Bus Route 65
Info
- operating company - London United
- frequency - approx every 10-15 mins during day
- night bus - N65
- total journey time - close to an hour
Route
Ealing Broadway Station - starts from outside station entrance. Buses waiting to start their trip lurk in a lay-by a little up the road (where northward buses drop off). Goes down Ealing Broadway itself a short way, but doesn't stop again until it has turned off south, alongside the new shopping centre. Then passes Ealing Green, with Walpole Park behind the Ealing Film Studios.
Straight on to South Ealing Station, then down the hill and under the M4 through Brentford, turning on to Brentford High St, with [Watermans Arts Centre]? between the juntion and the river, then over [Kew Bridge]?. Get off here for good walks along the river bank in either direction, the walk to Richmond is particularly nice and away from traffic (but busy summer evenings). River ferries also run from here both into and out of town.
The bus continues past Kew Gardens on the right to Richmond Station. The route goes through the town centre past the railway and bus stations, before heading past an entrance to Richmond Park (left, just after the hill) - river access can be had from here, too. Then through Petersham (pretty old houses and narrow streets) and Ham and into Kingston, terminating on Brook Street in the town centre. Get off shortly before Kingston station for Canbury Gardens, a riverside park hidden behind houses to the right, and home of the Kingston Green Fair.
Addition Info
Double decker, single person operation. Route dates back to the thirties; used to run to Chessington and beyond.