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This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London, United Kingdom, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches). The major operators in the London area are Go-Ahead London and Arriva London. Other operators in London are Metroline, Stagecoach London, London United, Abellio London, First Centrewest, Metrobus, First Capital, Arriva Shires & Essex, Arriva Southern Counties, London Sovereign, Quality Line, Abellio Surrey, CT Plus, First Berkshire & The Thames Valley, Uno, London United, Carousel Buses, Bear Buses, TWH Bus & Coach, Blue Triangle, Green Line Coaches, Edward Thomas, Red Rose Travel, Sullivan Buses and Imperial Buses.
There are also several operators based outside London that run services either wholly or partly within the area. These services connect London with parts of Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Classification of route numbers
In Victorian times, passengers could only recognise the buses of different fleets and routes by the coaches' distinctive livery colours and line name, with painted signs on the sides showing the two termini to indicate the route. Then, in 1906, George Samuel Dicks of the London Motor Omnibus Company decided that, as the line name 'Vanguard' had proved to be very popular, he would name all lines 'Vanguard' and number the company's five different routes 1 through to 5. Other operators soon saw the advantage, in that a unique route number was easier for the travelling public to remember, and so the practice of using route numbers soon spread.[1]
Historic classification
Historically, bus routes run by London Transport were grouped by the type of service that they provided.
The 1924 London Traffic Act imposed a numbering scheme known as the Bassom Scheme, named after Chief Constable A.E. Bassom of the Metropolitan Police who devised it. Variant and short workings used letter suffixes. The numbers reflected the company that operated the route.
The numbering was revised in 1934 after London Transport was formed:[2]
Route Number | Type of Service |
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1–199 | "Central Area" red double-decker services |
200–289 | "Central Area" red single-decker services |
290–299 | "Central Area" night routes |
300–399 | "Country Area" north of the River Thames (rural services were operated by London Country Bus Services after 1970) |
400–499 | "Country Area" south of the River Thames |
500–699 | Trolleybuses |
701–799 | Green Line Coaches |
800–899 | "Country Area" "New Towns" routes |
Current classification
Route Number | Type of Service |
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1–599 | Day routes, including 24-hour services. |
600–699 | Schoolday services, normally operating only one return journey per day. |
700–899 | Not used for local bus services - numbers reserved for regional and national coach services. |
900–999 | Mobility Services, normally operating one returning journey per week. |
N-prefixed routes | Night routes. |
X-prefixed routes | Express routes. |
Other letter-prefixed routes | Local day routes, including 24-hour services, with the letter(s) denoting the town the bus travels through. |
Key
24-hour bus services | Route has variable final destinations or starting points |
† | Transport for London services that cross the Greater London boundary. Standard ticketing applies throughout. |
List of routes
All routes operate in both directions unless detailed.
1–99
100–199
200–299
300–399
400–499
500–599
Route | Start | End | Operator | Performance |
507 | Victoria Station | Waterloo Station | Go-Ahead London | [440] |
521 | Waterloo Station | London Bridge | Go-Ahead London | [441] |
549 | South Woodford | Loughton † | Go-Ahead London | [442] |
573 | London City Airport | Circular via North Woolwich | Go-Ahead London |
600–699
