London Buses route 328

328
Metroline Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LH at High Street Kensington station
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Cricklewood
Vehicle	Volvo B5LH Wright Eclipse Gemini 3
Peak vehicle requirement	19
Predecessors	Route 28 Route 31
Night-time	N28 and N31
Route
Start	Golders Green station
Via	West Hampstead Kilburn Kensington Earl's Court
End	World's End
Length	8 miles (13 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Route map Routes N28 and N31 corridor Legend  N28   N31   31  Camden Town station Chalk Farm station Swiss Cottage station South Hampstead station Golders Green station  328  West Hampstead West End Green West Hampstead Thameslink station West Hampstead stations Kilburn High Road station Kilburn Park station Maida Hill The Chippenham Kensal Rise station  28  Harrow Road Prince of Wales Hotel Westbourne Park station Notting Hill Gate station Holland Park station Shepherd's Bush stations White City bus station  31  High Street Kensington station Earl's Court station World's End  328  Earl's Court station Battersea Clapham Junction station  N31  Kensington (Olympia) station West Kensington station Fulham Broadway station Imperial Wharf station Wandsworth Bridge Wandsworth Town station Southside Wandsworth  N28   28  This diagram: view talk edit ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

London Buses route 328 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Golders Green station and World's End, it is operated by Metroline.

History

Route 328 commenced operating on 29 May 1999 between Golders Green station and Chelsea via West Hampstead, Kilburn, Maida Hill, Notting Hill Gate, Kensington High Street and Earl's Court. It was initially operated by First London's Westbourne Park garage with Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Darts. It replaced the withdrawn parts of routes 28 and 31.^[1]

Upon being re-tendered and retained by First London from 5 June 2004, the route was converted to double deck operation with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs.^[2]

Early enthusiasm for hybrid vehicle technology, in which all or part of the motive power is provided by electricity rather than directly by the engine, saw a number of small batches of experimental vehicles ordered. One of the routes selected for trials was route 328.^[3]

When next re-tendered, the route was retained by First London with a new contract commencing on 30 April 2011.^[4] In October 2011, it moved from Westbourne Park to Atlas Road garage while the former was partially closed to make way for Elizabeth line construction works.^[5]

On 22 June 2013, route 328 was included in the sale of First London's Atlas Road garage to Tower Transit.^[6][7][8] With the closure of Atlas Road garage, route 328 returned to Westbourne Park in June 2017.^[5] On 1 May 2021, route 328 passed to Metroline from Cricklewood garage.

In 2022, Transport for London proposed to reroute bus route 328 to run to Hammersmith bus station as part of wider bus cuts.^[9] However, the changes did not go ahead.^[10]

Incidents

• On 21 June 2004, A female bus driver on route 328 was shot in the stomach with a nail gun on Great Western Road.^[11]
• On 27 February 2008, a young woman was hit by a northbound 328 near St Mary Abbots on Kensington Church Street.^[12]

Current route

Route 328 operates via these primary locations:^[13]

• Golders Green station
• West Hampstead West End Green
• West Hampstead station
• Kilburn High Road station
• Kilburn Park station
• Maida Hill
• Westbourne Park station
• Notting Hill Gate station
• High Street Kensington station
• Earl's Court station
• World's End

References

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 328 at Wikimedia Commons
• 328 bus route - Transport for London