London Buses route 5

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5
	Go-Ahead London New Routemaster in Barking
Overview
Operator	Go-Ahead London
Garage	River Road; Henley Road (Early/late trips from route N15s allocation)
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC; New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	30
Began service	11 November 1959
Former operator(s)	Stagecoach London
Night-time	Night Bus N15
Route
Start	Romford Market
Via	Becontree; Barking; East Ham; Upton Park; Plaistow
End	Canning Town bus station
Length	10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 6-10 minutes
Journey time	43-82 minutes
Operates	05:30 until 01:00
Annual patronage	11.3 million (2018/19)
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London Buses route 5 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Romford Market and Canning Town bus station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

History

Route number 5 was used for an experimental service which ran between November 1953 and May 1954. The route, which ran from Shepherd's Bush Green to Ladbroke Grove, was withdrawn due to low ridership.^[1]^[2]

The current route 5 was introduced on 11 November 1959 as a replacement for trolleybus routes 567 and 665 between East Ham and Bloomsbury being operated by AEC Routemasters.^[3] On 17 April 1971 it was converted to one man operation with Daimler Fleetlines introduced.^[4]

Having been altered to operate between Becontree Heath bus station and Canning Town bus station, from privatisation it was operated by East London. On 25 March 2006 it was extended east to Romford Market replacing route 87.^[5] On 14 May 2011, the last AEC Routemaster, RML2760 built, operated a special service for charity on route 5 between Romford and Barking.^[6]

Upon being re-tendered it passed to Go-Ahead London on 26 August 2017.^[7]^[8] On the same date it was altered in Romford to serve Queen's Hospital.^[9] The route is operated out of River Road garage for the main services and Henley Road garage for the early/late trips from route N15s allocation.^[10]

Current route

Route 5 operates via these primary locations:^[11]

References

^ "New bus route run at a loss". West London Observer. 5 February 1954. p. 5.
^ "Bus route 5 to be withdrawn". West London Observer. 14 May 1954. p. 5.
^ *Taylor, Hugh (1994). London Trolleybus Routes. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 9781854141552.
^ Wharmby, Matthew (2016). The London DMS. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781783831739.
^ Route 5 to be extended to Romford Stagecoach London 23 March 2006
^ David Moth (2019), Buses in Outer London Since 1990, Amberley Publishing, p. 182, ISBN 9781445687858
^ Stagecoach lose out in bus tendering Coach & Bus Week issue 1285 5 April 2017
^ Tender News Bus Talk issue 46 June 2017 page 10
^ Proposed change to bus route 5 in Romford Transport for London 25 August 2017
^ Lost Property Go-Ahead London
^ Route 5 Map Transport for London

External links

Media related to London Buses route 5 at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "New bus route run at a loss". West London Observer. 5 February 1954. p. 5.

[2] "Bus route 5 to be withdrawn". West London Observer. 14 May 1954. p. 5.

[3] *Taylor, Hugh (1994). London Trolleybus Routes. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 9781854141552.

[4] Wharmby, Matthew (2016). The London DMS. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781783831739.

[5] Route 5 to be extended to Romford Stagecoach London 23 March 2006

[6] David Moth (2019), Buses in Outer London Since 1990, Amberley Publishing, p. 182, ISBN 9781445687858

[7] Stagecoach lose out in bus tendering Coach & Bus Week issue 1285 5 April 2017

[8] Tender News Bus Talk issue 46 June 2017 page 10

[9] Proposed change to bus route 5 in Romford Transport for London 25 August 2017

[10] Lost Property Go-Ahead London

[11] Route 5 Map Transport for London

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