Where to go, what to do and a little bit of History ...
Trafalgar Square for Whitehall & National Gallery Strand for Charing Cross Aldwych for Covent Gdn & London Transport Mus. Fleet Street for Temple station & Law Courts Ludgate Circus St Pauls Mansion House Cannon Street for City Thameslink Eastcheap for Monument Stn, Bank & London Bridge Tower Hill for DLR, Tower of London & Tower Bridge
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Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column National Gallery National Portrait Gallery St Martin in the Fields Church Whitehall Theatre (Trafalgar Studios) Whitehall, and a short walk to Westminster; Downing Street & Big Ben. Admiralty Arch Canada House South Africa House Theatre Royal Haymarket Her Majesty’s Theatre (Haymarket) |
Strand
Savoy Hotel Savoy Theatre Vaudeville Theatre Adelphi Theatre Villiers Street Charing Cross station: Northern and Bakerloo lines and National rail. Embankment Station: District & Circle lines Playhouse Theatre Victoria Embankment Gardens Cleopatra’s Needle |
Aldwych
Australia House (Australian Embassy) BBC Bush House India House (Indian Embassy) London School of Economics (LSE) and King’s College London (KCL) Somerset House Theatres Aldwych Theatre Novello (or Strand) Theatre Duchess Theatre Lyceum Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
Covent Garden
Covent Garden station for Piccadilly line London Transport Museum Short Walk to Temple Station: District & Circle lines Disused Strand / Aldwych Station Lancaster Place for Waterloo Bridge |
Fleet Street
Law Courts Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese – One of the oldest pubs in London, since 1538 and rebuilt after the Great Fire in 1666. Website here. |
Cannon Street
Station for District and Circle lines |
Monument
The Monument Station for District & Circle lines Short Walk to Bank of England Short Walk to London Bridge |
Tower Hill
Station for Circle & District lines Tower of London Tower Bridge Experience for Tower Gateway DLR Cross the Bridge for. . . City Hall HMS Belfast |
The Statistics
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 5
Journey Length: 3 miles (5 km)
Journey Time: 28-29 minutes (Sat-Sun: 19-21 minutes)
Frequency: Every 20 minutes (full timetable here)
Hours: Between 9.30am and 7.00pm
Operational costs: £17.54 per mile
Operational costs: £1,155,328 per annum
Performance: click here
Peak Vehicle Requirement: 5
Journey Length: 3 miles (5 km)
Journey Time: 28-29 minutes (Sat-Sun: 19-21 minutes)
Frequency: Every 20 minutes (full timetable here)
Hours: Between 9.30am and 7.00pm
Operational costs: £17.54 per mile
Operational costs: £1,155,328 per annum
Performance: click here
History of Route 15
At 1950
KEW GREEN (Sundays) – Kew Bridge – Acton – Acton Vale – East Acton – Ladbroke Grove (Monday to Saturday) – Westbourne Grove – Paddington – Marble Arch – Oxford Street – Piccadilly Circus – Trafalgar Square – Aldwych – Fleet Street – Bank – Aldgate – Limehouse – Poplar (Monday to Friday daytime) – Canning Town – Plaistow – Upton Park – EAST HAM (Monday to Friday peaks and evenings, Saturday and Sunday) November 1959 KEW GREEN (Sundays)– LADBROKE GROVE (Monday – Saturday) – EAST HAM Extended to East Ham at all times. Seasonal Extension in Summer months between Acton and Kew Green May 1975 RICHMOND (Sundays) – LADBROKE GROVE (Monday - Saturday) – EAST HAM Extended to Richmond on Sundays. April 1981 EAST ACTON (Sundays) – LADBROKE GROVE (Monday - Saturday) – EAST HAM Withdrawn between Richmond and East Acton on Sundays. May 1985 EAST ACTON (Sundays) – LADBROKE GROVE (Monday - Saturday) – EAST HAM Diverted between St Paul’s and Aldgate via Cannon Street and Tower Hill. June 1987 LADBROKE GROVE – EAST HAM Withdrawn between East Acton and Ladbroke Grove on Sundays. May 1991 WESTBOURNE PARK STATION – EAST HAM Extended from Ladbroke Grove Sainsbury’s to Westbourne Park Station August 1992 WESTBOURNE PARK STATION (Sundays) – PADDINGTON (Mon – Sat) – CANNING TOWN (Monday – Saturday daytimes) – EAST HAM (Monday – Saturday evening) Withdrawn between Westbourne Park and Paddington Monday to Saturday (replaced by new route 23). May 1993 PADDINGTON – CANNING TOWN (Monday – Saturday daytimes) – EAST HAM (Monday – Saturday evening) Withdrawn between Westbourne Park and Paddington at all times. September 1999 PADDINGTON – BLACKWALL STATION (daytimes) – EAST HAM (evenings) Withdrawn between Poplar and Canning Town, and diverted to Blackwall DLR station. 30 August 2003 PADDINGTON – BLACKWALL STATION Routemasters withdrawn – Converted to One person operation. Withdrawn between Blackwall and East Ham at all times. 14 November 2005 Crew operation part re-introduced as part of Heritage Routemaster Routes. Between TRAFALGAR SQUARE and TOWER HILL only, operationally numbered 15H. Details from www.busesatwork.co.uk. |