London Buses route 5
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| Length | 10 miles (16 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frequency | About every 6-10 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journey time | 43-82 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operates | 05:30 until 01:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annual patronage | 11.3 million (2018/19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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London Buses route 5 is a
Canning Town bus station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London
.
History
Canning Town bus station
in October 2014Route number 5 was used for an experimental service which ran between November 1953 and May 1954. The route, which ran from Shepherd's Bush Green to Ladbroke Grove, was withdrawn due to low ridership.[1][2]
The current route 5 was introduced on 11 November 1959 as a replacement for
one man operation with Daimler Fleetlines introduced.[4]
Having been altered to operate between Becontree Heath bus station and
Canning Town bus station, from privatisation it was operated by East London. On 25 March 2006 it was extended east to Romford Market replacing route 87.[5] On 14 May 2011, the last AEC Routemaster, RML2760 built, operated a special service for charity on route 5 between Romford and Barking.[6]
Upon being re-tendered it passed to
N15s allocation.[10]
Current route
Route 5 operates via these primary locations:[11]
- Romford Market
- Romford station
- Queen's Hospital
- Becontree Heath
- Barking station
- East Ham
- Upton Park
- Plaistow
- Canning Town bus station
References
- ^ "New bus route run at a loss". West London Observer. 5 February 1954. p. 5.
- ^ "Bus route 5 to be withdrawn". West London Observer. 14 May 1954. p. 5.
- ISBN 9781854141552.
- ISBN 9781783831739.
- ^ Route 5 to be extended to Romford Stagecoach London 23 March 2006
- ISBN 9781445687858
- ^ Stagecoach lose out in bus tendering Coach & Bus Week issue 1285 5 April 2017
- Bus Talkissue 46 June 2017 page 10
- ^ Proposed change to bus route 5 in Romford Transport for London 25 August 2017
- ^ Lost Property Go-Ahead London
- ^ Route 5 Map Transport for London
External links
Media related to London Buses route 5 at Wikimedia Commons
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