What is London's longest surviving bus route

[southlondonbus]

No. I found that out (re the 99) from a great website that shows photos from SE London toby and johns transport page. Have a look its great.

[overgroundcommuter]

Jul 19, 2013 13:02:41 GMT @mredd said:

Jul 19, 2013 12:25:25 GMT vjaska said:

The 37 would become more unreliable if extended as you've then got running along good sized chunk of the South Circular. I'm sure everyone east of Brixton would be mightily unhappy with their bus service becoming unreliable particularly the lone sections between Herne Hill & North Dulwich & between North Dulwich & East Dulwich. IMO, all the 37 needs is a higher frequency & along with the 35, extra capacity between Clapham Junction & Clapham Common in the form of an extended 49 or 417.

Also raises the question of whether there's actually any demand to go from Peckham or Brixton to Hounslow. Long trunk routes are useless if they're not going between two destinations that you could conceivably ride a significant distance on - the 25, 53, 113 and 208 serve as examples as those sorts of routes.

I remember going on the 37 from East Dulwich to Richmond one Boxing Day in the early 90s when it was extended for the day.  This was before shops would open on that day, so the roads were quiet and I think it was 2bph on the route, so easy to regulate.

It simply wouldn't be possible to have such a long route now.

I also remember the 176 running between Forest Hill (East Dulwich evenings and Sundays) to Willesden Garage, unthinkable now considering how long it takes to get to Tottenham Court Road on it's present route. 

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Jul 19, 2013 16:41:26 GMT @harlesden said:

Thank you southlondonbus. Sadly the site I have been led to starts at 1950. Do you know a site that goes further back?

I am not aware of any websites that go back further than 1950. I think you will need to track down some of Ken Glazier's excellent books that go back to the early days of LGOC and others as well as detailing the 20s, 30s and 40s (assuming you do not already own them).

Ken Glazier books