London Buses route 28

London bus route

Metroline Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL at High Street Kensington station

Overview

Operator

Metroline

Garage

Willesden Junction

Vehicle

Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

Night-time

N28 and N31

Route

Start

Southside Wandsworth

Via

Fulham
Kensington High Street
Kensington Palace
Notting Hill Gate
Westbourne
Harrow Road

End

Kensal Rise station

Route map

Routes N28 and N31 corridor

Legend

					N28 N31 31
					Camden Town station
					Chalk Farm station
					Swiss Cottage station
					South Hampstead station
					Golders Green station 328
					West Hampstead West End Green
					West Hampstead Thameslink station
					West Hampstead stations

					Kilburn High Road station
					Kilburn Park station
					Maida Hill The Chippenham
					Kensal Rise station 28
					Harrow Road Prince of Wales Hotel

					Westbourne Park station
					Notting Hill Gate station

					Holland Park station
					Shepherd's Bush stations
					White City bus station 31
					High Street Kensington station

					Earl's Court station
					World's End 328

					Earl's Court station
					Battersea
					Clapham Junction station N31
					Kensington (Olympia) station
					West Kensington station
					Fulham Broadway station
					Imperial Wharf station
					Wandsworth Bridge
					Wandsworth Town station
					Southside Wandsworth
					N28 28

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London Buses route 28 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Southside Wandsworth and Kensal Rise station, it is operated by Metroline.

History

In 1988, Gold Arrow routes 28 and 31 were introduced,^[1] operated by CentreWest.^[2] On 4 March 1989, route 28 was converted to minibus operation with AEC Routemasters replaced by 28-seat Alexander bodied Mercedes-Benz midibuses leading to severe overcrowding and poor reliability.^[3]

In June 2013, route 28 was included in the sale of First London's Atlas Road garage to Tower Transit.^[4]^[5]

On 1 May 2021, route 28 was passed on to London United from Wandsworth and Stamford Brook garages.

On 29 January 2022, route 28 was transferred to Westbourne Park garage.

On 24 July 2023, the route was temporarily withdrawn between Wandsworth Bridge and Southside Wandsworth until 2 October 2023 due to the closure of Wandsworth Bridge.^[6]

Current route

Route 28 operates via these primary locations:^[7]

References

^ Public transport planning and operations. PTRC Education and Research Services Ltd. 1990. p. 109. ISBN 9780860502173. Intensive inner London Gold Arrow services 28 and 31, introduced in 1988, have given encouraging results. Individual operating subsidiaries of London Buses Ltd. are making further minibus conversions, such as those of CentreWest in Ealing.
^ "Untitled". Transport. 15: 85. 1994. It also helps to avoid the instability and wasteful duplication found in deregulated areas. However, local opportunities for service development may also be envisaged, in addition to those devised centrally. Examples include the 'Gold Arrow' midibus services 28 and 31 of the Centrewest company
^ Blacker, Ken (2007). Routemaster: 1970–2005. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. pp. 96, 97. ISBN 978-1-85414-303-7.
^ First quits London bus business Archived 7 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 9 April 2013
^ Date set for Aussie takeover of London bus routes Australasian Bus & Coach 14 June 2013
^ "Next phase of Wandsworth Bridge repair programme underway". Wandsworth London Borough Council. 23 August 2023.
^ Route 28 Map Transport for London