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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).
In 2002, TfL introduced the first spider maps. [4] Rather than attempting to cover the entire city, these maps are centred on a particular locality or bus station, and convey the route information in the schematic style of Harry Beck's influential Tube map, capitalising on TfL's iconic style of information design. The arachnoid form of bus ...
A "spider map" showing routes from a London bus stop. A spider map is a schematic diagram of bus services serving a particular locality, as used by Transport for London since 2002. [1] The maps were designed by T-Kartor. Generally mounted on the vertical surfaces of bus shelters it enables potential
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.
Limited stop route X26 (now Superloop route SL7) from West Croydon to Heathrow Airport is a remnant of that network. [4] The 2008 mayoral election manifesto of Boris Johnson promised to trial orbital express bus routes in the outer suburbs. [5] This led to an increase in frequency for the already existing X26 express bus route later that year. [6]
Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most of the transport network in London, United Kingdom. [ 2 ] TfL is the successor organization of the London Passenger Transport Board , which was established in 1933, and several other bodies in the intervening years.
Like many other rapid transit maps, [34] [35] because the Tube map ignores geography, it may not accurately depict the relative orientation and distance between stations. [36] Transport for London formerly published several bus maps that depicted the approximate paths of tube routes relative to major streets and London bus routes. [37]
The route was first proposed by Transport for London in June 2023 as the second proposed new route in the Superloop network of orbital express bus routes. At the time of the consultation, the route was proposed to be numbered X34. It was proposed to partially parallel routes 34 and 221. [2] Having been renumbered SL1, it was introduced on 9 ...