An Arriva double-decker bus, running route 102 on the London Buses network.

In many tourist or travel destinations, a bus is part of the tourist attraction, such as the North American tourist trolleys, London ’ s Routemaster heritage routes, or the customised buses of Malta, Asia and the Americas.

The last horse bus in London stopped operation in 1914.

More than 50 were killed and 750 injured in three bombings on London Underground and another aboard a double decker bus near Russell Square in King's Cross.

The London County Council managed tram operations within the County of London, but its responsibility did not extend to the bus or tram routes that ran outside its area ; or to the railways, which also extended into neighbouring counties.

Following the Greater London Council election in 1981, the incoming Labour administration simplified fares in Greater London by introducing four new bus fare zones and two central London Underground zones, named City and West End, where flat fares applied for the first time.

The London Regional Transport Act contained provision for setting up subsidiary companies to run the Underground and bus services and in 1985 London Underground Limited ( LUL ), a wholly owned subsidiary of London Regional Transport, was set up to manage the tube network.

London Buses Limited was constituted to progress the privatisation of London bus services.

London Transport was converted to a route operating contract tendering authority, and the former bus operating interests and assets of London Transport were split into 12 business units under the banner London Buses.

** London Buses, responsible for managing the red bus network throughout London, largely by contracting services to private sector bus operators.

The roundel rendered in blue without any lettering represents TfL as a whole ( see Transport for London logo ), as well as used in situations where lettering on the roundel is not possible ( such as bus receipts, where a logo is a blank roundel with the name " London Buses " to the right ).

* February 18 – An IRA briefcase bomb in a bus kills the bomber and injures 9 in the West End of London.

* July 4 – George Shillibeer begins operating the first bus service in London.

The archbishops had palaces on the periphery of London and on the route between London and Canterbury.

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines opened a route from London Stansted in October 2008 though it was rumoured that flights were being cancelled due to minimum take up though with effect from May 2008, TACV now fly direct from London Gatwick every Thursday to Sal and Praia.

Instead the distinction went to the 1884 route from Archway to Highgate, north London, which used a continuous cable and grip system on the 1 in 11 ( 9 %) climb of Highgate Hill.

The growth brought to Docklands enabled the Jubilee Line to be extended in 1999 to east London by a more southerly route than originally proposed, through Surrey Quays, Canary Wharf and the Greenwich Peninsula ( which was the next regeneration area ) to Stratford.

* London Buses route E2

Almost all the place-names are supposed to occur relatively close to Oxford, along the Thames, or along the route to London.

En route back to London in 1932 Gardner stopped off in Egypt and, armed with a letter of introduction, joined Sir Flinders Petrie who was excavating the site of Tall al-Ajjul in Palestine.

Verulam Road was created specifically to aid the movement of stage coaches, since St Albans was the first major stop on the coaching route north from London.

It is the second largest metro system in the world in terms of route miles, after the Shanghai Metro and part of the largest system in terms of route miles when taken together with the Docklands Light Railway. The light metro lines in London are operated by the Docklands Light Railway, whereas the Shanghai Metro is a group of four companies which operate heavy rail rapid transit and light metro lines.

While on route to exile in Obdorsk, Siberia, in January 1907, Trotsky escaped at Berezov and once again made his way to London, where he attended the 5th Congress of the RSDLP.

The London Passenger Transport Act 1933 removed responsibility for of tram route from the London County Council, three county boroughs and a number of other local authorities in the Greater London area.

From the roundabout are four exits ; one to the high street, one to Kingston upon Thames, and two others which go to the main A3 London to Portsmouth Road which has been the main route from the south of England docks to Central London for several hundred years.

The Angel, Islington was formerly a coaching inn, the first on the route northwards out of London, where Thomas Paine is believed to have written much of The Rights of Man.

This was demonstrated in OMA's scheme for the development of " Euralille " ( 1990 – 94 ), a new centre for the city of Lille in France, a city returned to prominence by its position on the new rail route from Paris to London via the Channel Tunnel.

As stipulated in the concessions, de Lesseps convened the International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez ( Commission Internationale pour le percement de l ' isthme des Suez ) consisting of thirteen experts from seven countries, among them McClean, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in London, and again Negrelli, to examine the plans of Linant de Bellefonds and to advise on the feasibility of and on the best route for the canal.

Adrian Quiney wrote to his son Richard on October 29 and again perhaps the next day, since the bearer of the letter, the bailiff, was expected to reach London on November 1.

John Newton Late Rector of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, London: Volume 1, Nathan Whiting, London.

He died of lung cancer in London on 1 January 1984 and was survived by a daughter, musician Sappho Gillett Korner, and two sons, guitarist Nicholas ( Nico ) Korner and sound engineer Damian Korner.

However, recent changes to the train timetables have been a disservice to Accrington, increasing the journey time to Preston ( a vital link to London or Scotland ) by up to 1. 5 hours.

HSL 1 runs from just south of Brussels to the French border, where it continues to Lille, and from there to Paris or London.

Montgomery served at the Battle of Passchendaele in Autumn 1917 before finishing the war as General Staff Officer 1 and effectively chief of staff of the 47th ( 2nd London ) Division, with the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel.

Instead, from 1 January 1923, almost all the remaining companies were grouped into the " big four ", the Great Western Railway, the London and North Eastern Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the Southern Railway companies ( there were also a number of other joint railways such as the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and the Cheshire Lines Committee as well as special joint railways such as the Forth Bridge Railway, Ryde Pier Railway and at one time the East London Railway ).

No public funds were available, and the credit of William III's government was so low in London that it was impossible for it to borrow the £ 1, 200, 000 ( at 8 per cent ) that the government wanted.

While David Kessler and Peter Temin consider ancient Rome to be the largest city before 19th century London and the first to have exceeded a population of over 1 million, George Modelski considers medieval Baghdad, with an estimated population of 1. 2 million at its peak, to be the largest city before 19th century London and the first with a population of over one million.

1, London: Nature Publishing Group, pp. 552 – 559.

In 2004, London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun in the Fog ( Londres, le Parlement, trouée de soleil dans le brouillard ) ( 1904 ), sold for US $ 20. 1 million.

Proper Terms: An attempt at a rational explanation of the meanings of the Collection of Phrases in " The Book of St Albans ", 1486, entitled " The Compaynys of beestys and fowlys " and similar lists., Transactions of the Philological Society 1907-1910 Part III, pp 1 – 187, Kegan, Paul, Trench & Trübner & Co, Ltd, London, 1909.

When Pissarro returned to his home in France after the war, he discovered that of the 1, 500 paintings he had done over 20 years, which he was forced to leave behind when he moved to London, only 40 remained.

London, New York ( NY ): Sage 1993, pp. 1 – 5 & 17 – 25

* 1907 – The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1, 000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been vivisected.

It was created as an area for local government on 1 April 1965, comprising the City of London and 32 London boroughs, of which twelve are Inner London boroughs and twenty are Outer London boroughs.