London Buses route 15 (Heritage)

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15H

London Buses
Management
Operated by	East London
Garage	Bow
Vehicle	Routemaster
PVR †	5
Route
Start	Tower Hill
Via	Cannon Street Aldwych
End	Trafalgar Square
Length	3 miles (5km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 15 minutes
Journey time	24-25 minutes
Day	9:30am until 7:00pm
Night	Night Bus N15
Adult single fares
Oyster	90p
Cash	£2.00
† peak vehicle requirement Transport for London • Performance
London Transport Portal

London Buses route 15 (Heritage) is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom operated only by Routemaster buses. The service is currently contracted to East London and is a short working of the regular route 15.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Tower Hill 2.2 Route departing Trafalgar Square 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This route and route 9 (Heritage) were announced initially as 'A' and 'B' as short workings on existing routes to avoid any potential complications in the future as from 2017 all services have to be operated by Disability Discrimination Act compliant vehicles or an alternative must exist to make the same journey by exactly the same means. The Mayor of London and Transport for London decided to have a deadline of 2006 for their own services with a few exceptions.

One of the two routes, awarded to Stagecoach London (now East London), was for services between Trafalgar Square and Tower Hill, covering the most touristy section of route 15 taking in the Tower of London, Monument, St Paul's Cathedral and Trafalgar Square. An extension to the Oxford Street area was excluded due to severe congestion there. The number of the parallel route 15 was adopted for the Routemasters, despite potential for confusion with the main 15.

Ten buses were allocated to the operator; 5 for the daily turnout, 3 operational spares and 2 as a "strategic reserve". Despite having only a couple of weeks to prepare the vehicles after they left normal service, Stagecoach turned out 5 immaculately presented RMs for the first day launch. The first journey was driven by Peter Hendy, managing director of TfL surface transport.

In April 2008 one of the buses was painted in a special Indian Red and Silver livery, to promote Bow Garage's Centenary. It was first revealed at the LBPT's Cobham bus rally, and soon after entered regular service.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Tower Hill Tower Hill Cannon Street station Cannon Street Mansion House Station Queen Victoria Street Friday Street Cannon Street St Paul's Churchyard Ludgate Hill City Thameslink Station Ludgate Circus Fleet Street Strand Aldwych Strand Charing Cross Station Strand Charing Cross Trafalgar Square

[edit] Route departing Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square Charing Cross Strand Charing Cross Station Strand Aldwych Strand Fleet Street Ludgate Circus City Thameslink Station Ludgate Hill St Paul's Churchyard Cannon Street Cannon Street station Tower Hill

[edit] See also

• London Buses route 15
• London Buses route 9 (Heritage)
• List of bus routes in London
• East London

[edit] External links

• Transport For London
• London Bus Routes Fotopic
• London Bus Routes
• Full Timetable
• Enthusiast Page with vehicle list

List of bus routes in London
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