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London General Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro C2 in Green Street Green in September 2023
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Orpington
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro C2
Peak vehicle requirement	17
Night-time	No night service
Route
Start	Crystal Palace bus station
Via	Anerley Penge Beckenham Eden Park Shortlands Bromley Locksbottom Farnborough Green Street Green
End	Orpington station
Length	15 miles (24 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 12-20 minutes
Journey time	45-97 minutes
Operates	04:00 until 01:29

London Buses route 358 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Crystal Palace bus station and Orpington station, it is operated by London General.

History

The route was introduced in 1989 on a commercial basis by Metrobus and initially only had two return journeys per day Monday to Friday. It became a Transport for London route in 2002 and was subsequently improved, with frequency increasing to every 12 minutes at peak times and every 20 minutes on evenings and Sundays. In 2014, it was taken over by London General who operate the route from Orpington bus garage.^[1]

In October 2022, Irizar signed a contract with London General to supply twenty Irizar ie trams and the associated charging infrastructure for the route. At each end, an ultrafast charger will be installed to allow buses to charge via a reverse pantograph.^[2][3][4]

Current route

Route 358 operates via these primary locations:^[5]

• Crystal Palace bus station
• Anerley Hill for Crystal Palace station
• Anerley station
• Penge High Street
• Beckenham Road tram stop
• Clock House station
• Beckenham
• Elmers End Green
• Eden Park station
• Park Langley
• Shortlands station
• Bromley South station
• Masons Hill
• Bromley Common
• Locksbottom
• Farnborough High Street
• Green Street Green
• Orpington station