TRIVIA - Consecutive London Bus Route Numbers serving the same stop

[MotCO]

I've just been to Chislehurst and noticed that a single bus stop was served by routes 160, 161 and 162. Are there any other bus stops in London which serve 3 or more consecutive route numbers?

(Note: I've restricted this to London since smaller towns often have routes 1,2,3,4 etc)

 

[ValleyLines142]

The 9 and 10 both serve Hammersmith bus station (I think possibly the same stop too!)

The 22 and the 23 both serve a stop on Oxford Circus/Regent Street.

Can't seem to find three in a row mind!

 

[class387]

Cockfosters has 298 and 299.

 

[MotCO]

The 9 and 10 both serve Hammersmith bus station (I think possibly the same stop too!)

The 22 and the 23 both serve a stop on Oxford Circus/Regent Street.

Can't seem to find three in a row mind!

I also remember 71 and 72 in Hook in the 1970's - they shared 2 stops each way with one route Leatherhead to Kingston and the other Hammersith to Esher. But 3 in a row does seem to be rather elusive.

 

[PeterC]

Glancing at the route index on an old bus map I get the impression that the original LGBC numbering scheme tried to avoid confusing passengers with consecutive numbers. There there was a lot of parallel running letter suffixes were often used.

The exception that comes to mind from where I was brought up is 174 / 175 which have sections of shared route south of Romford. In that case only the 175 dates back to the 1930s, the 174 being a "new" route developed with the building of the Harold Hill Estate.

 

[Typhoon]

Dodgy examples in Kingston (according to TfL's bus spider map) - 513, 514, 515
and, if prefixes are allowed, K1 to K5 seem to share common stops.

(I suggest prefixed routes are excluded, and only TfL routes are allowed as there may well be examples from former London Country routes that terminate within London.)

 

[telstarbox]

I think the 180 and 181 overlap in Lewisham.

 

[Mike99]

Years ago at the bottom of the Edgware Road outside the entrance to the Odeon Marble Arch, one stop was for the 6, 7, 8 and 15 towards Oxford Street and the other stop, both compulsery stops, was for the 16, 36, 36A and 36B towards Park Lane and Victoria

 

[Typhoon]

I think the 180 and 181 overlap in Lewisham.

I don't think they share the same stop though.

171 and 172 share many stops in common between New Cross and Brockley Rise (and possibly also in the Waterloo area).

 

[Busaholic]

Just off the top of my head, 51,53 and 54 in Woolwich make three out of four (probably not a common stop between all three though). Given an hour or two to dredge my mind I'd almost guarantee a few from the past, though. Oh, and 2,3 and P4 in Brixton now, but again, doubtful at one stop.

 

[Busaholic]

Up to about 1990 (?) 222, 223 and 224 at Uxbridge, all allocated to that garage.

173, 174 and 175 at Dagenham MAY have had a common stop somewhere, if only on Ford's journeys.

 

[MotCO]

if prefixes are allowed, K1 to K5 seem to share common stops.

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On that basis, the R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 all share a bus stop in Orpington, but that wasn't what I had in mind; I was thinking of 'traditional' bus route numbers.

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

Northbound at Greenford Red Lion (outside Lidl) will net E1, E2, E3, plus E9, E10 and E11. The same stop also has E5 and E7, with only the E6 of the E routes not calling (there is currently no E4).

 

[hassaanhc]

Glancing at the route index on an old bus map I get the impression that the original LGBC numbering scheme tried to avoid confusing passengers with consecutive numbers. There there was a lot of parallel running letter suffixes were often used.

The exception that comes to mind from where I was brought up is 174 / 175 which have sections of shared route south of Romford. In that case only the 175 dates back to the 1930s, the 174 being a "new" route developed with the building of the Harold Hill Estate.

Up to about 1990 (?) 222, 223 and 224 at Uxbridge, all allocated to that garage.

173, 174 and 175 at Dagenham MAY have had a common stop somewhere, if only on Ford's journeys.

Several stops along Heathway are shared by the 173, 174 and 175