Welcome to the latest instalment from the Journey Planner team, designed to keep you up to date with new timetables, stops and points of interest which have been added to the system and timetable data sources over the past week. The Unified API is updated with new Journey Planner data up to five times a week.
Data Highlights this Week
Night Tube comes to the Piccadilly line from Friday 16 December, data now available. In support of this, a new Friday and Saturday overnight service will be available on Route H32 between Hounslow and Southall.
From Thursday 22 December, route 691 will no longer operate.
Christmas service data is now available for the DLR, River Services and Trams. Special timetables are gradually being added for bus routes.
Stops
A large number of changes this week, mainly related to coordinate changes.
Points of Interest
As ever, we welcome any suggestions for new Points of Interest or categories to [email protected]
London Underground
A new standard timetable began on the Bakerloo line on Sunday 11 December – now available.
Night Tube begins on the Piccadilly line from Friday 16 December – every Friday and Saturday night, timetables are now available.
Engineering works timetables for trains and replacement buses are now in place for the next THREE weekends. Confirmed timetables for the festive period are gradually being added as they arrive from London Underground. Presently, the Northern and Waterloo & City lines are available.
All London Underground Christmas and New Year timetables are now available.
Please follow this link and select Planned Works Calendar for a full list of forthcoming engineering works https://tfl.gov.uk/forms/12392.aspx
DLR / River / Tramlink:
Christmas timetables are now available in Journey Planner and the Unified API.
London Buses Service Changes and Special Bus Services
Data shown as NEW, and all other data shown below, is available on Journey Planner and the API now, and in the latest London Datastore TransXChange upload.
Changes already in place
11 | NEW: At Fulham Broadway, buses towards Liverpool Street now start journeys at Stop R at Fulham Town Hall | 48-11 |
42 | NEW: New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 45-42 |
45 | NEW: Buses towards Clapham Park serve stop F at Walworth Road / East Street instead of stop E and serve stop B instead of Stop A at Camberwell Road / Medlar Street | 45-45 |
428 | NEW: New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 8-428 |
492 | NEW: New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 8-492 |
N171 | NEW: Buses towards Hither Green Station serve stop F at Walworth Road / East Street instead of stop E and towards Tottenham Court Road serve Stop D at Camberwell Road / Medlar Street instead of Stop C | 45-171-N |
Changes from Friday 16 December
H32 | NEW: A new Friday and Saturday overnight service operates between Hounslow, Bus Station and Southall, Town Hall in both directions in support of the introduction of Piccadilly line Night Tube from the same day | 49-H32 |
Changes from Saturday 17 December
47 | From this date, buses will provisionally resume running beyond Tower Bridge Road in both directions and will run the full route between Bellingham, Catford Bus Garage and Shoreditch. Please note that this date may be subject to change. | 59-47 |
48 | At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards London Bridge now start journeys at Stop A | 60-48 |
58 | At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards East Ham, Central Park now start journeys at Stop C | 64-58 |
69 | At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards Canning Town now start journeys at Stop A | 64-69 |
97 | At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards Stratford City now serve Stop A instead of Stop C | 60-97 |
188 | At North Greenwich, buses now run along Millennium Way in both directions again | 21-188 |
212 | At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards St James’s Street Station now serve Stop C instead of Stop A | 64-212 |
230 | NEW: At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards Wood Green now serve Stop C instead of Stop A | 8-230 |
257 | At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards Canning Town now start journeys at Stop A | 48-257 |
275 | NEW: At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards St James’s Street Station now serve Stop C instead of Stop A | 60-275 |
N38 | At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards London Bridge now start journeys at Stop A | 8-N38 |
Changes from Monday 19 December
675 | NEW: At Walthamstow Central bus station, buses towards St James’s Street Station now serve Stop C instead of Stop A | 48-675 |
Changes from Thursday 22 December
691 | The route will no longer run from this date. | 49-691 |
Changes from Saturday 24 December
46 | NEW: New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 54-46 |
274 | NEW: New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 54-274 |
Special Timetables for Christmas Eve are now available for the following routes.
These confirm last bus times on 24 hour bus routes in the early hours of Christmas morning., although other routes will also have special timetables. There are no London Buses services on Christmas Day.
1 2 3 5 6 7 10 13 15 18 23 24 25 28 31 33 34 43 47 52 53 65 69 71 83 85 93 94 105 111 114 132 134 136 139 145 149 154 158 159 176 183 188 189 199 207 214 220 222 238 242 243 250 266 271 281 285 295 307 321 328 341 344 345 423 425 427
Special Timetables for Boxing Day
These confirm first bus times on 24 hour bus routes on Boxing Day morning. There are no London Buses services on Christmas Day.
