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Which London Bus routes have you been on?

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ValleyLines142

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What London bus routes have you been on?

I've been the following: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 (w/d), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15H, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 48 (w/d), 49, 52, 54, 65, 68, 73, 74, 76, 81, 85, 87, 88, 90, 94, 98, 105, 106, 137, 139, 140, 148, 156, 159, 170, 182, 186, 189, 205, 210, 211, 220, 222, 237, 250, 261, 274, 277, 278, 281, 285, 295, 314, 319, 323, 341, 344, 345, 360, 388, 414, 415, 417, 423, 430, 436, 453, 474, 476, 482, 490, C2 (w/d), C3, H32, H91, U2, U3, U4, X26.

I also plan on doing the 45, 57 and 161 on my next trip.
 
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I used to keep count but they keep changing them. I am sure that my 250, for example (Romford to Epping), wasn't the same route as yours.
 

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I used to keep count but they keep changing them. I am sure that my 250, for example (Romford to Epping), wasn't the same route as yours.
To many changes to quote , ie 26, 17, 242, 250, 254, 235. Could go on for ages. To answer this thread would have to include the year and route as so many withdrawal and reuse of route numbers, not to include LC 3xx and 4xx umbers reused in London.
 

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I cant remember all of them that i've been on over the years, but ones i can remember are as follows,
1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 23 Westbourne Park-Liverpool Street, 24, 25, 29, 36, 38, 44, 51, 53, 54, 68, 74, 77, 77A & 87 when 77A was renumbered to 87, 82, 83, 91, 105, 140, 210, 211, 221 405, 607, A1/A2 when they were the Airbus routes from Heathrow-Central London, A10, 276 & when it became X26, X68, W3.

Night buses
25, N2, N3, N7, N8, N9, N11, N15, N18, N22, N25 N26, N38, N44, N47, N68, current N86, N91, N97 when it went to Heathrow, N137, N159, N205, N207
 

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The only day route that I have not been on at all is the recently introduced 497.
I have not been the following routes during the current contract (but I have been on them before the contract changed): 126, 127, 134, 217, 271, 282, 292, 317, 323, 347, 357, 372, 375, 376, 385, 389, 399, 427, 428, 444, 482, C10 & W10
I have only been on 3 night bus routes: N9, N29 & N97
I steer clear of the School bus routes, having only been on the 635 & 681.
 

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I’ll stick with the ones that I’ve driven...
24, 125, 141, 168, 210 - all in the good old days (mid 90s), when they weren’t red!!
 

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The only day route that I have not been on at all is the recently introduced 497.
I have not been the following routes during the current contract (but I have been on them before the contract changed): 126, 127, 134, 217, 271, 282, 292, 317, 323, 347, 357, 372, 375, 376, 385, 389, 399, 427, 428, 444, 482, C10 & W10
I have only been on 3 night bus routes: N9, N29 & N97
I steer clear of the School bus routes, having only been on the 635 & 681.
Tomorrow the P5 is added to that list as it transfers from Go Ahead to Abellio on Saturday 02/05/20.
 

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I’ll stick with the ones that I’ve driven...
24, 125, 141, 168, 210 - all in the good old days (mid 90s), when they weren’t red!!
Grey n Green with a little bit of Orange added in if I remember...
 

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I’ll stick with the ones that I’ve driven...
24, 125, 141, 168, 210 - all in the good old days (mid 90s), when they weren’t red!!
Grey n Green with a little bit of Orange added in if I remember...
By coincidence in my YouTube recommendations, posted just now is a 9 minute video of Grey Green buses in London :E
 

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I did rather like those single deck B10M/East Lancs buses on the 210, which were fairly unique. Lots of steps to get up, but a nice flat floor then
 

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I did rather like those single deck B10M/East Lancs buses on the 210, which were fairly unique. Lots of steps to get up, but a nice flat floor then
Aye, they were quite nice to drive too. The various B10M derivatives that G-G had at the time could usually shift ...when London traffic allowed!
 

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Been having a look at the route history of the 121 on Ian Armstrongs site & until 1980 it was a completely different route from today's route, when it was introduced it was Ponders End garage to Chingford via the current 313 taking around 20 minutes, extended at first to Enfield Chase station on Saturdays only, before the route became Enfield Town to Chingford with the Enfield Chase section withdrawn. In 1980 the section beyond Enfield was extended to Turnpike Lane station via the 107 to Oakwood then replacing the 298A to Turnpike Lane, then in 82 the 121 was diverted at Ponders End to Enfield Lock which replaced the withdrawn section of the 107, before being rerouted to Island Village in 2000.
 
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