#AYearOfBuses 214: Highgate Village – Liverpool Street
Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is one of London’s next routes to go fully-electric. London’s route 214 began life in 1961 as a replacement for trolleybus route 615, running between Moorgate and Parliament Hill Fields via City Road, Angel and King’s Cross. It’s one of central London’s relatively rare single-deck routes, having been run with varying […]
#AYearOfBuses 134: North Finchley – Tottenham Court Road
Today’s feature here on #AYearOfBuses has a strong accolade – it’ll be the first route in London to be run purely by all-electric Optare Metrodecker EVs. 31 of Optare’s double decker battery-electric buses are on order for Metroline’s Potters Bar garage, part of an order for 68 electric buses for the 134 and 43 (Friern […]
#AYearOfBuses 107: Edgware – New Barnet
Today’s route on #AYearOfBuses connects the two northern termini of the Northern Line. Cutting a giant swathe across North West London, the 107 runs from Edgware, to Elstree, Borehamwood, High Barnet and New Barnet. It links the two northern branches of London Underground’s Northern Line, Edgware and High Barnet (if you don’t count Mill Hill […]
#AYearOfBuses 105: Greenford – Heathrow Central
West London is our destination for today on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a look at a route which has had more bus types over the years than we’ve had hot dinners. The 105 cuts a swathe across West London, linking the suburbs of Greenford and Southall with Heathrow Central. Currently, it runs every 10-15 mins, […]
#AYearOfBuses 24: Pimlico – Hampstead Heath
The 24 is, quite simply, a central London institution. And it’s day 24 on #AYearOfBuses. Dating back over 100 years to its birth in 1910 and current route in 1912, the 24 has the honour of wearing the crown as London’s oldest unchanged bus route. Not that it hasn’t undergone changes in ways other than […]
#AYearOfBuses 6: Willesden – Aldwych
It’s our first foray into London on #AYearOfBuses – today we’re heading right into the heart of the capital for Metroline’s route 6. We’re going from one of Britain’s longest bus routes yesterday, to one of London’s shortest today. TfL’s route 6 is run by Metroline and runs from Willesden Bus Garage just northwest of […]