London Buses route 293

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293
RATP Dev Transit London Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC at Morden station
Overview
Operator	RATP Dev Transit London
Garage	Tolworth
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC Alexander Dennis Enviro400
Peak vehicle requirement	6
Began service	18 April 1970
Predecessors	Route 93
Former operator(s)	Quality Line Metrobus Go-Ahead London London Country South West London Country
Night-time	No night service
Route
Start	Morden station
Via	Lower Morden North Cheam Stoneleigh Ewell Epsom
End	Epsom Hospital
Length	9 miles (14 km)
Service
Level	Daily

London Buses route 293 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London and Surrey, England. Running between Morden station and Epsom Hospital, it is operated by RATP Dev Transit London.

Route 293 commenced operating on 18 April 1970 between Wimbledon and Epsom stations, replacing route 93 between North Cheam and Epsom.^[1] The new route was allocated to Merton garage with operation by AEC Merlins. On 20 April 1974, it was converted to double operation with Daimler Fleetlines.

On 23 April 1983, route 293 was rerouted to serve Hackbridge instead of Wimbledon. Upon being put up for tender, the route passed to London Country on 19 July 1986, who introduced using second hand ex Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Leyland Atlanteans.^[1] Upon the privatisation of LCBS, the route was transferred to London Country South West.^[2]

In 1990, the route was withdrawn between Morden station and Hackbridge, and was extended to run to Merton Abbey. New Volvo Citybuses replaced the Atlanteans. The route passed from the control of London Regional Transport, and became a commercially operated route by London Country. From 1993-1995, evening and Sunday services were renumbered 593, and were operated by Epsom Buses using Mercedes-Benz minibuses.

Between 1995 and 1998, there were a number of route changes, but the route was finally standardised to run its current service in 2000, now operated by London General.

Upon being re-tendered, on 19 July 2003 route 293 passed to Quality Line. The service was slightly re-routed between Morden and North Cheam. When next tendered, the route passed to Metrobus' Croydon garage on 30 August 2008.^[3]

Metrobus successfully tendered to retain the route, with a new contract commencing on 31 August 2013.^[4][5]

On 1 September 2018, operation of the route was taken over by Quality Line.^[6][7][8] On 19 June 2021, operation of the route was transferred from Quality Line to fellow RATP Group company London United's Tolworth garage.^[9][10]

Route 293 operates via these primary locations:^[11]

• Morden station
• Lower Morden
• North Cheam
• Stoneleigh
• Ewell
• Epsom station
• Epsom Hospital

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