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London Bus Routes Photo Gallery

Last Update: 5 July 2008 (135, 612, 331, 244, 332, 195 added; 261, 144, H26 updated)

This page indexes all the pictures on the site. Hover your mouse over the thumbnail for a caption (may not work in some older or non-standard browsers), and click on it to open a page containing a larger version of the picture. The pages are also listed by route number or by area.

When new photos are added, or if there is a major revision to a page, they will appear at the beginning of this list — so, if you check in regularly, you can just look through the first few pictures to see what's new.

There is comprehensive navigation and cross-referencing through the gallery at the foot of each page: you can browse through routes in the order they were added to the site, or in route number order, as well as jumping to other routes of interest.

These pages are not necessarily meant to be detailed or exhaustive accounts about routes, just a collection of observations and facts that I think may be of interest to the reader; please don't treat this as a reference source! For more mundane/technical facts I suggest you look elsewhere — I recommend two sites, both called London Bus Routes: the companion to this site www.londonbusroutes.net details the current situation while www.londonbuses.co.uk has lots of historical information.

This gallery depends largely on reader’s contributions as I do not personally have time to do much bus photography. If you have access to a scanner or digital camera, and would like to contribute – especially if you can fulfil any of the requests below – see the foot of the page. I have a film scanner, so you can send negatives or slides in the post if you prefer. Contributions of background information are also welcome, as there is a limit to what I know or can readily research when writing a page.

All pages were designed for viewing at 1024 × 768 screen resolution, and consequently some pages might appear slightly odd if viewed at other resolutions.

Wanted for completeness, to complement other photos already in stock and/or to update pages: VLW on 184 (school journey); VP on 697; V on 350 DD journey; Dart SLF (ex-286/370) on 402; E200Dart on 84; DPS on H22. Any night or school buses — these are included! Night buses don’t have to be taken in the dark, though obviously that adds to the effect. Please don’t feel constrained to stick to these suggestions however.

Credits

Many thanks are due to Ali Gledhill, Alan Herbert, Alex Harrison, Adam Murray, Ash Turner, Brian Creasey, Chris Evans, Christopher Gorton, Chris Elkins, Dennis Beckett, Dan Broughton, Dave Hooker, Duncan McDougall, Daniel Piggott, David Richardson, Dave Salter, Eamonn Kentell, Gauvin Lewis, George Nipah, Graham Stokes, Ivor Cleave, John Bennett, John Delaney, James Fullick, John Fletcher, John Gillespie, John King, Joshim Nur, Julian Walker, Jamaal Wilson, Jordan Young, Lawrence Living, Lee Whitehead, Martin Campbell, Martin Hazel, Mark Lyons, Malc McDonald, Marc Maitland, Matthew Wharmby, Nik Anthony, Patrick Carter, Phillip Deamer, Russell Baldock, Richard Groves, Roger Logan, Robert Munster, Richard Pywell, Robert Sanderson, Robert Thompson, Steve Benson, Simon Hardy, Stephen Parascandolo, Selassie Lawson, Steve Maskell, Sunil Prasannan, Suzy Scott and Thomas Jefferson for supplying photographs and additionally to Marc Anderson, Malcolm Ballinger, Martin Bedneau, Chris Blower, John Bennett, Bernie Elsom, John Gillespie, Karl Gurney, Leo Henry, David Jacobs, John King, Phil Lightowler (via Martijn Gilbert), Malc McDonald, Keith Nason, Julian Osborne, A. Parry, Sunil Prasannan, Julian Walker, Matthew Wharmby, Lee Whitehead, and Jordan Young for helping with the text. Apologies to anyone I may have forgotten! I have referred to the following bus maps: The Greater London Bus Map (Mike Harris 1995-2007) (including the Historical Series), Bus Map Central Area (London Transport 1936-1961), Central Buses – Map and List of Routes (London Transport 1962-1970), London Buses – Map and List of Routes (London Transport 1970-1982), London Wide Bus Map (London Regional Transport 1984-1986), London Bus Map (London Buses Ltd 1987-1991), All London Bus Map (London Transport 1992-1993), All London Bus Guide (London Transport 1993-1999), Country Bus and Green Line coach routes (London Transport 1959), Tram Map (London Transport 1934). Snippets of information have also come from many other sources, including Buses (Ian Allan 1995-2002), David Connor, First Capital website, Leon Daniels, Ken Glazier, The London Bus (LOTS 2000-2008), The London Bus Handbook (Capital Transport 1988-2002), London Bus Magazine (LOTS 2000-02), London Buses Past and Present (John Reed/Capital Transport 1988), London Route Reviews 1934-1939 and 1939-1945 (Les Stitson/LOTS 1991-1993), Master Atlas of Greater London (Geographers’ A-Z Map Co. Ltd. 1995-2001), Metrobus The Company’s First Ten Years (Andrew Boag/Capital Transport 1994), Tramlink Offical Handbook (Nicholas Owen/Capital Transport 2000), Wylde’s Adventures in Busland (John D. Wylde 1998), and numerous others whom I cannot trace.

