London Buses route 131

131

Overview
Night-time Night Bus N87
Route
Start Tooting Broadway station
Via Wimbledon
Raynes Park
New Malden
Norbiton
End Kingston

London Buses route 131 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England, running between Tooting Broadway station and Kingston.

Incidents

On 16 December 2013, a man was killed by a double-decker bus on route 131 in Tooting Broadway.[1][2][3] The route was operated by London United at the time. On 23 December 2013, another bus on route 131 was involved in an accident. The out-of-service bus in Kingston was damaged after it hit a railway bridge.[4][5][6]

References

  1. Churchill, David (17 December 2013). "Man is killed by bus while crossing the road outside Tooting Broadway Tube station". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. Rucki, Alexandra (17 December 2013). "Horrified commuters saw man hit by bus in Tooting High Street". Wandsworth Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. De Peyer, Robin (16 December 2013). "Man dies after being hit by a bus in Tooting". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  4. "Bus hits railway bridge in Kingston after wrong turn". BBC. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  5. Champion, Matthew (23 December 2013). "Double-decker bus crashes into bridge after wrong turn". Metro. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  6. Blundy, Rachel (23 December 2013). "Roof of double decker bus is ripped off after it hits railway bridge in Kingston". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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