What was the longest bus route in London?

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.



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It's about 230 miles long. It takes 7 hours and 50 minutes. It's Scottish Citylink's route 915 (or 916) from Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station all the way to Uig Pier on the Isle of Skye via Fort William and Kyle of Lochalsh.

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Route 24 dates back to 1910, when it ran between Hampstead Heath and Victoria station. In August 1912 it was extended to Pimlico and has continued in that form until the present day, making this the oldest unchanged bus route in London.

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North America's most northerly bus service, the Dalton Highway Express covers a rugged 500 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to the ominously named settlement of Deadhorse. Outside the window the frigid tundra stretched away to meet the horizon; vast, treeless and unnerving.

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

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6) The shortest bus stop name is “Jcoss”

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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 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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A double-decker serving the North York Moors has been crowned the most scenic bus route in Britain. The 840 Coastliner runs from Leeds to the coastal town of Whitby. But it's the leg that crosses the moorland, from Pickering via Goathland and Sleights, that has earned the service the prize.

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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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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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Route 24 dates back to 1910, when it ran between Hampstead Heath and Victoria station. In August 1912 it was extended to Pimlico and has continued in that form until the present day, making this the oldest unchanged bus route in London.

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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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Bus fares in London are subsidised to the tune of nearly £1bn a year, as Stagecoach observed in your article. As it is, there are four times more bus trips than rail, which gets a subsidy of £5bn a year.

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