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162
Usually an Alexander Dennis Adl Enviro 200.

68% on timeof departures in the week ending 17 October 2026, leaving no more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late. Half of London's timetabled routes managed 73% or better.

The last week, day by day
Share of departures leaving on time.

Watch a day of route 162’s buses: every bus, replayed on the map. Or click a day on the chart.

The weekly figures

The share of departures that left on time.

Week endingBeckenham Junction Stn / Rectory RdEltham Bus Station
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202548%72%
5 Jul 202540% thin74% thin
12 Jul 202545% thin85% thin
19 Jul 202548%79%
26 Jul 202541%69%
2 Aug 202560%78%
9 Aug 202555%74%
16 Aug 202555%63%
23 Aug 202548%68%
30 Aug 202571%73%
6 Sept 202539%55%
13 Sept 202547%65%
20 Sept 202553%70%
27 Sept 2025no datano data
4 Oct 2025no datano data
11 Oct 202525%57%
18 Oct 202546%56%
25 Oct 202545%72%
1 Nov 202550%67%
8 Nov 202549%60%
15 Nov 202540% thin62% thin
22 Nov 202540% thin67% thin
29 Nov 202544%62%
6 Dec 202544%61%
13 Dec 202556%73%
20 Dec 202548%61%
27 Dec 202553% thin60% thin
3 Jan 202666%88%
10 Jan 202667%71%
17 Jan 202643%61%
24 Jan 202656%69%
31 Jan 202633%73%
7 Feb 202649%64%
14 Feb 202648%76%
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202663%73%
14 Mar 202658%75%
21 Mar 202668%79%
28 Mar 202648%84%
4 Apr 202648%73%
11 Apr 202660%81%
18 Apr 202655%83%
25 Apr 202651% thin87% thin
2 May 202662%83%
9 May 202653%72%
16 May 202647%78%
23 May 202656%76%
30 May 202652%71%
6 Jun 202648%82%
13 Jun 202642%78%
20 Jun 202643%60%
27 Jun 202652%82%
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202659%82%
18 Jul 202650%70%
25 Jul 202646%54%
1 Aug 2026no datano data
8 Aug 2026no datano data
15 Aug 2026no datano data
22 Aug 2026no datano data
29 Aug 2026no datano data
5 Sept 202651%83%
12 Sept 202656%79%
19 Sept 202654%76%
26 Sept 202647%67%
3 Oct 202647%82%
10 Oct 202661%81%
17 Oct 202657%79%

A passenger going by the timetable at Beckenham Junction Stn / Rectory Rd would find about four departures in ten leaving more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late.

Beckenham Junction Stn / Rectory Rd
On time
57%
Cut short
1.3%
Eltham Bus Station
On time
79%
Cut short
1.5%

64 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Hayes Lane / Kingswood Road towards Beckenham Junction Stn / Rectory Rd, on Friday 16 October from 16:22 to 17:26. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 1.6% of journeys were turned back before the end of the line in the week ending 17 October 2026. Everyone on board has to get off; for anyone waiting further along the route it's effectively a cancellation.

towards Beckenham Junction Stn / Rectory Rd

Last week, 10 of 465 journeys (2%) were turned short.

  • Kenwood Drive2.0 km short of the end 5
  • Bromley / Widmore Road5.9 km short of the end 2
  • Bromley High Street / The Mall5.2 km short of the end 1
  • Westmoreland Road / Barnfield Wood Road3.4 km short of the end 1
  • Bromley South Station5.0 km short of the end 1

towards Eltham Bus Station

Last week, 5 of 471 journeys (1%) were turned short.

  • Stationers' Crown Woods Academy2.1 km short of the end 1
  • Blackbrook Lane12.0 km short of the end 1
  • Chislehurst / Gordon Arms8.6 km short of the end 1
  • Centre Common Road / War Memorial9.9 km short of the end 1
  • Chislehurst / Ashfield Lane9.5 km short of the end 1

Each place is the last stop the bus was timed at before it turned round, with the typical distance it fell short of the end of the line. The five busiest are named; the rest are counted together.

Compared with TfL's own figures

QuarterTfLOurs
2025/26 Q313 Sept – 2 Jan 202658% on timeno figure
2026/27 Q11 Apr – 26 Jun 202677% on timeno figure

TfL's figures come from its own tracking equipment and its own timetable; mine are computed from the buses' public position feed. They are the same calculation on independent data, so they should broadly agree and move together rather than match exactly.

About this data
Data collected, week ending 17 October 2026
100% of the week. This is the share of the week for which we hold bus location data at all, across the whole of London rather than for this route. A week under 60% is not published; under 90% it is marked as thin.
Departures observed
  • Beckenham Junction Stn / Rectory Rd: 299 departures seen
  • Eltham Bus Station: 283 departures seen
A guide to how much evidence sits behind this week's figures, not a measure of the service.
How it is measured
Every day, 05:00–23:59. On time means leaving no more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late. A day with less than four hours of data collected shows no daily figure. How these figures are made.
Gaps in the record for this period (39)

Most recent first. Hover a week on the chart and it will name the gap behind it. Most are a few missing hours on an otherwise ordinary day.

  • 17 Sept 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59: our collector was down (machine off or power cut)
  • 28 Aug 2026 partial day, no data 20:00-23:59: our collector was down (machine off or power cut)
  • 29 Jul – 26 Aug 2026 no collection: the volunteer BODS archive was down and our own collector had not yet started
  • 28 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 11:00-23:59: no collection: the volunteer BODS archive was down and our own collector had not yet started
  • 7 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 15:00-15:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 4 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-21:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 2 Jul – 3 Jul 2026 gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 8 Jun 2026 partial day, no data 07:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 7 Jun 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59, 18:00-19:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 6 Jun 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59, 16:00-16:59, 18:00-18:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 27 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 21 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 20 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 15:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 16 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-15:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 28 Feb 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-18:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 16 Feb – 27 Feb 2026 gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 15 Feb 2026 partial day, no data 16:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 30 Jan 2026 partial day, no data 20:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 25 Dec 2025 no bus service on Christmas Day
  • 23 Dec 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Dec 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 24 Nov 2025 partial day, no data 17:00-17:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 17 Nov 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 15 Nov – 16 Nov 2025 no London vehicles in the national feed — TfL's export to BODS was down (the volunteer archive itself was collecting)
  • 14 Nov 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59, 13:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 31 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 17 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 10 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 3 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 19 Sept 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Sept 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 1 Aug 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 18 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 8 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 6 Jul – 7 Jul 2025 gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 18:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 4 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-14:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 25 Jun 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)

For latest timetable and route information, see TfL's official page.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; bus data via the DfT Bus Open Data Service and Transport for London. Figures are computed from observed bus positions, every day, 05:00–23:59. How these figures are made. Bus positions from the Department for Transport’s Bus Open Data Service (BODS); the Department for Transport cannot warrant the accuracy or quality of the data published there. Positions before September 2026 come from the Bus Open Data archive generously built and kept by Open Innovations, with thanks. Route lines and stops: Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016. Geomni UK Map data © and database rights [2019]. These pages and the bus replay are built independently from open data: Transport for London, the Department for Transport and the bus operators had no part in making them, and none of them endorses them. Not for planning a journey.