On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:36:32 +0000, Ian Jelf
wrote:

I'm trying to find some basic bus information, along the lines of "What
is London Buses' longest/shortest bus route?" How many buses are in
London Buses service, that sort of thing. I thought there'd be a page
somewhere on the TfL site but a trawl of it (and Google) hasn't turned
up anything very reliable-looking.

Can anyone here point me in the right direction?

http://www.londonbusroutes.net/details.htm

has the PVR for weekdays plus length in miles and kms.

The shortest routes look like the 389. 399 or the 507. Longest (in
recent history - i.e. the 1990s) used to be the 107 when it ran from
Brimsdown to Queensbury. There are debates still raging about the
longest ever LT Central area route on other newsgroups!

Longest routes are often cross boundary commercial services but they
aren't TfL routes. 465 or the X26 look like reasonable candidates for
the current crown.

Highest route PVRs are now 42 buses on the 25, 38 and 73.

Total numbers of buses as at June 05 in service per weekday (courtesy of
LOTS) is

M- F 6886
Sun 4128
Sat nights 677 (24 hour / night buses only obviously)

These numbers will have changed a bit given that some RM routes have
been converted and other route changes have occurred.

HTH
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!