London Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Buses, coaches and trams=== {{multiple image | footer = The [[New Routemaster]] (left) replaced the [[AEC Routemaster]] (right) in 2012. First appearing in 1947, the red double-decker bus is an emblematic symbol of London. | align = left | width = | image1 = LT3 (10288453965).jpg | width1 = 218 | image2 = East London Routemaster bus RM2050 (ALM 50B) heritage route 15 St Pauls 5 December 2005.jpg | width2 = 120 }} London's [[London Buses|bus network]] runs 24 hours a day with about 9,300 vehicles, over 675 bus routes and about 19,000 bus stops.<ref name="Buses">{{Cite web |title=What we do β Buses |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do/buses |publisher= Transport for London |access-date=5 April 2014}}</ref> In 2019 the network had over 2 billion commuter trips per year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2020 |title=Annual bus statistics: England 2019/20 |url= https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/929992/annual-bus-statistics-year-ending-march-2020.pdf |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Department for Transport |page=2}}</ref> Since 2010 an average of Β£1.2 billion is taken in revenue each year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2021 |title=Government support for the bus industry and concessionary travel (England) (BUS05) |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus05-subsidies-and-concessions |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=GOV.UK |type=BUS0501: Operating revenue for local bus services by revenue type, by metropolitan area status: England (ODS, 34.7KB)}}</ref> London has one of the largest wheelchair-accessible networks in the world<ref name="london_131">{{Cite web |date=20 June 2017 |title=Most Accessible Cities Around The World |url= https://www.sunrisemedical.com.au/blog/world-accessible-cities |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=Sunrise Medical}}</ref> and from the third quarter of 2007, became more accessible to hearing and visually impaired passengers as audio-visual announcements were introduced.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2016 |title=Leading the way β Travelling with a sensory impairment in London |url= https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/leading_the_way_march_2016.pdf |access-date=26 March 2021 |publisher=[[Greater London Authority]]}}</ref> An emblem of London, the red [[double-decker bus]] first appeared in the city in 1947 with the [[AEC Regent III RT]] (predecessor to the [[AEC Routemaster]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blake |first1=Jim |title=London Transport Buses in the 1960s |date=2022 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books |page=9}}</ref> London's coach hub is [[Victoria Coach Station]], opened in 1932. Nationalised in 1970 and then purchased by London Transport (now [[Transport for London]]), Victoria Coach Station has over 14 million passengers a year and provides services across the UK and continental Europe.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Victoria Coach Station to remain major coach hub |url= https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2019/august/victoria-coach-station-to-remain-major-coach-hub |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=11 June 2022 |publisher= Transport for London}}</ref> London has a modern tram network, known as [[Tramlink]]. It has 39 stops and four routes, and carried 28 million people in 2013.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Tram-endous boost for travellers |publisher= Transport for London |url= https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/news-articles/tram-endous-boost-for-travellers |access-date=26 March 2021 |date=4 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160513142204/https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/news-articles/tram-endous-boost-for-travellers |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2016}}</ref> Since June 2008, Transport for London has completely owned and operated Tramlink.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 June 2008 |title=Statement of Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2008 |url= https://content.tfl.gov.uk/6-Statement-of-Acounts-2008.pdf |access-date=26 March 2021 |publisher= Transport for London |page=67}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page