London Buses route 55

55
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	40[1]
Night-time	Night Bus N55
Route
Start	Leyton Green
Via	Hackney Central Shoreditch Clerkenwell Holborn
End	Oxford Circus

London Buses route 55 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Leyton Green and Oxford Circus, it is operated by Stagecoach London.

History

Stagecoach London successfully retained route 55 with a new contract starting on 27 February 2010 and a further contract starting on 28 February 2015.^[2][3]

New Routemasters were introduced on 28 February 2015. The rear platform remains closed at all times except for when the bus is at bus stops.^[4]

Current route

Route 55 operates via these primary locations:^[5]

• Wanstead
• Whipps Cross
• Leyton Green Bakers Arms
• Lea Bridge Road Argall Business Centre
• Lea Bridge
• Upper Clapton Lea Bridge Roundabout
• Clapton Pond
• Lower Clapton Glenarm Road
• Clapton Hackney Baths
• Hackney Downs station
• Hackney Central station
• South Hackney Mare Street
• Cambridge Heath station
• Bethnal Green Warner Place
• Bethnal Green Queenbridge Road
• Bethnal Green Hoxton Station
• Shoreditch Town Hall
• Tech City Great Eastern Street
• Old Street station
• St Luke's Bunhill Row
• Finsbury Goswell Road
• Clerkenwell Green
• Hatton Garden
• Bloomsbury Thoebalds Road
• Holborn station
• St Giles New Oxford Street
• Tottenham Court Road station
• Soho Street
• Oxford Circus station
• Oxford Circus Holles Street
• Great Portland Street
• Euston Bus Station

References

1. "History of Stagecoach London". Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. 2010 Bus Tender Result Transport For London
3. 2015 Bus Tender Result Transport For London
4. "Route 55 and 15 to be served by New Routemaster buses". 26 January 2015.
5. Route 55 Map Transport for London

External links

• Media related to London Buses route 55 at Wikimedia Commons
• Timetable