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ECT 109 on Route 195  ECT 117 on Route 195 Metroline TE839 on Route 332 Travel London 308 on Route H26
London Central DML14 on Route 244  London Central DML12 on Route 244  London Central DML14 on Route 244  London Central DMS9 on Route 244  London Central LDP113 on Route 244  London Central LDP122 on Route 244
Arriva London DLA27 on Route 144  Arriva London DLA214 on Route 144  Arriva London DLP67 on Route 144  Arriva London VLW18 on Route 144 First Centrewest DML44006 on Route 331 Arriva London South DLA179 on Route 612
Arriva London North T19 on Route 135  Arriva London North T20 on Route 135  Arriva London North T15 on Route 135 Travel London 8457 on Route H25 Docklands Buses ED4 on Route 368
London Central PVL412 on Route 36  London Central E96 on Route 36 Arriva Southend 4005 on Route 370 First Centrewest DM41440 on Route 187  First Centrewest DML41405 on Route 187
Arriva Kent Thameside 1649 on Route 233  Arriva Kent Thameside 1649 on Route 233 London Sovereign VLP2 on Route 183  London Sovereign VLE33 on Route 183
Selkent 34373X on Route 380  Selkent 34252 on Route 380  Selkent 34252 on Route 380 Arriva London North T1 on Route 102 Travel London 8508 on Route 350
Metroline TAL? on Route 16  Metroline TPL256 on Route 16 East Thames Buses VP14 on Route 661 First Centrewest DML44001 on Route A10 East London 17835 on Route 115  East London 17229 on Route 115
Metroline DLD170 on Route 46 Arriva London South DLA170 on Route 690 Arriva London South PDL125 on Route 450 Arriva London North EN7 on Route 192 London United VA104 on Route 111  London United VP110 on Route 111
Metroline TA98 on Route 210 London General LDP69 on Route 163 London General MAL97 on Route 453  London General MAL105 on Route 453 Metrobus 620 on Route 284
Metroline VP610 on Route 182  Metroline VP325 on Route 182 Tramlink 2539 on Tramlink line 3 Metroline VPL202 on Route 240  Metroline TE730 on Route 240 Travel London TA38 on Route C3
Selkent 18483 on Route 47 Arriva The Shires 3718 on Route 305 Stagecoach Selkent 17585 on Route N47 Arriva London South ADL14 on Route 407  Arriva London South DWL8 on Route 407  Arriva London South DLA217 on Route 407
Metroline TE722 on Route 186  Metroline VPL251 on Route 186 Arriva London North MA48 on Route 73 Travel London DP708 on Route 471
Travel London 8804 on Route 129  Travel London 8801 on Route 129  Travel London DP477 on Route 129 London General E93 on Route 24 Metroline VPL180 on Route 52  Metroline VPL185 on Route 52
London Central PVL260 on Route N89 Transdev SP14 on Route 148  Transdev SO8 on Route 148  London United VA297 on Route 148  London United VA296 on Route 148 Blue Triangle SE27 on Route 364
Metrobus 258 on Route 146  Metrobus 356 on Route 146 Transdev VE9 on Route 49  Transdev VA76 on Route 49 Arriva London North DLA37 on Route 221 Selkent 17307 on Route 472
Tramlink 2538 on Tramlink line 1  Tramlink 2532 on Tramlink line 1 Metroline SEL748 on Route 7 East London 17418 on Route 56 Docklands Buses LX07BYO on Route 549 Metroline DMS29 on Route 234
Travel London 303 on Route H20 London Central LDP276 on Route 225  London Central LDP275 on Route 225 Arriva Southern Counties 3984 on Route 286  Arriva Southern Counties 3986 on Route 286 Docklands Buses ED27 on Route 167
Metrobus 330 on Route T33  Metrobus 431 on Route T33 CT Plus DE1 on Route W13  CT Plus HTL8 on Route W13 London General LDP42 on Route 80 Metroline DES797 on Route E6
Travel London ES3 on Route C1  Travel London DP38 on Route C1  Travel London DP110 on Route C1 Metroline DP1001 on Route 117  Metroline DP1004 on Route 117
Arriva London South ENL2 on Route T31  Arriva London South ENL6 on Route T31 Metroline VP512 on Route 6  Metroline VPL171 on Route 6 London Central PVL47 on Route 601 Stagecoach London 17818 on Route 55
