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In 1978 London Transport listed 21 all-night bus routes. On many of these routes, "all-night" service meant a departure frequency of no more than one bus an hour. [6] In April 1984, the number of routes was increased from 21 to 32. At this point the peak service required 80 buses; by August 2013 this had grown to 890. [7]
Night bus lines are marked with the letter N and operate all night. 8 night bus lines (N1 to N9) replace the subway lines U1 to U9 (not the U4) at night from Monday till Friday. Other 42 night bus lines (N10 to N97) replace the most important daytime bus lines seven days a week every 30 minutes.
The trunk routes were created in 1995 as part of an attempt to create a bus rapid transit system in Athens. They actually were renamings of existing routes in order to have a common special numbering based letters and a common number when using the same street to exit the city centre.
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).
In 2000, the route was identified as one of the most popular in London, with approximately 5.5 million passengers using the service that year. [5] On 3 June 2006, route 281 became the 100th night bus service in London, when a 24-hour service introduced. [6] It replaced a portion of route N22, which was shortened to end at Fulwell. [7]
Upon being re-tendered in 2011, route 89 was retained by Go-Ahead London. [3] Passenger numbers on route 89 fell from 3.94 million in 2012-13 to 3.62 million in 2016-17. In November 2017 the frequency of the service was cut from every 10 minutes to every 12 minutes and the night service N89 was cut from every 20 minutes to every half hour. [4]
The daytime bus network in the city run between the hours of 05:00 – 00:00 generally. [10] OSY has two bus routes which operate on a 24-hour basis; the 11 and 040. [11] Most routes depart on a 30-60 minute frequency Mon-Sun. [11] It also runs three intermunicipal night lines (which operate after midnight); X14, 500 and 790.
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.