The majority of routes in this sequence are run for schools to reduce overcrowding on regular bus services. Their timetables are subject to short notice alteration and re-routing in accordance with school requirements. A notable exception is route 607, which is a limited stop service operating in West London, whose number is "inherited" from the period (15 November 1936 – 8 November 1960), when this route was served by trolleybuses.[8]
Route | Start | End | Educational Establishment | Operator | Performance |
601 | Thamesmead | Dartford Heath † | Wilmington Hall School | Stagecoach London | |
602 | Thamesmead | Bexleyheath | Townley Grammar School for Girls | Stagecoach London | |
603 | Swiss Cottage Station | Muswell Hill | Metroline | ||
605 | Edgware Station | Mill Hill | Mill Hill County High School | London Sovereign | |
606 | Queensbury | Barnet | Ravenscroft School | Metroline | |
607 | White City | Uxbridge | First Centrewest (Metroline from 22 June 2013) [3] | [443] | |
608 | Gallows Corner | Shenfield High School † | Shenfield High School | First Capital | |
609 | Hammersmith | Mortlake | Harrodian School | Metroline | |
611 | Stonebridge Park | East Finchley | Bishop Douglass School | Metroline | |
612 | Selsdon | Wallington | Wallington County Grammar School, Riddlesdown High School, The John Fisher School, Wallington High for Girls | Metrobus (Arriva London from 31 August 2013) [9] | |
613 | Worcester Park | Sutton Common | Glenthorne High School | London United | |
616 | Winchmore Hill | Edmonton Green Shopping Centre | The Latymer School | Go-Ahead London | |
617 | Turnpike Lane Station | Turkey Street | St Ignatius' College | Arriva London | |
621 | Lewisham | Eltham | Crown Woods School | Stagecoach London | |
624 | Woolwich | Grove Park | Crown Woods School | Go-Ahead London | |
625 | Plumstead Common | Chislehurst | Go-Ahead London | ||
626 | Finchley | Potters Bar † | Dame Alice Owen's School | Metroline (Sullivan Buses from 31 August 2013)[10] | |
627 | Woodcote Green | Cheam | Wallington High School | Arriva London | |
628 | Southgate | Kingsbury JFS | JFS | Sullivan Buses | |
629 | Wood Green | Turkey Street | St Ignatius' College | Arriva London | |
631 | Golders Green | Henrietta Barnett School | Henrietta Barnett School | Arriva Shires & Essex | |
632 | Colindale Station | Kilburn Park | Metroline | ||
634 (Discontinued from 20 July 2013) [11] | Muswell Hill | Barnet | Arriva London | ||
635 | Brentford | Sunbury Cross † | St. Paul's School | London United | |
636 | Kemnal College | Grove Park | Kemnal College,Eltham College | Stagecoach London | |
637 | Kemnal College | Grove Park | Eltham College, Kemnal College, | Stagecoach London | |
638 | Kemnal College | Coney Hall | Beaverwood School, Kemnal College, Coopers Technology College, Eltham College | Stagecoach London | |
639 | Clapham Junction | Putney | John Paul II School | Go-Ahead London | |
640 | South Harrow Station | Harrow Weald | Whitmore High School, Salvatorian College, Sacred Heart College, Bentley Wood School | Arriva Shires & Essex | |
641 | Teddington School | West Molesey † | Teddington School | Quality Line | |
642 | West Hendon | Stanmore | London Academy | Arriva Shires & Essex | |
643 | Brent Cross | East Finchley | Christ's College Finchley | Metroline | |
646 | Noak Hill | Cranham | First Capital | ||
647 | Romford | Harold Hill | Harold Hill Community School | Arriva London | |
648 | Romford | Cranham | First Capital | ||
649 | Romford | Emerson Park | Campion School | Go-Ahead London | |
650 | Romford | Emerson Park | Emerson Park School | Go-Ahead London | |
651 | Romford | North Romford | Bower Park School | Go-Ahead London | |
652 | Rainham | Upminster | Sanders Drapers School Havering Sixth Form College |
First Capital | |
653 | Kingsbury JFS | Muswell Hill | JFS | Sullivan Buses | |
654 | Selsdon | Ramsden | The Priory School,Ravens Wood School | Metrobus | |
655 | Mitcham | Raynes Park | Raynes Park High School | Go-Ahead London | |
656 | Gallows Corner | Emerson Park | Emerson Park School | First Capital | |
657 | South Chingford | Woodford Wells | Trinity Catholic High School, Bancroft's School |
Arriva London | |
