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| March 29 2025 | Route R6 is scheduled to be withdrawn and replaced by a reroute of route B14. |
| February 18 2025 | Route 347 between Romford railway station and Ockendon railway station was discontinued, partially replaced by an extension of route 346. |
| February 14 2025 | Route 414 between Putney Bridge tube station and Marble Arch tube station was withdrawn, replaced by routes 14 and 74. |
| February 1 2025 | Route 118 between Morden tube station and Brixton tube station was discontinued, replaced by route 45. |
| 2024 | New bus specification will require air cooling to reduce vehicle temperatures from 35°C to 26°C, applying to single-deck and both decks of double-decker buses. |
| December 20 2024 | Route 546, a temporary route operated by Ensignbus, was introduced due to roadworks on Rookery Road and temporary withdrawal of route 146 between Keston and Downe. |
| September 7 2024 | Route 549 between Loughton tube station and South Woodford tube station was discontinued, replaced by a restructured version of route W14. |
| September 2 2024 | Route 618 was introduced, connecting Ivybridge to Osterley and serving Bolder Academy. |
| September 1 2024 | Route 310 was introduced, connecting Golders Green tube station to Stamford Hill, intended to benefit local Jewish communities, operated by Stagecoach London. |
| June 29 2024 | Route 211 re-routed from Waterloo to Battersea Power Station. |
| March 9 2024 | Route 497 between Harold Wood railway station and Harold Hill was discontinued, replaced by an extension of route 346. |
| March 2 2024 | Route 455 between Purley and Wallington railway station was withdrawn, replaced by routes 166, 312 and S4. |
| July 2023 | Barking & Dagenham council held discussions with Transport for London (TfL) about potentially extending the proposed EL4 route to Romford. |
| April 29 2023 | Routes 507 and 521 were replaced by various routes including 3, 11, C10, 59, and 133. |
| February 4 2023 | The N271 daytime service was withdrawn, leaving only the night bus route in operation. |
| 2022 | Barking Riverside station and Barking Riverside pier were opened, with route EL1 passing these new transportation facilities. |
| May 21 2022 | Route 304 was introduced in preparation for the Elizabeth line, connecting Manor Park to Custom House station, operated by Go-Ahead London. |
| April 2022 | TfL changed its bus operation contract system, extending standard contracts from five to seven years with a potential two-year performance-based optional extension. |
| January 4 2022 | Route 645 was introduced to replace route 405D, connecting Purley Cross and Waddon. |
| 2020 | Route EL1 was extended from the Barking Reach terminus to serve new housing developments, terminating at the newly built Northgate Road on the east side of the development. |
| November 14 2020 | Heritage route 15H from Tower Hill tube station to Trafalgar Square using AEC Routemaster buses was withdrawn. |
| January 18 2020 | Route 100 began operating exclusively with electric buses from this date. |
| December 7 2019 | Route 140 was withdrawn between Heathrow Central bus station and Hayes & Harlington railway station. |
| December 7 2019 | Route 278 introduced between Heathrow Central bus station and Ruislip tube station. |
| December 7 2019 | Route 218 introduced with a peak frequency of every 10 minutes from North Acton to Hammersmith bus station. |
| October 26 2019 | Route 335 was introduced, connecting Kidbrooke to North Greenwich bus station, operated by Arriva London. |
| July 13 2019 | Route 301 was introduced, connecting Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to Beresford Square, operated by Arriva London. |
| June 15 2019 | Route RV1 from Covent Garden to Tower Gateway DLR station was partly replaced by route 343. |
| June 15 2019 | Route 172 discontinued its service to Clerkenwell Green. |
| June 15 2019 | Route 171 discontinued its service to Holborn tube station. |
| November 24 2018 | Route 10 from Hammersmith bus station to London King's Cross railway station was partially replaced by route 23. |
| October 20 2018 | Route 46 began operating with electric buses, marking a significant transition to more environmentally friendly public transportation in London. |
| June 30 2018 | Route 410 frequency reduced from a bus every 9 minutes to a bus every 10 minutes. |
| November 13 2017 | Route 298 withdrawn between Potters Bar and Potters Bar railway station. |
| April 1 2017 | Route 82 from North Finchley bus station to Victoria bus station was replaced by route 13. |
| 2016 | A bus network development paper proposed a new route EL4 between Barking Riverside and Becontree Heath bus station, passing through Becontree Underground station. |
| October 24 2015 | Route 433 was renumbered from T33 to its current number. |
| August 29 2015 | Route 90 started operating with double-decker buses, enhancing passenger capacity and service capability. |
| July 25 2014 | Heritage route 9H from Kensington High Street to Trafalgar Square using AEC Routemaster buses was withdrawn. |
| February 8 2010 | Route N10 connecting Richmond to London King's Cross railway station was replaced by routes 10 and 33. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles List of bus routes in London, London Buses & East London Transit, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.