On 2 September 1989, the service was transferred from Merton to Norbiton garage and MCW Metrobuses were introduced. On 9 September 1982, a Saturday Leyland National allocation was introduced.

On 13 November 1977, the route was converted back to double deck operation with Daimler Fleetlines. On 18 September 1971, the route was converted to One Person Operation with AEC Swifts. On 17 June 1967, the route was extended from Streatham to Brixton Station. On 31 December 1966, the route was withdrawn between Streatham and Stockwell. The route now ran from Kingston to Streatham (Monday-Saturday) and Stockwell (peak hours & Saturday shopping hours). The route was extended from Tooting to Kingston and withdrawn from between Stockwell and Victoria. On 29 January 1964, the allocation was transferred to Merton (AL) garage. The route was introduced as part of the tram replacement program to replace Trams 8 and 20. The route was operated by London Transport from their Brixton (BN) garage using AEC Regent III RTs. Route 57 commenced operation on 7 January 1951 between Tooting Broadway and Victoria via Southcroft Road - Streatham - Brixton - Stockwell - Vauxhall.

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