What is the most busiest bus in London?

As of March 2023, the London bus fleet total of 8,643 buses includes 3,835 hybrid buses, 950 battery electric buses, and 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses. Route 18, running between Sudbury and Euston bus station is the busiest bus route. The service carried over 16.6 million passengers in 2018/19.



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In the decades since their introduction, the red London bus has become a symbol of the city.

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The infamous number 14 bus no longer holds the unenviable title of being London's slowest bus with it's neighbour somehow even slower. Taking 80 minutes to cover seven miles from Fulham to Central London, the number 11 bus is officially London's slowest, according to the latest TfL data.

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London Buses route 1 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Canada Water bus station and Hampstead Heath, it is operated by London Central.

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London Buses – London Buses manages bus services in London.

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The New Routemaster, originally referred to as the New Bus for London and colloquially as the Borismaster or Boris Bus, is a low-floor diesel double-decker bus operated in London, England.

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The top ten fastest bus routes in London
  • 1) 637: Kemnal College, Sidcup to Grove Park Station - school special (22.3mph)
  • 2) 636: Kemnal College, Sidcup to Grove Park Station - school special (19.6mph)
  • 3) N33: Hammersmith to Fulwell (19.1mph)
  • 4) N34: Barnet High Street to Walthamstow Bus Station (18.5mph)


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'The idea is that the prefix letter should designate the place around which the routes cluster – P for Peckham in the case of routes P4, P5, and P13; E for Ealing in the case of E1 to E11, for instance. The C in C2 stands for Central. The prefix 'N', however, denotes a night bus.

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London's longest bus route is the X26 from Heathrow to Croydon. It's 23.75 miles (38.22 km) long and it can take more than two hours to travel the full distance. The next longest is a night bus, the N89, from Erith to Charing Cross, at 23.3 miles (37.5km) long.

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The TfL 69 - Walthamstow - Stratford - Canning Town bus serves 38 bus stops in the London area departing from A | Walthamstow Bus Station and ending at A | Canning Town. Scroll down to see upcoming 69 bus times at each stop and the next scheduled 69 bus times will be displayed.

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Reading Buses' Bus Hound was recorded doing a lap speed of 76.785mph (123.57km/h) at Bedford's Millbrook Proving Ground. It runs on biomethane compressed natural gas and is painted black and white like a Friesian cow. It normally carries passengers around Reading. The UK Timing Association confirmed the new record.

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The reason behind their colour dates to the early 1900s, when the transport system was operated by different rival companies. London General Omnibus Company (or L.G.O.C.) owned most of the buses and in 1907 painted its entire fleet red to stand out from competitors.

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London Buses route 465 is a joint Transport for London and Surrey County Council contracted bus route in London and Surrey, England. Running between Kingston upon Thames and Dorking, it is operated by London United. The route extends the furthest from London of all Transport for London routes.

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Ten years ago, the Transport for London introduced a programme for the installation of white panels atop the capital's trademark red buses in the framework of further climate-adaptation plans. More specifically, white panels reflect the rays of the summer sun, thus keeping the vehicles cooler.

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In 1905, the London Motor Omnibus Company adopted the fleet name 'Vanguard' and painted their vehicles predominantly red.

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Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled its latest clean public transport – 20 fully electric tram-buses. These futuristic, bubble-like London buses will run on the 358 route from Crystal Palace to Orpington from 2023.

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But 1929 was also the year a Suffolk-based Dennis bus, known as 'Ermintrude,' first entered service and the vehicle – reputed to be the oldest working bus in the UK – is still going strong nearly 100 years later.

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The red double-decker bus is one of the most iconic features of London and with good reason. Just like the London Underground, these buses are one of the faster and more efficient ways to travel in the hustle and bustle of this booming metropolis.

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