658 | Woolwich | Crown Woods School | Crown Woods School | Go-Ahead London | |
660 | Bellingham | Eltham | Crown Woods School | Stagecoach London | |
661 | Mottingham | Petts Wood | Eltham College & Cooper School | Go-Ahead London | |
664 | New Addington | Biggin Hill | Charles Darwin School Ravens Wood School |
Stagecoach London | |
665 | Surbiton | New Malden | Holy Cross School | London United | |
667 | Ilford | Chigwell † | West Hatch School | First Capital | |
669 | Erith | Albany Park | Cleeve Park School | Go-Ahead London | |
670 | Clapham Junction | Putney | John Paul II School | Go-Ahead London | |
671 | Chessington S. Sta. | Kingston | Tiffin Girls' School | London United | |
672 | Woolwich | Thamesmead | Woolwich Polytechnic School | Stagecoach London | |
673 | Beckton | Becontree | Warren School | Go-Ahead London | |
674 | Romford | Harold Hill | Go-Ahead London | ||
675 | St James Station | Woodford | Woodbridge High School | CT Plus | |
678 | Beckton | Stratford | St Angela's Ursuline School St. Bonaventure's Comprehensive School |
Arriva London | |
679 | Goodmayes | Chingford | Woodford County High, Trinity Catholic High School |
First Capital | |
681 | Hounslow | Teddington | Teddington School | London United | |
683 | Friern Barnet | Kingsbury JFS | JFS | Sullivan Buses | |
685 | Selsdon | Hamsey Green † | Warlingham Secondary School | Arriva London | |
686 | Romford | Harold Hill | St. Edward's School | First Capital (Tower Transit from 22 June 2013) [3] | |
687 | Dagenham Park Secondary School | Barking Station | Dagenham Park Secondary School | Stagecoach London | |
688 | Southgate | Kingsbury JFS | JFS | Sullivan Buses | |
690 | Clapham Common | West Norwood | Burntwood School | Arriva London | |
691 | Ham | Surbiton | Hollyfield School | London United | |
692 | Winchmore Hill | Potters Bar | Dame Alice Owen's School | Go-Ahead London | |
696 | Hayes | Bishop Ramsey School | Bishop Ramsey School | London United | |
697 | Ickenham | Kinghill Avenue | The Douay Martyrs School | London United | |
698 | Ickenham | West Drayton | The Douay Martyrs School | London United | |
699 | Winchmore Hill | Potters Bar † | Dame Alice Owen's School | Go-Ahead London |
900–999
These are Mobility Bus Routes. These routes provide a once a week return journey to a local shopping centre where there is no alternative route in the main bus network. The prevalence of low-floor buses across London has reduced somewhat the number of Mobility Bus services.
Route | Start | End | Day of Operation | Operator |
931 | Crystal Palace | Lewisham | Fridays only | Abellio London |
965 | Tolworth | Kingston | Mondays and Fridays only | London United |
969 | Whitton | Roehampton Vale | Tuesdays and Fridays only | Abellio London |
Letter prefixes
Night only routes (N-prefixed)
Night bus routes are often related to the day numerical equivalent, normally running the same route but with an extension at either end of the service. This is normally to provide a night service to destinations served by tube or train during the day.
However, in a few cases, services have a route number that has no relation to its daytime equivalent, such as the N5, which operates in a different part of London to day route 5.
There are also 24-hour routes. Route 65 is classed as a 24-hour service, but unusually has an extension to its night service, rather than the night service being designated N65.
Other routes within the London area
These bus routes are operated with a London Service Permit issued by Transport for London, and are generally routes from towns just outside the Greater London boundary to destinations within. The exceptions are the 812, MB1 and 938, which run entirely within the boundary. Another exception is the 724, which although run by a coach company, it is a bus route.
Coach services are not included in this list.
Former routes
This list shows some old routes that used to operate but do not exist anymore.
Please do not include services that are withdrawn before 1994, this list will be too long.