Arriva London South DW18 on Route 60  Arriva London South DLA255 on Route 60 Arriva London South DW101 on Route N159 Metroline MM776 on Route 251  Metroline DLD134 on Route 251 Selkent 17470 on Route 624
Metroline DLF109 on Route 84  Metroline DLD61 on Route 84  Metroline AV35 on Route 84 Selkent 17277 on Route 53 London United DPK614 on Route K4 Arriva London North PDL77 on Route 379
Metrobus 946 on Route 261 London Central E54 on Route 486 London Central LDP4 on Route 469 Travel London ES401 on Route 152  Travel London ES402 on Route 152  Travel London DP435 on Route 152
Arriva The Shires 3704 on Route 268 East London 17780 on Route 48 Selkent 34391 on Route P4  Selkent 34325 on Route P4 Selkent 17905 on Route 96 Travel London DE417 on Route U7
Quality Line SD44 on Route S1  Quality Line SD49 on Route S1 Metrobus 481 on Route 353  Metrobus 903 on Route 353 Arriva London DLA152 on Route 319 Metrobus 943 on Route 405
London United DP81 on Route 81  Transdev VA92 on Route 81  Transdev VP109 on Route 81 Arriva London South DWL1 on Route 166  Arriva London South PDL117 on Route 166
Selkent 19133 on Route 61  Selkent 17356 on Route 61 Travel London DP20 on Route P13 London General LDP238 on Route 170  London General LDP244 on Route 170 Arriva London South DWL67 on Route 455
Stagecoach Selkent 17945 on Route 122 London United SLE63 on Route 27 Stagecoach East London 17183 on Route 230 Metroline TP26 on Route 603 London Central LDP108 on Route B11
Arriva London South DLA260 on Route 197  Arriva London South DW4 on Route 197 London General LDP31 on Route 151  London General EVL17 on Route 151 London Central PVL177 on Route 45  London Central AVL13 on Route 45
Arriva Kent & Sussex 3919 on Route 402  Arriva Kent & Sussex 3918 on Route 402 First Centrewest TNL32986 on Route 697 Metrobus 263 on Route 367  Metrobus 267 on Route 367 First Capital TN32983 on Route 67
London General E7 on Route 196 Metroline DMS4 on Route W9  Metroline DML535 on Route W9  Metroline DLS102 on Route W9 Metrobus 916 on Route 161 Metrobus 926 on Route 127
Arriva London DW101 on Route 403 Arriva Kent Thameside 1625 on Route 162  Arriva Kent Thameside 1628 on Route 162 Stagecoach London 17062 on Route 101 Stagecoach London 17774 on Route 257 London Central WVL224 on Route 468
Metroline DLD124 on Route 214 London Central LDP65 on Route 360  London Central WHY3 on Route 360 First Centrewest DML41387 on Route E9 London Sovereign SLE28 on Route 13
First Centrewest VNW32373 on Route 28  First Centrewest TN33037 on Route 28 Arriva London DLA139 on Route 651 Arriva The Shires 3837 on Route U9 Metrobus 434 on Route 466  Metrobus 444 on Route 466
Uno 204 on Route 614  Uno 203 on Route 614 Stagecoach London 17782 on Route 15  Stagecoach London RM1933 on Route 15 Metroline TP428 on Route 263 Travel London V23 on Route 188
Quality Line OP20 on Route 463 Arriva London South VLA173 on Route 159 Metroline TA656 on route 266 London United VLE2 on route 9  First London RM1913 on route 9 London General LDP265 on route 322
Stagecoach 34112M on route 296  Stagecoach 17230 on route 296 NCP-Challenger NCP14 on route 33 East Thames Buses VWL3 on route 1 Arriva London VLA134 on route 128 London United TA261 on route 281
Sullivan Buses DN6 on route 383 Stagecoach 17455S on route 103 Arriva London North MA111 on route 38 Arriva London North VLW178 on route 243 London Central LDP179 on route P12 East Thames Buses DWL30 on route 108
Arriva London North PDL1 on route W16 London General MAL30 on route 507 First Capital DM41698 on route 309 Quality Line SD38 on route S3 Metroline TA66 on route 32
Arriva London North DLA17 on route 253  Arriva London North DLA18 on route 253 London United DPS641 on route 265 Stagecoach 17608 on route 97 Arriva London VLW108 on route 275 Metrobus 543 on route X26
First London EA11060 on route 207  First London EA11064 on route 207  First London EA11062 on route 207 First London TN32866 on route 215 First London TN32846 on route 58 Metrobus 254 on route 354
