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| Overview | |
| Operator | Go-Ahead London |
| Garage | Merton |
| Night-time | 24-hour service |
| Route | |
| Start | Fairfield bus station |
| Via | Norbiton Kingston Hospital Raynes Park Wimbledon South Wimbledon Merton Abbey Colliers Wood Tooting Streatham Streatham Hill |
| End | Clapham Park |
| Service | |
| Level | 24-hour service |
| Frequency | About every 12 minutes |
| Operates | 24-hour service |
London Buses route 57 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Fairfield bus station and Clapham Park, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.
The 57 service, running from Victoria to Tooting Broadway, via Vauxhall, Stockwell, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton & Streatham, was first introduced in July 1951, replacing London Tram routes 8 & 20. It took its present route in January 1964.[1]
In 2015, Go-Ahead London won the tender to run the service, taking over from London United on 2 July 2016.[2] In February 2023, the service frequency was reduced to every 12 minutes.[3]
Route 57 operates via these primary locations:[4]
On Friday, 28 November 2014, a woman in her sixties was struck by a number 57 bus in Streatham and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving.[5]
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