Route | Start | End | Date of launch | Date of withdrawal | Operator | Replaced by |
2A | Crystal Palace | Brixton Station | 19 May 1954 | 29 January 1994 | South London Buses | 2 |
9A | Mortlake | Kensington | 1992 | 1997 | London United | 209 |
15B | East Ham | Aldgate | 1989 | 18 September 1999 | Stagecoach London | 115 |
16A | Brent Cross | Marble Arch | 31 January 1976 | 10 October 1997 | Metroline | |
22A | London Bridge | Clapton Park Estate | 1972 | 1998 | Kentish Bus | 149 242 |
22B | Tottenham Court Road Station | Homerton Hospital | 1987 | 28 February 1998 | Kentish Bus | 242 |
36B | Victoria Station | Grove Park | 1958 | 12 March 1994 | Selkent | 136 |
45A | South Kensington | Peckham Garage | 10 November 1990 | 2 September 1995 | London Central | 345 |
59 (1985) | Farringdon Street | Streatham Hill Brixton Garage | 1985 | 29 January 1994 | South London Buses | |
68A | Elephant and Castle | South Croydon Garage | 1994 | 27 March 1999 | Arriva London | 468 |
77A | Wandsworth | Aldwych | 3 May 1950 | 3 June 2006 | London General | 87 |
84A | Turnpike Lane Station | Barnet Church | 1982 | 27 January 1996 | London Buses | 184 |
87 | Barking Town Centre | Romford Market | Pre 1950 | 25 March 2006 | Stagecoach London | 5 |
97A | Chingford Station | Walthamstow Central Station | 1981 | 19 February 2000 | First Capital | 357 |
115 (1984) | Balham | Forest Hill | 1984 | 1995 | South London Buses | 315 P13 |
129 | Becontree Heath | Claybury Broadway | Pre 1950 | 26 June 2004 | East Thames Buses | 128 150 |
135 | Archway Station | Marble Arch | 21 November 1987 | 2 September 2000 | Metroline | 88 |
137A | Crystal Palace | Clapham Common | 1991 | 1999 | Arriva London | 417 |
161A | Petts Wood Station | Woolwich | 1953 | 1994 | Selkent | 162 |
171A | County Hall | Northumberland Park Tesco's | 1986 | 1998 | Leaside Buses | 243 341 |
184 (1951) | New Cross | Trafalgar Square | 1951 | 1994 | London Central | |
228 (Pre 1950) | Chislehurst | Eltham | Pre 1950 | 1996 | Kentish Bus | 160 321 |
235 (1968) | Leytonstone Station | Woodford Wells | 7 September 1968 | 26 July 1996 | Grey Green | W13 |
239 | Clapham Junction | Victoria | 12 May 1990 | 15 February 2008 | Go-Ahead London | 170 |
243A | Wood Green | Liverpool Street | 1961 | 2000 | Arriva London | 243 |
272 (1974) | Woolwich | Thamesmead | 1974 | 1999 | Kentish Bus | 244 472 |
306 | Crystal Palace | Blackheath | 1992 | 1996 | Selkent | 202 |
351 | Bromley North Station | Penge | 2 March 1991 | 24 June 2002 | Metrobus | 354 |
354 (1986) | Bromley North Station | Croydon | 16 August 1986 | 19 May 2000 | Metrobus | 314 T33 |
357 | Croydon | Orpington | 1983 | 1995 | Metrobus | 353 354 (1986) |
369 | Ilford | Thames View Estate | 20 March 1993 | 20 February 2010 | Stagecoach London | EL1 EL2 |
374 | Romford | Harold Hill | 20 March 1993 | 15 October 2005 | Stagecoach London | 174 |
393 (1989) | Hackbridge | Morden Station | 1989 | 1996 | London General | 80 151 |
395 | Limehouse | Surrey Quays | 9 October 1999 | 29 April 2006 | First Capital | |
435 | Southall Town Hall | Heathrow Airport Cargo Area | 25 June 2005 | 22 March 2008 | First Centrewest | 482 |
494 | West Croydon Bus Station | Shirley Monks Orchard | 10 June 2000 | 11 June 2005 | Metrobus | 367 |
501 | Waterloo | London Bridge | 1968 | 31 May 2002 | London General (Red Arrow) | 521 |
505 | Waterloo | Shoreditch | 1989 | 19 August 2000 | London General (Red Arrow) | 35 243 |
604 | West Norwood | Stanley Technical High School | 5 September 2005 | 20 July 2007 | Arriva London | |
620 | Biggin Hill Valley | Charles Darwin School | 5 January 2002 | 21 July 2006 | Metrobus | 664 |
630 | New Addington | All Saints Catholic School | 20 July 2007 | Stagecoach London | ||
689 | Clapham Common | West Norwood | 2 September 2011 | Arriva London | ||
726 | Bromley South Station | Heathrow Airport | 16 Apr 2005 | Tellings Golden Miller | 227 289 X26 | |
746 | Bromley | Tunbridge Wells | 1994 | 1995 | Metrobus | 402 |