1 5 6 9 10 33 65 71 93 95 111 114 132 145 148 154 213 220 222 226 238 266 281 282 285 295 321 328 423 427
Special Timetables for Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 December
Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 December: 158 213
Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 December: 145
Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 December: 1 3 23 114 132 188 321 345
Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 December: 5 24 93 149 154 159 344 427
Changes from Saturday 31 December
U9 | New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 21-U9 |
Special Timetables for New Year’s Eve
These confirm revised services on the following routes, including special overnight services in some cases
15 51 (special overnight service) 92 (special overnight service) 93 154 188 217 (special overnight service) 275 (special overnight service) 432 (special overnight service) N113
Changes from Saturday 7 January
235 | The route will now be operated by Metroline. New timetables with no changes to how often buses run except that there will be a small number of changes to peak services. | 54-235 |
237 | New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 54-237 |
H26 | New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 21-H26 |
K4 | NEW: New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 49-K4 |
Changes from Saturday 14 January
624 | New timetable with the 1500 Monday to Friday and 1605 Monday to Thursday journeys from Avery Hill to Grove Park withdrawn | 45-624 |
Changes from Saturday 21 January
388 | New timetables with no changes to stops served or how often buses run | 41-388 |
New Stops and Stations, and Stop Adjustments
New Naptan codes are now uploaded to the DfT database on Tuesday mornings and are available shortly afterwards.
Naptan ID | Calms ID | Reason for Change | Name of Stop (with Coordinates if new or changed) | SMS Code |
490006537O | 14710 | Coordinate | Eltham High Street / Roper Street 542927 174423 | 53085 |
490006537L | 16674 | Coordinate | Eltham High Street / Roper Street 542901 174419 | 51152 |
490000172Q | 23185 | Coordinate | Oval Station 531148 177531 | 53882 |
490006537M | 3381 | Coordinate | Eltham High Street / Well Hall Road 542776 174413 | 47147 |
490004806N | 34801 | Coordinate | Carlton Vale 524743 183038 | 71274 |
490006473W | 35519 | Coordinate | Elgin Avenue / Chippenham Road 525105 182221 | 56022 |
490000133Z | BP3799 | New | Lancaster Gate Station – new stop LK ->E 526711 180776 | 92200 |
490006473N | R0158 | Coordinate | Elgin Avenue / Chippenham Road 525112 182231 | 76275 |
490013186TA | R0420 | Coordinate | Telford Avenue 530424 173181 | 74317 |
490013186R | BP2023 | Coordinate | Streatham Hill / Telford Avenue 530436 173217 | 53329 |
New Points of Interest and Locations Available
None this week.
If you’d like a new Point of Interest added, email us at [email protected] with the name and location and we’ll put it on the system.
If you have any comments or feedback, you can leave a comment below or alternatively you can email us at [email protected]
Thanks. Just for clarification: when a “Stops” location change is “related to coordinate changes” – is that because the stop has moved, or is this always just a correction to the data?
Also, and again out of interest, is this the exact location of the bus stop sign?
Hi Brian. In most cases a change to stop coordinates is an actual physical change to the location of the stop, and yes, these coordinates are the exact location of the stop.
Hi,
Is there usually a big delay between new routes being added to the Journey Planner and those those routes appearing in the “Live Arrivals” section of the site? For example, the new RB1X river bus service was introduced over the summer and appeared in journey planner very promptly, however still isn’t in live arrivals. Not sure if this is due to an oversight, or whether it just takes much longer to get live data into your systems.
Cheers,
Luke
Thanks for your comments – we have had problems with Route RB1X displaying – sometimes new routes, of which there are few, will take a little longer to appear but not normally more than a week after Journey Planner
Any idea where the blocker is? Whenever I talk to various customer services, they try to blame someone else.
I can’t work out if it’s TFL, Thames Clippers, iBus or the unified API. (I’ve managed to rule out the website as I can see the data is missing at the API level).
I noticed on this morning’s commute that the RB1X route was now coming through the API. I’ll take another look at weekend when the route is actually running. But hopefully this means it’s now working. Thanks!
There were problems with processing this “non-standard” route numbers but I emphasised to developer colleagues the importance of it being included as a valid service so hopefully we’re OK now.
Thanks for sharing these updates.