London Buses route 66

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66

Management
Operated by	Blue Triangle
Garage	Rainham
Vehicle	Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander Dennis Pointer
Route
Start	Romford
Via	Little Heath Newbury Park Gants Hill Redbridge Wanstead
End	Leytonstone
Length	9 miles (14 km)
Service
Level	Daily (5:00am until 1:12am)
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Journey time	30-58 minutes
Night	none
Adult single fares
Cash	£1.50
Oyster	80p (£1 Mon-Fri 7-9.30am)
Transport for London

London Buses route 66 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Blue Triangle.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Romford 2.2 Route departing Leytonstone 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

Route 66 is a very long-standing route. It commenced operation on 14 October 1925 between Leytonstone (Green Man) and Romford Station. Leytonstone has always remained the western terminus of the route, although the eastern terminus has varied over the years. Route 66 began operation as a double deck route from Romford (later Hornchurch) Bus garage, although between 1972 and 1976 the route was operated by single deck vehicles.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Romford Romford Station South Street Western Road Mercury Gardens St. Edwards Way North Street Eastern Avenue West Chadwell Heath Moby Dick Eastern Avenue West Eastern Avenue Little Heath Eastern Avenue Newbury Park Station Eastern Avenue Gants Hill Station Eastern Avenue Redbridge Station Eastern Avenue Wanstead Station Cambridge Park Blake Hall Road Bush Road High Road Leytonstone Gainsborough Road Lemna Road Kirkdale Road Leytonstone Station Bus Station

[edit] Route departing Leytonstone Leytonstone Station Bus Station Church Lane High Road Leytonstone Green Man Roundabout Cambridge Park Wanstead Station Eastern Avenue Redbridge Station Eastern Avenue Gants Hill Station Eastern Avenue Newbury Park Station Forecourt Eastern Avenue Little Heath Eastern Avenue Eastern Avenue West Chadwell Heath Moby Dick Eastern Avenue West North Street St. Edwards Way Mercury Gardens Western Road Chandlers Way Eastern Road South Street Romford Station

[edit] Gallery

East London Leyland Titan (B15) operation of route 66	Grey Green operation of route 66	Grey Green Alexander ALX200 operation of route 66	Optare Excel operation of route 66
Blue Triangle Alexander Dennis Pointer operation of route 66	Blue Triangle Caetano Nimbus operation of route 66

[edit] See also

• List of bus routes in London
• Blue Triangle

[edit] External links

• Transport for London
• London Bus Routes
• Full timetable