TRIVIA: What is the longest bus route in London that uses single deck vehicles?

Popz · 2 Sep 2020

Obviously the longest bus route in London is the X26. However, this route uses double decked vehicles. Does anybody know the longest route that you can go on that uses single deck vehicles?

The longest one that I am aware of is the 314 between New Addington and Eltham (14 miles).

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AB93 · 2 Sep 2020

The 465 (Kingston - Dorking) is 15 miles.

higthomas · 2 Sep 2020

You can find the answer here: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/details.htm

Operational details of bus routes forming
the core London bus route network

But, it will take a while

matt_world2004 · 2 Sep 2020

X26 was single deck until recently.

Popz · 2 Sep 2020

AB93 said:
The 465 (Kingston - Dorking) is 15 miles.

Isn't this also the bus that goes the furthest outside of London?

TXMISTA · 3 Sep 2020

Popz said:
Isn't this also the bus that goes the furthest outside of London?

Correct. The 465 travels approximately 9 miles beyond the Greater London boundary (Malden Rushett) and goes beyond the M25. IIRC there was a proposal to curtail the service to Leatherhead but this was met with fierce opposition from users of the route.

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