London Buses route 117
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| 117 | |
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| Overview | |
| Operator | London United (First Bus London) |
| Garage | Hounslow |
| Route | |
| Start | Staines-upon-Thames |
| Via | Ashford Feltham Hounslow Isleworth |
| End | West Middlesex University Hospital |
London Buses route 117 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London and Surrey, England. Running between West Middlesex University Hospital and Staines-upon-Thames, it is operated by First Bus London subsidiary London United.
ComfortDelGro in the guise of Metroline bought out Armchair and absorbed them into the bus operation in January 2007 and the remainder of the contract was transferred to them to start from 6 January 2007. They did not however retain the contract when next awarded in September 2011 for 5 years, Abellio was the successful operator using a depot at Twickenham (TF).[1] From October 2016 the contract was awarded to Metroline. It used existing buses as its allocation.[2]
On 28 February 2025, the route passed from London United to First Bus London following the acquisition of RATP Dev Transit London by FirstGroup.[3]