805 | Heathrow Airport | Northolt | 25 June 2005 | Bharat Travel | 435 | |
917 | South Croydon | West Croydon | 2011 | Abellio London | 64 T33 | |
941 | Bedfont Green | Hampton Hill | 29 February 2012 | Abellio London | ||
953 | Scrattons Farm | Chase Cross | 7 November 2012 | First Capital | ||
958 | Ilford Hainualt Street | Woodford King's Avenue | 14 June 2011 | First Capital | ||
972 | Neasden Birchen Grove | Colindale ASDA | 22 October 2010 | First Centrewest | 324 | |
980 | Colindale | Brent Cross | 31 July 1991 | |||
E4 | Windmill Park | Perivale | 27 March 1993 | 24 May 1997 | Ealing Buses Line | |
H1 | Golders Green | Henrietta Barnett School | 18 May 2013 | Arriva Shires & Essex | 631 | |
H15 | Harrow Weald Oxhey Lane | Northwick Park Hospital | 4 September 1999 | Metroline | 182 | |
H21 | Bedfont Green | Sunbury Tesco | 2 December 2005 | Tellings Golden Miller | ||
H23 | Heathrow Airport Cargo Area | Hounslow Bus Station | 28 April 1990 | 22 March 2008 | London United | 423 |
H30 | Hatton Cross Station | Heathrow Central Bus Station | 1 November 1998 | 1 May 2004 | Airlinks | |
H40 | Chiswick Grove Park | Park Royal Asda | 9 November 1991 | 26 May 2002 | London United | 272 440 |
H50 | Hayes & Harlington Station | West Drayton | 3 February 2001 | 22 March 2008 | Travel London | 350 |
K6 | Kingston | Roehampton Vale ASDA | 2 December 1989 | 25 July 1998 | Westlink | 485 |
P2 | Peckham, Bus Garage | Lewisham Shopping Centre | 1992 | 1994 | London Central | 484 P13 |
PR1 | Ealing Broadway | Willesden Junction Station | 24 March 2007 | First Centrewest | 226 PR2 | |
PR2 | Wembley Park The Paddocks | Willesden Junction Station | 15 October 2011 | First Centrewest | 206 224 | |
R62 | Hampton Sainsbury's | West Middlesex Hospital | 1992 | 6 May 2006 | Tellings Golden Miller | 481 |
R69 | Richmond | Hammersmith | 7 April 1990 | 11 November 2000 | London United | 419 |
S2 | Stratford | Clapton Nightingale Road | 5 July 2008 | First Capital | 425 488 | |
N10 | King's Cross | Richmond | 29 September 2001 | 30 January 2010 | First Centrewest | 10 33 |
N25 | Oxford Circus | Harold Hill | 26 June 2004 | First Capital | 25 N8 N86 | |
N50 | Gallions Reach | Trafalgar Square | 30 August 2008 | Stagecoach London | N550 N551 | |
N52 | Victoria Station | Willesden | 8 December 2012 | Metroline | 52 | |
N75 | Croydon | Lewisham | 19 May 2007 | Stagecoach London | ||
N77 | Tolworth | Aldwych | 3 June 2006 | London General | N87 281 | |
N81 | Victoria | Bexleyheath | 28 June 2002 | London Central | N89 | |
N84 | Trafalgar Square | New Cross Gate | 27 February 2001 | London Central | N343 | |
N159 | New Addington | Marble Arch | 28 August 2010 | Arriva London | 159 N64 N109 | |
N213 | West Croydon | Kingston | 4 July 2009 | Go-Ahead London | 213 |
See also
References
Bibliography
- Atkin, Michael. "THIS SCEPTRED ISLE", The Guardian
- Carr, Ken, The London Bus Guide. Boreham: Visions International Entertainment, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9570058-0-8.
External links
- London Bus Routes Zenfolio
- London Buses
- Comprehensive London Bus Routes website, including upcoming and implemented changes
- London Bus Routes
- From The Upper Deck, photography project
- ↑ Charles Klapper (1984) The Golden Age of Buses. Page 64. Routledge, London ISBN 0-7102-0232-6, ISBN 978-0-7102-0232-1
- ↑ ? In: The Guardian
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k [600] lots.org.uk
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- ↑ David Bradley online. Abgerufen am 11. Juli 2009.
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- ↑ http://www.londonbusroutes.net/changes.htm#97
- ↑ The Reshaping Plan. In: Red-RF.com. Abgerufen am 29. August 2010.
- ↑ http://www.londonbusroutes.net/changes.htm#7
- ↑ http://www.londonbusroutes.net/changes.htm#102
- ↑ http://www.londonbusroutes.net/changes.htm#142
- ↑ http://www.londonbusroutes.net/changes.htm#142