their day time equivalents, the ''N'' prefixes were dropped and these routes became 24-hour services; for example, route N14 was no longer differentiated from route 14.〔 , there were 52 routes operated by Abellio London (4), Arriva London (11), Go-Ahead London (13), London Sovereign (1), London United (2), Metroline (9), Stagecoach London (6) and Tower Transit (5). In addition there are sixty-six 24-hour routes.〔 Services are operated by private operators under contract to London Buses. The Night Bus contracts are often bundled with that of the equivalent daytime route and awarded for a five-year period, with an optional two-year extension based on performance standards being met. Some however are tendered individually.〔〔〔(Tender Results ) Stagecoach London 16 July 2014〕〔(London's Bus Contracting and Tendering Process ) Transport for London〕 With some London Underground lines to operate a 24-hour service from September 2015 on weekends, a recasting of the Night Bus network is proposed.〔(Have your say on proposed changes to Night Bus services to complement Night Tube from September 2015 ) Transport for London 19 May 2015〕 In May 2015, the Night Bus network was the subject of ''The Night Bus'', a Channel 4 documentary.〔("The Night Bus" community on Arriva London buses ) Arriva London 11 May 2015〕〔(The Night Bus; nocturnal naughtiness on the N29 ) ''The Guardian'' 11 May 2015〕 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「List of night buses in London」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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