TfL’s Central London Bus Review
Part Two: The Changes in Route Number Order

​3 June 2022

I don’t suppose I’m the first person to do this but, as TfL can’t seem to present things clearly, I have compiled a simple list, in route number order, of the changes to bus services that are proposed in the Central London Bus Review. I have gone through 15 documents to try to make sense of what is being planned.

I have only tackled the daytime routes. There are a further four documents covering night services which I have not looked at.

I will share my thoughts on the actual plans in a further article soon. Meanwhile, here’s the list:

3. Withdrawn between Lambeth Bridge and Whitehall, and diverted instead via route 507 to Victoria.

4. Withdrawn

6. Withdrawn between Marble Arch, Piccadilly and Aldwych, and diverted instead via Oxford Street to Holborn.

11. Withdrawn

12. Withdrawn

14. Withdrawn

15. Minor rerouting to run via Aldgate bus station rather than Mansell Street.

16. Withdrawn

19. Rerouted between Knightsbridge and Battersea via South Kensington.

23. Withdrawn between Hyde Park Corner and Hammersmith, and diverted instead via Piccadilly Circus to Aldwych.

24. Withdrawn

26. Withdrawn between Aldwych and Waterloo, and diverted instead via route 11 to Victoria Station.

27. Withdrawn between Kensington Church Street and Hammersmith, and diverted instead via route C3 to Clapham Junction.

31. Withdrawn

43. Withdrawn between Moorgate and London Bridge and diverted instead to Liverpool Street.

45. Withdrawn

47. Withdrawn between London Bridge and Shoreditch.

49. Withdrawn between South Kensington and Clapham Junction. Extended from White City to East Acton via route 72.

53. Withdrawn between Lambeth North and Elephant & Castle.

56. Withdrawn between St Paul’s and St Bart’s and diverted instead via route 4 to Blackfriars.

59. Withdrawn between Euston and Holborn, and diverted instead to St Paul’s. Also withdrawn between Brixton and Streatham and diverted instead to Clapham Park.

72. Withdrawn

74. Withdrawn

77. Minor re-routing at Waterloo station, to terminate in Taxi Road.

78. Withdrawn

88. Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Parliament Hill Fields and diverted instead via route 24 to Hampstead Heath.

98. Withdrawn between Marble Arch and Holborn, and diverted instead via route 16 to Victoria.

100. Extended from Shadwell to Bethnal Green.

113. Withdrawn between Swiss Cottage and Marble Arch, and diverted instead to White City via route 31.

133. Withdrawn between Monument and Liverpool Street and diverted instead via Bank and St Paul’s to St Bart’s Hospital.

135. Withdrawn between Aldgate East and Old Street and diverted instead via route 242 to Homerton Hospital. Also rerouted between Crews Street and Isle of Dogs Asda via Eastferry Road and Mudchute station instead of via Mudchute, Island Gardens, Cubitt Town, Harbour Exchange and Crossharbour station.

148. Withdrawn between Shepherds Bush and White City. Extended via route 12 from Camberwell Green to Dulwich Library.

171. Minor rerouting at Elephant & Castle, to terminate on Newington Causeway rather than St George’s Road / London Road.

189. Withdrawn between Belsize Road and Marble Arch. Extended from Belsize Road to Camden Town via route 31.

205. Withdrawn between King’s Cross and Paddington, and diverted instead via route 88 to Parliament Hill Fields. Also withdrawn between Mile End and Bow Church.

211. Withdrawn between Sloane Square and Waterloo and diverted instead to Battersea Power Station.

214. Withdrawn between Camden Town and Finsbury Square, and diverted instead via route 88 to Trafalgar Square, and then via route 24 to Pimlico.

236. Withdrawn between Homerton Hospital and Hackney Wick. Extended from Finsbury Park to Archway via Tufnell Park.

242. Withdrawn

254. Withdrawn between Finsbury Park and Holloway, Nag’s Head.

259. Withdrawn between King’s Cross and Holloway, Nag’s Head. Extended from Edmonton Green to Ponders End via Hertford Road

272. Extended from Shepherds Bush to Hammersmith via route 72.

277. Withdrawn between Crews Street and Isle of Dogs Asda. Diverted instead via Mudchute, Island Gardens and Cubitt Town to Poplar, All Saints.

279. Withdrawn between Seven Sisters and Manor House.

283. Extended from Hammersmith Bus Station to Hammersmith Bridge, North Side.

328. Withdrawn between Kensington High Street and Chelsea, and diverted instead to Hammersmith via route 27.

343. Withdrawn between Tower Gateway and Aldgate.

349. Withdrawn

388. Extended from London Bridge via route 78 to Peckham.

414. Extended from Putney Bridge Station to Putney Heath, Green Man.

430. Rerouted between West Brompton and South Kensington via Earls Court Road and Cromwell Road.

476. Withdrawn between Newington Green and King’s Cross.

507. Withdrawn between St Thomas Hospital and Victoria by present route. Diverted instead via route 211 to Victoria Street, and then via route 11 to Fulham Broadway.

521. Withdrawn

C3. Withdrawn

C10. Rerouted between Elephant & Castle and Lambeth Palace Road via Waterloo Road and York Road, instead of Westminster Bridge Road.

D3. Withdrawn betweenWestferry and Bethnal Green. Diverted instead via South Quay and Cubitt Town to Crossharbour Asda.

D7. Withdrawn

D8. Rerouted between Bow Flyover and Bromley-by-Bow to miss out St Leonards Street.


DISCLAIMER: This is my own analysis, based on the contents of 15 of the Consultation documents. The odd mistake may have crept in.