London Buses route 211

London Buses route 211 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Hammersmith bus station and Battersea Power Station, it is operated by Transport UK London Bus.

History

Route 211 was introduced on 17 July 1993 replacing Red Arrow route 511 between Waterloo and Victoria stations, before continuing to Hammersmith bus station along the existing route 11, replacing the latter north of Fulham Broadway station.

It was operated by London General until June 1998 when upon retendering passed to Travel London who introduced a fleet of Optare Excels. It was included in the sale of Travel London to Limebourne in August 2000 and again to Connex in July 2001. In November 2002 the service received new Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2s with the service upgraded in preparation for the introduction of the London congestion charge.

Route 211 was included in the sale of the business back to Travel London in February 2004 which in turn was sold to Abellio London in May 2009.

On 30 June 2012, brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s and Alexander Dennis Enviro400Hs were introduced. In June 2016 the route began being operated using New Routemasters.

On 29 January 2019 the route transferred to London United. On 29 June 2024, the route was withdrawn between Waterloo station and Sloane Square station and rerouted to Battersea Power Station.

Current route

Route 211 operates via these primary locations:

• Hammersmith bus station for Hammersmith station
• Fulham Broadway station
• Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
• Royal Marsden Hospital
• Royal Brompton Hospital
• Chelsea Old Town Hall
• King's Road
• Sloane Square station
• Lister Hospital
• Battersea Park station
• Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
• Battersea Power Station

In popular culture

Lego used a slightly modified route 211 (called 211B) for their Lego Creator 7+ set number 40220. This has the next stop as "Westminster". This set is a shurnken down version of the Lego 10258 Creator - London Bus, which features a fictional route 9 to Brickston.

References

External links

Media related to London Buses route 211 at Wikimedia Commons

1. List of bus routes in London
2. London Buses route 11
3. London Buses route 109
4. Low emission buses in London
5. Transport UK London Bus
6. New Routemaster
7. London Buses route 152
8. Victoria bus station
9. Isle of Dogs
10. London United Busways
11. Travel London
12. Connex Bus UK
13. Hammersmith bus station
14. Bus stop
15. Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport
16. Gosnells, Western Australia
17. European route E30
18. Short Line (bus company)
19. King's Road
20. White Buses