Arriva London North PDL74 on route 382 Arriva London South VLA40 on route 2 Metrobus 491 on route 320 First London DM41291 on route 487 Arriva Kent Thameside 6218 on route 492  Arriva Kent Thameside 6218 on route 492
First Centrewest TNL33140 on route 607 London General LDP233 on route 39 Stagecoach 23048 on route 25 Metroline VP467 on route 140 Blue Triangle DN185 on route 372 Arriva London South DW10 on route 194
Arriva Wandsworth VLA58 on route 337 London Sovereign SDP514 on route H10 Arriva London South VLA34 on route 176 London United DP97 on route H91 London Central MAL64 on route 12 Tellings-Golden Miller 342 on route 555
Tellings-Golden Miller 459 on route 112 Arriva Kent Thameside 3947 on route B15 First Centrewest VWL1389 on route 83  First Centrewest VTL on route 83 Metrobus 514 on route 358
London Sovereign VLE27 on route 114  London Sovereign SLE3 on route 114 Arriva The Shires 6011 on route 340 Arriva London DLP100 on route 125 First Centrewest VNW32357 on route 92 Metroline VP616 on route H12
Stagecoach London DL225 on route 227 First London TN1329 on route U4 First Centrewest ECA3031 on route 18 Stagecoach 17584S (?) on route 54 Connex TA89 on route 211 Tellings-Golden Miller 630 on route 235
Metrobus 451 on route 64 First DM784 on route 299 Arriva DLA353 on route 34 Arriva DWL44 on route 184 Stagecoach SLD212 on route 386 London United TA279 on route 57
First VFL1255 on route 10 Armchair DP1028 on route E2 London General EVL29 on route 154 Stagecoach Selkent TA350 on route 208 Stagecoach East London TAS556 on route 106 Stagecoach TA70 on route 369
Metroline TPL279 on route 43 Stagecoach DM269 on route 366 London United DPS629 on route 391 East Thames Buses VWL3 on route 180 Stagecoach London TA325 on route 199 Stagecoach London DSS244 on route 124
Stagecoach London TAS447 on route 175 London United TA239 on route 65 Arriva East Herts & Essex 2349 on route 505 London United DP39 on route H22 Connex TA90 on route 344 London Central PVL182 on route 172
Arriva London DWL25 on route 313 Blue Triangle DL904 on route 248 London United TA206 on route 71 London General WVL8 on route 345  London Central LDP182 and London General PVL262 on route 345 Metroline VPL219 on route 113
First London DMS351 on route R3 First London DML725 and DML720 on route 212 Metroline DMS22 on route 384 Connex DP7 on route G1 First DMS354 on route R4 London United VP118 on route H32
Metroline DLD124 on route 107 First TN1048 on route 179 Tram 2543 on line 2  Tram 2551 on line 2 London United DPS563 on route 285 Stagecoach London SLD133 on route 300
Stagecoach East London SLD139 on route 325 London United VA88 on route 120 Metroline DLD73 on route 302 Metroline VPL196 on route 82 Stagecoach London TA301 on route 86 First London TN1000 on route 105
Arriva London ADL4 on route 444 Stagecoach London TA365 on route 169 First Capital DML326 on route D6 First Centrewest DMS262 on route E10 London Central LDP164 on route P5 Stagecoach London SLD337 on route 62
London Central LDP165 on route 484 First London DML192 on route U1 First London DM690 and DM688 on route W11 London Central PVL40 on route 422 London General PVL99 on route 280 London United DPS6 on route 72
First Capital TN813 on route 357  First Capital DML726 on route 357 Stagecoach London TA90 on route 330 Metrobus 342 on route 464 London General PVL127 on route 270 Stagecoach London SLD156 on route 376
Stagecoach East London TA20 on route 69  Stagecoach London TA180 on route 69 Stagecoach London TA73 on route 5 London General PVL110 on route 77 London Central PVL42 on route 229
London United VA60 on route 220  London United VA73 on route 220 Blue Triangle DL909 on route 474 London General PDL1 on route 88 Arriva London North DLA9 on route 242
Arriva London North DLA193 on route W3  Arriva London North DLA124 on route W3 First Centrewest DML369 on route T32 London Central PVL10 on route 401

