List of Night Buses in London - N20

N20

N20
Overview
Operator Metroline
Garage Potters Bar (PB)
Holloway (HT)
Vehicle Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Dennis Trident 2 9.9m / Plaxton President
Peak vehicle requirement 14
Night-time 0:00am until 6:00am
Route
Start Trafalgar Square
Via Tottenham Court Road
Warren Street
Euston
Camden Town
Kentish Town
Archway
Highgate
Finchley
North Finchley
End Barnet
Length 13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level Nights
Frequency About every 30 minutes
Weekend frequency Weekends: About every 12 minutes
Journey time 50-66 minutes
The frequency given is the general frequency, throughout the night.

London Buses route N20 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is contracted to Metroline.

History

Route N20, like route N5, is a special night service for the Northern Line between Charing Cross and High Barnet Stations (except it does not directly serve Totteridge & Whetstone, Woodside Park, Mill Hill East or West Finchley Stations).

The route was initially numbered N1 and began operating on the morning of 28 October 1989 running from High Barnet to Charing Cross and then via the Strand to terminate at the Aldwych. Some journeys diverted via Whitehall and Westminster to Victoria Station. (Returning via Victoria Embankment and Arundel Street before continuing from Aldwych). The section between Aldwych and Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross) was withdrawn on 18 July 1992. The journeys to Victoria were withdrawn on 24 June 1995, when the route was renumbered N20, as the number N1 was needed for the night service of the day route 1.

The route was run from Holloway (HT) using MCW Metrobuses, until 24 June 1995 when a single bus Potters Bar allocation was introduced. The weekend service was increased in 1997 and the allocations were increased. On 15 July 1998 the route was transferred to Northumberland Park bus garage to be operated by First Capital using Leyland Olympians. On 8 January 2000 extra Friday/Saturday night journeys were added between Trafalgar Square and Finchley Central. After 5 years with First, on 25 August 2003, the route transferred back to Potters Bar with Metroline, and the extra journeys were extended from Finchley Central to High Barnet. The route returned to Holloway (HT) during February 2005, when a weekend night allocation was introduced.

Current route

· Trafalgar Square for Charing Cross Station · Leicester Square Station · Charing Cross Road · Tottenham Court Road Station · Tottenham Court Road · Goodge Street Station · Warren Street Station · Slip Road · Euston Road · Euston Bus Station · Eversholt Street · Mornington Crescent Station · Camden High Street · Camden Town Station · Kentish Town Road · Kentish Town Station · Tufnell Park Station · Junction Road · Archway Station · Archway Road · Highgate Station · Highgate Wood · Great North Road · East Finchley · East Finchley Station · East End Road · Regent Park Road · Finchley Central Station · Ballards Lane · North Finchley · Whetstone · High Road · Great North Road · High Barnet Station · Barnet Hill · Barnet Church

External links
  • Full timetable (PDF)

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