Trivia: London Bus routes that follow Underground lines

[PTR 444]

How many bus routes are there in London that duplicate Tube lines between three or more consecutive stations?

Some that I can think of are:

• 24 and 29 following the Northern Line between Charing Cross and Warren Street
• 453 following the Bakerloo Line between Charing Cross and Marylebone
• 9, 14 and 19 following the Piccadilly Line between Piccadilly Circus and Knightsbridge
• 98 following the Central Line between Marble Arch and Holborn
• The C2 when it operated used to roughly follow the Victoria Line route between Oxford Circus and Victoria, despite the line not directly running beneath a single street like the older tubes do.

 

[90sWereBetter]

The 230 follows the Victoria Line between Walthamstow Central and Tottenham Hale.

Not sure if it counts given its round-the-houses routing, but the W14 manages to serve four consecutive Central Line stations on the same route (South Woodford, Snaresbrook, Leytonstone and Leyton), while also appearing at Wanstead on the Hainault loop.

 

[duncanp]

The N73 shadows the Victoria line to a certain extent, between Oxford Circus and Kings Cross and between Seven Sisters and Walthamstow Central.

 

[JonathanH]

133 parallels the Northern line from Bank / Monument to Oval
333 parallels the Northern line from Elephant & Castle to Tooting Broadway
2 effectively follows the Victoria line from Victoria to Brixton

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

94 and 148 both shadow the Central Line from White City to Marble Arch, where the 94 continues to shadow as far as Oxford Circus.
390 shadows Central Line from Marble Arch to Tottenham Court Road before shadowing the Northern Line to Euston (Kings Cross if you count the Bank branch)
8 parallels the Central Line from Tottenham Court Road to Bethnal Green

 

[JonathanH]

470 parallels the Northern Line from Colliers Wood to Morden

 

[Tester]

205 between Paddington and King's Cross

(Unless tube specifically excludes sub-surface, in which case Paddington to Baker Street )

 

[Timmyd]

How many bus routes are there in London that duplicate Tube lines between three or more consecutive stations?

Some that I can think of are:

• 24 and 29 following the Northern Line between Charing Cross and Warren Street
• 453 following the Bakerloo Line between Charing Cross and Marylebone
• 9, 14 and 19 following the Piccadilly Line between Piccadilly Circus and Knightsbridge
• 98 following the Central Line between Marble Arch and Holborn
• The C2 when it operated used to roughly follow the Victoria Line route between Oxford Circus and Victoria, despite the line not directly running beneath a single street like the older tubes do.

24 and 29 parallel the northern line for further than that, actually to Camden Town (and almost Chalk Farm for the 24 northbound)

The 2 follows the Victoria Line Brixton to Victoria
8 Central Line Tottenham Court Road to Bethnal Green
155 for almost its entire route Northern Elephant to Tooting
453 Marylebone to Elephant, almost following the Bakerloo other than omitting Waterloo
133 Northern Oval to Bank
73 and 390 Victoria from Oxford Circus to Kings Cross
18 Edgware Road to Euston Square
27 Along the west of the (old) Circle, Euston Square to High Street Ken

133 parallels the Northern line from Bank / Monument to Oval
333 parallels the Northern line from Elephant & Castle to Tooting Broadway
2 effectively follows the Victoria line from Victoria to Brixton

333 doesn’t, it deviates via Brixton and Streatham and doesn’t serve Clapham or Balham. You’re thinking of the 155

 

[jumble]

How many bus routes are there in London that duplicate Tube lines between three or more consecutive stations?

Some that I can think of are:

• 24 and 29 following the Northern Line between Charing Cross and Warren Street
• 453 following the Bakerloo Line between Charing Cross and Marylebone
• 9, 14 and 19 following the Piccadilly Line between Piccadilly Circus and Knightsbridge
• 98 following the Central Line between Marble Arch and Holborn
• The C2 when it operated used to roughly follow the Victoria Line route between Oxford Circus and Victoria, despite the line not directly running beneath a single street like the older tubes do.

398
Follows Piccadilly
South Harrow to Ruislip

 

[madannie77]

24 and 29 parallel the northern line for further than that, actually to Camden Town (and almost Chalk Farm for the 24 northbound)

The 29 also parallels the Piccadilly Line from Finsbury Park to Wood Green

 

[danielcanning]

The 134 follows the Northern Line between Warren Street and Highgate

 

[Mike99]

What about the 11? Westminster, St James Park, Victoria and Sloane Square

 

[Malaxa]

Don't forget the 549 which deliberately duplicates FOUR consecutive Central Line stations, although two of them are not actually in Greater London.

 

[Parebunks]

336 follows the Met from Amersham to Rickmansworth, then the Watford branch from Croxley to Watford station

 

[danielcanning]

336 follows the Met from Amersham to Rickmansworth, then the Watford branch from Croxley to Watford station

336 is not a London bus route, it’s operated by Arriva on behalf of Hertfordshire county council.

