London Buses route 209

London Buses route 209 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Hammersmith Station and Mortlake, it is operated by Metroline.

History
Route 209 commenced operating as route 9A on 18 July 1992 between Kensington and Mortlake to replace route 9 between Hammersmith and Mortlake due to a weight restriction restricting double deck buses over the weak Hammersmith Bridge. It was operated by London United from Shepherd's Bush (S) garage using Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Darts. The section between Kensington and Hammersmith was later withdrawn on 7 March 1997, and the route re-numbered 209.

On 30 October 1999, the route passed to Armchair with new Alexander ALX200 bodied Dennis Dart SLFs from Brentford (AH) garage. On 21 August 2004, route 209 was retained by Armchair.

Route 209 was included in the sale of Armchair to ComfortDelGro in November 2004. On 6 January 2007, ComfortDelGro integrated Armchair into its Metroline subsidiary.

On 20 August 2011, route 209 was retained by Metroline with Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts from routes 251 and 395 were introduced.

Current route

 * Hammersmith Stations Lower Bus Station
 * Castelnau
 * Barnes High Street
 * Barnes Bridge station
 * Mortlake Avondale Road

Previous route 209 in London
Between 14 May 1952 and 4 July 1992, route 209 ran between Stanmore and South Harrow until replaced by route H12.