London Buses route 281

London Buses route 281 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Hounslow and Tolworth, it is operated by London United using 25 buses.
History
On 3 June 2006, route 281 became the 100th night bus service in London, when a 24-hour service introduced.
Upon being re-tendered, Transdev London retained the route with a new contract commencing on 4 July 2009. London United again retained the route with a new contract commencing on 5 July 2014.
Spenhill, Tesco's development arm, has said it will provide funding to extend the route slightly into a new interchange at Tolworth station to serve the new housing development on the old Toby Jug site.
Current route
Route 281 operates via these main locations:
*Hounslow bus station
*Hounslow station
*Whitton Admiral Nelson, Nelson Road
*Twickenham Stadium
*Twickenham station
*Twickenham King Street
*Twickenham Green Prince Albert, Hampton Road
*Fulwell Station (250m west)
*Teddington High Street
*Hampton Wick station
*Kingston Wood Street
*Kingston Cromwell Road bus station for Kingston station (southbound)
*Kingston station (northbound)
*Surbiton station
Incidents
In July 2005, shortly after the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the route was the subject of a hoax bomb threat.

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