In message , Steve M
writes

Paul Terry wrote:

Which regularly timetabled London bus service had a route length of
little more than a mile and ran with tiny buses (initially 12 seaters)
roughly parallel to Putney Park Lane?

The 395? Limehouse to Surrey Quays... OK so it was north to south and
wasn't very long... do I win a prize?

A good shot, but I was thinking of an even shorter route very much
closer to Putney Park Road.

The 207 started from Barnes Railway Hotel (later re-named The Red Rover,
now the junction of Roehampton Lane with the South Circular). Its
six-minute route simply went up Priory Lane then returned via Clarence
Lane and Roehampton Lane. It was apparently used mainly to take golfers
from Barnes railway station to Richmond Park Golf Club. It ran every 15
minutes on Mondays to Fridays, requiring only one bus since the round
trip was only 12 minutes in length. Two were needed at weekends when it
ran at 10-minute intervals.

The route was started in 1928 by an independent operator with a Bean
12-seater:

http://www.bwlr.co.uk/beancars.php

The route was taken over by London General, and then London Transport,
who used the original 1930s' Dennis Dart 18-seaters. The service was
withdrawn in 1939 and never re-started after the war.

It's oddly fascinating because I suspect it is the only London bus
service that did nothing more than (quite literally) run round the
block.
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Paul Terry