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.

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In the season 1844 – 1845 she was engaged in the Saint Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre ; later, in 1846 – 47, she toured the principal cities of Central Europe, finally reaching London and Paris, where she settled permanently.

* 1846 – 47: London and Croydon Railway between Croydon and New Cross, London, England ()

Despite his having died at the age of 32, Richard is often depicted as being considerably older: Basil Rathbone, in the Tower of London, and Peter Cook were both 46 when they played him, Laurence Olivier was 47 ( in his 1955 film ), Vincent Price was 51, Ian McKellen was 56 as was Pacino in his 1996 film ( although Pacino was 39 when he played him on Broadway in 1979, and Olivier was 37 when he played him on stage in 1944 ).

* Episode 47 of astrotalkuk. org Recording from the unveiling of Yuri Gagarin Statue event in London on 14 July 2011

* July 20 – The Provisional IRA detonates 2 bombs in central London, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.

It had a market capitalisation of approximately £ 11. 47 billion ( US $ 18 billion ) as of 20 June 2012 on the London Stock Exchange.

Of the population, 43. 47 % were in full-time employment and 11. 06 % in part-time employment – compared to a London average of 42. 64 % and 8. 62 %, respectively.

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Vega (+ 38 ° 47 ') is technically circumpolar north of latitude + 51 ° 13 ' ( just south of London ); taking atmospheric refraction into account it will probably only be seen to set at sea level from Cornwall and the Scilly Isles.

Frank and Dyment also discuss Maestro Toscanini's performance history in the 50th anniversary issue of Classic Record Collector ( 2006, 47 ) Frank with ' Toscanini – Myth and Reality ' ( 10 – 14 ) and Dyment ' A Whirlwind in London ' ( 15 – 21 ) This issue also contains interviews with people who performed with Toscanini – Jon Tolansky ' Licia Albanese – Maestro and Me ' ( 22 – 6 ) and ' A Mesmerising Beat: John Tolansky talks to some of those who worked with Arturo Toscanini, to discover some of the secrets of his hold over singers, orchestras and audiences.

The final sum recovered was £ 47, 245 that was found in a telephone box in Great Dover Street, Newington, South London.

Cerdan then ran a streak of 47 wins in a row between that first bout and January 4, 1939, when he lost for the first time, to Harry Craster by a disqualification in five rounds in London.

' Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India ; .. Hodson of Hodson's Horse ' ( London, 1859 ), edited by George H. Hodson ; p. 47.

London bus route 17, 21, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 133, 141, 149, 171, 343, 381 and night bus route N21, N35, N47, N133, N343 and N381 serve the station.

Studies from research hospitals have identified high Blastocystis infection rates in IBS patients, with 38 % being reported from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 47 % reported from the Department of Gastroenterology at Aga Khan University in Pakistan and 18. 1 % reported from the Institute of Diseases and Public Health at University of Ancona in Italy.

London: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 47 – 49.

The Times reported in April 1986: " Janet Suzman, aged 47, the actress, was granted a divorce in London yesterday from Trevor Nunn, aged 46, the theatre director ...

Macclesfield railway station has frequent services to Manchester Piccadilly ( 25 minutes away ), Stoke and London Euston ( 1 hour 47 minutes ) by Virgin Trains, and to Birmingham New Street and beyond provided by CrossCountry.

Gurney died of tuberculosis while still a patient at the City of London Mental Hospital shortly before dawn on 26 December 1937, aged 47.

The Transfer of Power 1942 – 47 ( 12 vol., London: HMSO.

* The Red Owl, originally titled The Robber ( One-Act Play, August 9, 1909, London Coliseum ; published in One-Act Plays for Stage and Study, Second Series, Samuel French, Ltd., 1925, pgs 47 – 80 )

Gallagher received a liver transplant in 1995, but died of complications later that year in London, England at the age of 47.