Editing Isleworth (section)

===Bus and tram===
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Horse bus operation came to Isleworth in the mid-1800s.
The predominant London bus operator from 1856 to 1933 was the [[London General Omnibus Company]], after which the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] was formed. On 19 October 1856 the LGOC took over an existing horse bus operation between Isleworth and [[St Paul's Cathedral]] with the buses painted red. {{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Electric trams started running in Isleworth in 1901, from a depot situated on the north side of London Road, near the border with [[Hounslow]]. The original operating company was [[London United Tramways]], which was subsumed into the new [[London Passenger Transport Board]] in 1933. In 1935 the depot was converted to [[Trolleybuses in London|trolleybus]] operation. It was designed in a horseshoe shape with a travelator at the far end, which had a turntable added for the trolleybuses. {{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} Originally known as Hounslow Depot, it was renamed Isleworth and given the code "IH" in 1950. It had a capacity for 37 vehicles and only ever operated one service: the 57 tram route which, on conversion, became the 657 trolleybus route. Both the 57 and 657 operated between [[Hounslow]] and [[Shepherd's Bush]] Green via Isleworth, [[Brentford]], [[Chiswick]], and Goldhawk Road. From 1902 the Hounslow terminus of the 57 tram was the "Hussar" in Staines Road, Hounslow Heath. In July 1922 the service was cut back to terminate at the "Bell" at the western end of Hounslow High Street. A special turning place half a mile along Staines Road, at its junction with Wellington Road, was built for the 657 trolleybus. At different times there were ambitious plans to extend the tram lines westward to [[Staines-upon-Thames]] and even to [[Maidenhead]], but these never came about and the modern replacement motor bus route 237 traverses exactly the same roads between Hounslow Heath and Shepherd's Bush as the trams did over 110 years ago (with a short extension to White City). {{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

When the 657 figured in the final London trolleybus conversion of all, on 8 May 1962, Isleworth Depot was closed and its staff were transferred to nearby [[Hounslow]] Bus Garage (coded "AV"). The replacement motor bus service was provided by an extension of [[London Buses route 117|route 117]], which up to then had run between Egham and Hounslow. {{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} In 1978 the 117 between Hounslow and Shepherd's Bush was superseded by an eastward extension to [[London Buses route 237|route 237]]. Until this time the 237 had operated between [[Chertsey]] and Hounslow with single deck buses – a truly suburban route. As part of the [[privatisation of London bus services]], Hounslow Garage passed to [[London United Busways|London United]] that later was purchased by [[Transdev (historic)|Transdev]] and later over by the [[RATP Group]].

Another trolleybus service serving Isleworth was the 667, formerly the 67 tram, which passed through en route from [[Hampton Court]] to [[Hammersmith]] via [[Hampton Hill]], [[Fulwell, London|Fulwell]], [[Twickenham]], Busch Corner, Brentford and Chiswick. Upon its transfer to motor bus operation, as part of the final London trolleybus conversions, the route had its number changed from 667 to [[London Buses route 267|267]]. Tram 67, trolleybus 667 and motor bus 267 were all operated from [[Fulwell bus garage]]. The history of the ownership of Fulwell (coded "FW") is exactly as for Hounslow Garage above.

On Summer Bank Holidays a special service was operated between Shepherd's Bush and Hampton Court. In tram days this was route 65, but trolleybuses showed number 667 towards Hampton Court and 657 on the return journey. This service did not survive the trolleybuses' withdrawal.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

A long-established motor bus route serving Isleworth (and Hounslow) was the number 37. This was one of the earliest motor bus routes introduced by the [[London General Omnibus Company]] and it originally ran from Isleworth to [[Peckham]] via [[St Margarets, London|St Margarets]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[Barnes, London|Barnes]], [[Putney]], [[Wandsworth]], [[Clapham Junction (area)|Clapham Junction]], [[Clapham Common]], [[Brixton]], [[Herne Hill]] and [[East Dulwich]]. It was later extended westward to Hounslow (going round the back streets to avoid the low railway bridge in St John's Road and to serve [[Isleworth railway station]]) and for a brief time in the 1920s offered a summer Sunday service extension as far as Maidenhead. Even without that short-lived extension the 37 was one of London's longest routes. Between 1922 and 1938 its western terminus was the "Hussar" at Hounslow Heath but was then cut back to turn at Hounslow Bus Garage (later Bus Station). At the beginning the terminus in Isleworth was the forecourt of the Northumberland Arms public house and the destination boards displayed "ISLEWORTH Market Place". Later, for "short" journeys, this was changed to stands in Magdala Road and then in South Street, outside the Public Hall. In 1991 this historic route was curtailed to run between Peckham and Putney, and the section between Richmond and Hounslow via Isleworth became a new, more localised service numbered H37.