Contributions to photo gallery

... are very welcome, please send in your JPGs to robert @ londonbusroutes . net (remove the spaces!). It cuts both ways, as (a) it makes this site more interesting (b) non-webmasters get a chance to publish photos on the web. Provided you provide it, your name will be credited. Please note: photos should be your own. Photos are automatically copyrighted and it is therefore illegal to send someone else’s photos as if they were yours — and there are potentially serious consequences. If you want to submit photographs from other sources, obtain their permission first, and make the source clear when you send them.

As this is a site about London bus routes, I would be looking for photos of buses on LBSL routes (including night buses, school routes and LLSA routes e.g. the 84 in Barnet), showing vehicles that are likely to be found on the route. The photos do not need to be recent, as long as they could have been taken last week: so they should show the current vehicle type and livery, and in a location currently served by the route.

I do not want:

etc.

Please take a look at some of the pages that have already been created to get a feel for what is wanted. Also, if I already have a comprehensive selection of photos for a particular route then I am unlikely to want more! In many cases a "comprehensive selection" will be just 1.

I will not completely rule out historical photos — but remember that this site is primarily supposed to illustrate the contemporary scene, so I will only include old photos if they illustrate an interesting or significant historical point about the route in question (e.g. double deckers in the Blackwall Tunnel on the 108), and they will probably not be full size.

I would be particularly keen on photos taken on route (as opposed to the terminus), so for example 168s coming down Haverstock Hill, 96s arriving at Bluewater, or H37s squeezing under St. John's Railway Bridge — anywhere that characterises the route. Remember that this is a site about London bus routes, not about buses exactly, and to that end the bus need not be too large in the frame! However I will consider anything I receive.

Please supply the date and location if possible; any other topical information that can be incorporated into the caption will also be welcome.

In order to conserve web space, and so that they fit on people's screens, photos should not be too large – 800×600 is my standard size, although I can vary this a little either way. Although I can crop and/or scale photos if necessary, this is never as good as having been scanned at the correct resolution in the first place (120dpi for a typical print). (An amount of cropping is likely to be needed on scans to avoid borders and to get them in the right proportions; I will do this myself.)

Alternatively, if you cannot scan pictures in yourself, you are welcome to send negatives (or slides) in the post to me and I can scan them myself. I cannot scan prints however. Please email me if you are interested in doing this. Negs/slides would be returned after use. If it is more convenient, you may also send your scanned JPEGs in the post on a floppy, Zip disk or CD.

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