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Metroline Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LH at Wembley Park station
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Perivale
Route
Start	Golders Green station
Via	Hendon Wembley
End	Alperton Sainsbury's

London Buses route 83 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Golders Green station and Alperton Sainsbury's, it is operated by Metroline.

History

Twenty new Northern Counties Palatine bodied Volvo Olympians bought by First London for the route in 1999, were among the last non-low-floor buses bought for use in London.

In 2015/16 route 83 was the sixth-busiest TfL bus route with 12.6 million passengers.

From 10 September 2016, the daytime service was withdrawn between Alperton station and Ealing Hospital and was replaced by route 483. The night service was renumbered N83 and continues to run between Golders Green station and Ealing Hospital.

On 26 August 2023, the route was extended from Alperton station to Alperton Sainsbury's replacing route 79.

Current route

Route 83 operates via these primary locations:

• Golders Green station
• Finchley Road
• North Circular Road
• Hendon The Bell
• Hendon Central station
• Hendon station
• West Hendon
• Kingsbury Green
• Wembley Park station
• Wembley Stadium station
• Wembley Central station
• Alperton station
• Alperton Sainsbury's

References

1. Aldridge, John (June 2009). "London's last 'old' double-deckers?". Buses (531). Ian Allan Publishing: 12.
2. https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/bus-service-usage.xlsx
3. Bus tender results Route 83 Transport for London 4 December 2015
4. Changes to route 83 and the introduction of new route 483 Transport for London 7 June 2016
5. Bus Service Changes 5 August to 24 September inclusive Transport for London 27 August 2016
6. "Changes to routes 79 & 83 - 26 August 2023". TfL. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
7. Route 83 Map Transport for London

1. Buses for route 83 are stabled overnight at an outstation on Athlon Road in Alperton. During the day when needed, the buses for route 83 are stabled at Perivale garage. All of the buses and drivers for route 83 are based out of Perivale garage

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 83 at Wikimedia Commons
• Timetable

• Bus routes in London
• Transport in the London Borough of Barnet
• Transport in the London Borough of Brent
• Transport in the London Borough of Ealing