London Buses route 8

Infobox London Bus
number=8


operator=East London
length= 9 miles (14 km)
time= 45-84 minutes
vehicle= Dennis Trident 2/Alexander ALX400
garage=Bow
start=Bow Church
end=Victoria
via=Old Ford
Bethnal Green
Shoreditch
Bank
Holborn
Oxford Circus
level=Daily
frequency=About every 6 minutes
night=Night Bus N8
pvr=33
day=5:30am until 1:00am

London Buses route 8 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to East London.

History

On 1 November 1908, the bus route number 8 was allocated to a previously un-numbered route operating between Shepherds Bush and Ilford. On 20 June 1912, Routes 8 and 25 exchanged eastern ends at Bank, so that from then on the 8 operated between Willesden and Old Ford. This situation continued, apart from various westward extensions of the route to Wembley and Alperton, until July 1993. At that time the 8 again was re-routed over the 25, but this time to Victoria, becoming a daily Victoria - Old Ford - Bow route. In as much, the same routing as the 1912 version of route 25. The western end of the route becoming 98.

Current route

Route departing Bow

* Bow "Fairfield Road"
* Bow Road
* Blackwall Tunnel "Northern Approach"
* Wick Lane
* Tredegar Road
* Parnell Road
* Old Ford
* Old Ford Road
* St Stephen's Road
* Roman Road
* Bethnal Green (Central Line) Station
* Bethnal Green Road
* Shoreditch High Street
* Norton Folgate
* Liverpool Street Station
* Bishopsgate
* Threadneedle Street
* Bank Station
* Cheapside
* St Paul's Station
* Newgate Street
* Holborn Viaduct
* City Thameslink Station
* Holborn Viaduct
* Holborn Circus
* Holborn
* Chancery Lane Station
* Holborn
* High Holborn
* Holborn Station
* High Holborn
* New Oxford Street
* Tottenham Court Road Station
* Oxford Street
* Oxford Circus Station
* Oxford Street
* New Bond Street
* Bruton Street
* Berkeley Square
* Berkeley Street
* Green Park Station
* Piccadilly
* Duke of Wellington Place (for Hyde Park Corner Station)
* Grosvenor Place
* Lower Grosvenor Place
* Buckingham Palace Road
* Victoria Station "Terminus Place"

Route departing Victoria

* Victoria Station "Wilton Road"
* Victoria Street
* Grosvenor Gardens
* Grosvenor Place
* Hyde Park Corner Station
* Piccadilly
* Green Park Station
* Stratton Street
* Berkeley Street
* Berkeley Square
* Davies Street
* Bond Street Station
* Oxford Street
* Oxford Circus Station
* Oxford Street
* Tottenham Court Road Station
* New Oxford Street
* Bloomsbury Way
* Vernon Place (for Holborn Station)
* Theobalds Road
* Drake Street
* Proctor Street
* High Holborn
* Holborn
* Chancery Lane Station
* Holborn
* Holborn Circus
* Holborn Viaduct
* City Thameslink Station
* Holborn Viaduct
* Newgate Street
* King Edward Street
* Angel Street
* St Martins-le-Grand
* St Paul's Station
* Cheapside
* Bank Station
* Threadneedle Street
* Bishopsgate
* Liverpool Street Station
* Norton Folgate
* Shoreditch High Street
* Bethnal Green Road
* Bethnal Green (Central Line) Station
* Roman Road
* St Stephen's Road
* Old Ford Road
* Old Ford
* Parnell Road
* Tredegar Road
* Wick Lane
* Blackwall Tunnel "Northern Approach"
* Bow Road
* Bow "Fairfield Road"

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* East London

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.londonbusesbyadam.fotopic.net London Bus Routes Fotopic]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/008full.pdf Full Timetable (PDF)]