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	260
Service
Start	Golders Green
End	White City
Via	Cricklewood; Willesden; Harlesden; Park Royal; North Acton; East Acton
Frequency	About every 12-15 minutes
Length	10 miles (15 km)
Operation
Operator(s)	Metroline
Garage	Willesden
Vehicle(s)	Volvo B7TL 10m/ Plaxton President
PVR †	17
	† peak vehicle requirement
	Transport for London • Performance; London Transport Portal

London Buses route 260 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.

[edit] History

Route 260 was introduced on 3 January 1962 to replace the former trolleybus route 660 which ran from Barnet Church and terminated at Willesden Junction via North Finchley, Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill, Cricklewood, Willesden and Halesden; it was also extended during Monday-Friday peak hours and Saturdays to Hammersmith (it was pretty much running the basis of the 263 and 266).

It was withdrawn between Barnet Church and New Barnet in 1969, although it was extended from Barnet Church on Sundays to Barnet Chesterfield Avenue.

The 260 was withdrawn between North Finchley and Barnet in 1978, with the section between Willesden Junction and Hammersmith being withdrawn in 1981. It was extended to Shepherd's Bush Green replacing the withdrawn section of the former route 255 in 1987. In 2003 it was withdrawn between Golders Green and North Finchley and covered by new route 460.

Before 260 was on a contract to Metroline, the 260 was operated by London Transport from 1962 to 1990 at the Cricklewood, Finchley, Stonebridge, Hendon and Willesden Garages. Willesden gained the whole allocation of the 260 in 1981; the allocation was transferred to Brentford's Armchair in 1990, using Leyland Olympians and Leyland Atlanteans. In the summer of 1998 the contract was handed over to Metroline using their fleet of MCW Metrobuses. Not long afterwards Alexander Royale bodied Volvo Olympians were converted from the 16 along with Olympians which were from Hong Kong. This allowed the Metrobuses to be withdrawn and in the summer of 2003 the route was converted to low floor using Plaxton bodied Volvo B7TLs.

On 29 November, the route was extended from Shepherd's Bush Green via the Westfield Complex to serve the new White City Bus Station.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Golders Green

Golders Green Station
North End Road
Finchley Road
Cricklewood Lane
Cricklewood Station
Willesden Green Station
Walm Lane
High Road
Willesden Bus garage
Church Road
Craven Park
Craven Park Road
High Street
Harlesden Jubilee Clock
High Street
Acton Lane
Harlesden Station
Acton Lane
Central Middlesex Hospital Bus Station
Park Royal Asda
Park Royal Road
Victoria Road
North Acton Station
Wales Farm Road
Western Avenue
Old Oak Road
Uxbridge Road
Shepherd's Bush Market Station Hammersmith and City Line
Shepherd's Bush Interchange London Underground and London Overground and Southern
Roads within the Westfield Complex
White City Bus Station

[edit] Route departing White City

White City Bus Station
Roads within the Westfield Complex
Shepherd's Bush Interchange London Underground and London Overground and Southern
Shepherd's Bush Market Station Hammersmith and City Line
Uxbridge Road
Old Oak Road
Western Avenue
Friary Road
Acton Station
Horn Lane
Gypsy Corner for North Acton Station
Park Royal Road
Park Royal Asda
Central Middlesex Hospital Bus Station
Acton Lane
Harlesden Station
Harlesden Jubilee Clock
Craven Park Road
Craven Park
Church Road
Willesden Bus Garage
High Road
Walm Lane
Willesden Green Station
Cricklewood Station
Cricklewood Lane
Finchley Road
North End Road
Golders Green Station

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