 

[johncrossley]

Before its huge expansion, much of the night bus network mirrored Tube and rail lines and some were even marketed as such. For example the Northern Line night bus. The existing N5 from Edgware to Trafalgar Square is a legacy of that.

The N1 was also marketed as a Northern Line night bus and followed the High Barnet branch. That is now the N20.

The pictures of old N1 and N5 buses shown on the links below show "Northern Line" on the blind.

London Bus Route. N1

London Bus Route N5

 

[sk688]

18 Follows the Bakerloo and Overground from Wembley Central to Kensal Green.
79 follows the Jubilee between Kingsbury and Canons Park
Slightly cheating given the 95 stop is about a 10 minute walk from Greenford station , but you could argue it follows the Central Line between Greenford and Shepherds Bush
220 follows the Hammersmith and City between Hammersmith and Wood Lane
267 and H91 following the District betwen Hammersmith and Chiswick Park
H11 follows the Met line between Harrow on the Hill and Northwood

 

[Parebunks]

336 is not a London bus route, it’s operated by Arriva on behalf of Hertfordshire county council.

Ah, didn't notice the 'London' qualification' - this must be one of the only non-London routes that parallels a tube line?

 

[Brooke]

One more: the 25 from Bow Road to Aldgate East, to parallel the District.

 

[317 forever]

Route 110 as good as duplicates the District Line from Hammersmith to Richmond

Route 383 duplicates the Northern Line from Finchley Central to High Barnet

 

[Malaxa]

The East London routes connect a few LT stations which don't have wheelchair access in one or both directions.

The 184 in North London connects four stations on the Piccadilly line, Arnos Grove to Turnpike Lane. the middle two also having no wheelchair access.

 

[PeterC]

The 66 follows the Central Line from Leytonstone to Newbury Park although you could say it was the other way around as bus route pre dates the tube line.

 

[jumble]

18 Follows the Bakerloo and Overground from Wembley Central to Kensal Green.
79 follows the Jubilee between Kingsbury and Canons Park
Slightly cheating given the 95 stop is about a 10 minute walk from Greenford station , but you could argue it follows the Central Line between Greenford and Shepherds Bush
220 follows the Hammersmith and City between Hammersmith and Wood Lane
267 and H91 following the District betwen Hammersmith and Chiswick Park
H11 follows the Met line between Harrow on the Hill and Northwood

If we count H11 as it does not stop outside North Harrow then I suppose 183 counts following the Met between Pinner and Kenton as Northwick Park is an OSI

 

[RMcE]

The 219 runs from South Wimbledon - Tooting Bec and the 249 from Tooting Bec - Clapham Common

 

[AM9]

One more: the 25 from Bow Road to Aldgate East, to parallel the District.

It also parallels the Lizzie between its origin at Ilford and Whitechapel, and in it's old bendy path from TCR to Oxford Circus. *

* Cue screams of horror at an inference that the Lizzy is an Underground line. Well it runs much of its length in a tube underground and has roundels all over it! (As a duck looks like a duck and quacks like a duck). U

 

[PeterC]

It also parallels the Lizzie between its origin at Ilford and Whitechapel, and in it's old bendy path from TCR to Oxford Circus. *

* Cue screams of horror at an inference that the Lizzy is an Underground line. Well it runs much of its length in a tube underground and has roundels all over it! (As a duck looks like a duck and quacks like a duck). U

As a passenger I think of the new sections as an Underground (capital U) line, regardless of its technical status. I am sure that some pedantic geek will feel the urge to flame me for that.

I wouldn't count buses along Romford Road and Ilford High Road but if you do don't forget the 86.

 

[AM9]

As a passenger I think of the new sections as an Underground (capital U) line, regardless of its technical status. I am sure that some pedantic geek will feel the urge to flame me for that.

I wouldn't count buses along Romford Road and Ilford High Road but if you do don't forget the 86.

I see that the 86 now only runs Romford to Stratford, very Lizzie specific. I remember it running from Corbets Tey to Limehouse, thereby also running parallel to the District line from Hornchurch to Upminster.

 

[GusB]

It also parallels the Lizzie between its origin at Ilford and Whitechapel, and in it's old bendy path from TCR to Oxford Circus. *

* Cue screams of horror at an inference that the Lizzy is an Underground line. Well it runs much of its length in a tube underground and has roundels all over it! (As a duck looks like a duck and quacks like a duck). U

Uh-oh! Someone got hold of the can opener.

It doesn't technically count as it's not strictly a London Underground line but, as you say, it runs underground... (subterranean ducks and all that - do they eat worms, I wonder?)

 

[delt1c]

What about the 8 which follows the central line from Bethnal Green to Oxford Circus

 

[AM9]

Uh-oh! Someone got hold of the can opener.

It doesn't technically count as it's not strictly a London Underground line but, as you say, it runs underground... (subterranean ducks and all that - do they eat worms, I wonder?)

In terms of passenger experience it is more a 'Tube' line (as the OP mentioned) than the SSLs which run in twin-track covered trenches rather than 'pipes'.