London Buses route 5

5
	Blue Triangle Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC in September 2017
Overview
Operator	Blue Triangle
Garage	River Road
Peak vehicle requirement	30 (August 2017)
Began service	11 November 1959
Former operator(s)	East London
Route
Start	Romford Market
Via	Becontree; Barking; Plaistow
End	Canning Town bus station
Length	10 miles
Service
Level	Daily
Annual patronage	11.3 million (2018/19)
Route map
Route 15 corridor

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 Blue Triangle.

History

Leyland Titans on Old Street in March 1988

Stagecoach London TransBus ALX400 bodied TransBus Trident at Canning Town bus station in October 2014

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.[1] On 17 April 1971 it was converted to one man operation with Daimler Fleetlines introduced.[2]

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.[3] On 14 May 2011, the last AEC Routemaster, RML2760 built, operated a special service for charity on route 5 between Romford and Barking.[4]

Upon being re-tendered it passed to Blue Triangle on 26 August 2017.[5][6] On the same date it was altered in Romford to serve Queen's Hospital.[7] It is operated out of River Road garage.[8]

Current route

Route 5 operates via these primary locations:[9]

References

- Taylor, Hugh (1994). London Trolleybus Routes. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 9781854141552.
Wharmby, Matthew (2016). The London DMS. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[8] Lost Property Go-Ahead London

[9] Route 5 Map Transport for London