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.

From the UK, direct routes by Astraeus from London Gatwick and Manchester Airport to Sal ceased in April 2008, their website has not been taking reservations since May 2008.

ThomsonFly have opened additional routes from Manchester Airport and London Gatwick on Mondays and Fridays.

Excluding the Shanghai Maglev line and the two light metro lines, the Shanghai Metro has of heavy rail rapid transit routes, compared to the London Underground's.

London Overground ( LO ) is a hybrid: its services are operated via a concession awarded by Transport for London, and are branded accordingly, but until 2010 all its routes used infrastructure owned by Network Rail.

It also includes major rail lines used for journeys within London, such as London Overground routes, and Tube stops with connections to National Rail services, rail links to airports, and river boats.

This launched Bermuda into a new prominence with the London Government, as its location, near the halfway point from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean, and off the US Atlantic Seaboard, allowed the Royal Navy to operate fully in the area, protecting British trade routes, and potentially commanding the American Atlantic coast in the event of war.

He performed pioneering work in the field of surveying and map-making and was involved in the work that led to the first modern plan-form map, though his plan for London on a grid system was rejected in favour of rebuilding along the existing routes.

The Metropolitan line and the Central line are the only two Underground routes with stations outside the boundaries of Greater London and the M25 orbital motorway.

It used electric multiple units on the electrified routes in London, but to serve the outer stations an electric locomotive was replaced by a steam locomotive en route.

The Heath has major historical importance, originally crossed by principal routes from London to the west and southwest of Britain.

Introduced by London Transport in 1956, the Routemaster saw continuous service in London until 2005, and remains on two heritage routes in central London.

Other north-south routes include Route 12, which parallels I-395 through many local communities, Route 169, a National Scenic Byway traveling through rural communities from the New London County line in Canterbury to the Massachusetts state line in Woodstock.

Temple Meads is now owned by Network Rail and is operated under a franchise by First Great Western who provide the majority of trains to London, along with local services and inter-urban routes to destinations such as Cardiff, Southampton, Portsmouth and.

It is unique in having two different routes through central London.

It is situated just to the northeast of central Croydon, and is home to a high proportion of people who commute to Central London, owing to its proximity to the busy East Croydon railway station and Tramlink, linking Addiscombe with other parts of Croydon and Wimbledon, as well as extensive bus routes into Central Croydon and surrounding areas.

London Buses routes 79, 83, 224, 245, 297 and 487 serve the Alperton station.

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

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.

* 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.