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Two double-decker buses on routes 8 and 205 at Bishopsgate in 2022 A single-decker bus on route 309 in Aberfeldy Village in 2022. This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London, England, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches).
From late 2003 until 14 March 2009, Ealing Community Transport operated route 195 from the Greenford depot, using garage code EY. Greenford garage was the first bus garage in London to operate a London Superloop express bus service when route 607 was renumbered SL8 on 15 July 2023.
Buses have been used on the streets of London since 1829, when George Shillibeer started operating his horse-drawn omnibus service from Paddington to the City.In 1850, Thomas Tilling started horse bus services, [6] and in 1855 the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) was founded to amalgamate and regulate the horse-drawn omnibus services then operating in London.
Route 19 has been mentioned at various points in popular culture. In Graham Greene's novel The Ministry of Fear (1943), which he classified as an "entertainment", the protagonist, Arthur Rowe, catches "a number 19 bus from Piccadilly" to Battersea in the London of the Blitz and observes how the bombs have struck some areas and spared others: "After the ruins of St James's Church, one passed at ...
Superloop branded bus stop at University of East London Docklands Campus. London Buses route SL2 is a Transport for London contracted Superloop express bus route in London, England. Running between Walthamstow bus station and North Woolwich, it is operated by Arriva London. The route partially parallels routes 123 and 366.
On 29 March 2014, route 159 was withdrawn between Marble Arch and Paddington Basin. [5] Arriva London successfully retained route 159 with new contracts starting on 10 December 2005 and 11 December 2010. [6] [7] In June 2015 Abellio London won the contract, which commenced with the introduction of the New Routemaster buses on 12 December 2015 ...
There are three routes in the East London Transit system. EL1 replaced the previous route 369 bus service and operated 24 hours a day, initially between Thames View Estate and Ilford, and has since been extended from Thames View Estate to Barking Riverside. EL2 operated over the whole length of the phase 1 route between Dagenham Dock and Ilford ...
In June 2001, Mitcham Belle took over the route with it extended to Morden tube station. The route has not been altered since then, however in August 2004 Centra took over Mitcham Belle's bus operations. [3] In February 2006 the route was taken over by Transdev London. [4] The K5 contract was originally going to be discontinued in June 2006.