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.

London bus routes 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 77, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 211, 243, 341, 381, 507, 521, RV1, X68 and night bus routes N1, N68, N76, N171, N343 and N381.

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.

The corporation voted on September 27, 1598, that Quiney should ride to London about the suit to Sir John Fortescue, chancellor of the Exchequer, for discharging of the tax and subsidy.

Summer is hot and humid throughout the state, with average highs in New London of 81 ° F ( 27 ° C ) and 87 ° F ( 31 ° C ) in Windsor Locks.

), Religion and Society in Roman Palestine: Old Questions, New Approaches ( New York / London: Routledge, 2004 ), 7 – 27.

It premiered in London on 27 September 1966, to rave reviews.

After his son returned to Norway, he left London with his new companion, Edith Thomas, ( known as ' Wantee ' for her habit of always asking guests if they'd like a cup of tea ) for the Lake District on 27 June 1945.

In 2007, 27 years after the group disbanded, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited ( along with John Bonham's son, Jason ) for the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena in London.

The film began principle photography began on July 27, 2012, in London, United Kingdom.

On the conclusion of talks in London, Britain agreed to grant Sierra Leone Independence on the 27 of April 1961. however, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens was the only delegate who refused to sign Sierra Leone's declaration of Independendence on the grounds that there had been a secret defence pact between Sierra Leone and Britain ; another point of contention by Stevens was the Sierra Leonean government's position that there would be no elections held before independence which would effectively shut him out of Sierra Leone's political process.

* April 27 – The 1908 Summer Olympics begin in London.

* March 27 – British writer Arnold Bennett dies of typhoid in London shortly after returning from a visit to Paris, where he drank local water to prove it was safe.

* December 27 – The stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up premieres in London.

* June 27 – Canadian-born boxer George Dixon defeats the British bantamweight champion in London, giving him claim to be the first black world champion in any sport.

* May 27 – Sir William Stanier, English steam locomotive engineer ( London, Midland and Scottish Railway ) ( d. 1965 )

* August 27 – First edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published, in London.

* October 27 – ratifications exchanged in London on the first London Naval Treaty signed in April modifying the Washington Naval Treaty of 1925.

* April 27 – The blind, impoverished, 58-year-old John Milton sells the copyright of his epic poem Paradise Lost to London publisher Samuel Simmons for an initial payment of £ 5.

His funeral service on 27 November in Kensal Green, West London was private, and held in accordance with the Zoroastrian religious faith of his family.

Queen + Paul Rodgers performed at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute held in Hyde Park, London on 27 June 2008, to commemorate Mandela's ninetieth birthday, and again promote awareness of the HIV / AIDS pandemic.

London: Longman, pp. 14 – 27.

The town is within the western bounds of the M25 motorway and located 17 miles ( 27 km ) west south-west of Charing Cross in London.

) William Byrd, Keyboard Music ( Musica Britannica 27 – 28, London, 1971 )

The first of these that was put into use was by Barclays Bank in Enfield Town in North London, United Kingdom, on 27 June 1967.

Charles was baptised in the Chapel Royal on 27 June by the Anglican Bishop of London William Laud and brought up in the care of the Protestant Countess of Dorset, though his godparents included his mother's Catholic relations, Louis XIII and Marie de ' Medici.

Thomas Crapper ( baptised 28 September 1836 ; died 27 January 1910 ) was a plumber who founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London.