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Usually an Alexander Dennis Adl Enviro 200 Mmc.

81% 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.
The weekly figures

The share of departures that left on time.

Week endingThomas LaneLocksbottom / Pallant Way
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202544%50%
5 Jul 202536% thin57% thin
12 Jul 202539% thin62% thin
19 Jul 202555%56%
26 Jul 202540%60%
2 Aug 202549%53%
9 Aug 202524%64%
16 Aug 202543%41%
23 Aug 202545%46%
30 Aug 202541%35%
6 Sept 202545%56%
13 Sept 202526%54%
20 Sept 202538%57%
27 Sept 202535%50%
4 Oct 202536%50%
11 Oct 202531%43%
18 Oct 202545%56%
25 Oct 202535%52%
1 Nov 202555%48%
8 Nov 202548%50%
15 Nov 202539% thin57% thin
22 Nov 202547% thin59% thin
29 Nov 202544%38%
6 Dec 202532%49%
13 Dec 202542%54%
20 Dec 202531%49%
27 Dec 202558% thin49% thin
3 Jan 202655%81%
10 Jan 202641%59%
17 Jan 202629%41%
24 Jan 202650%52%
31 Jan 202645%54%
7 Feb 202657%61%
14 Feb 202641%60%
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202650%42%
14 Mar 202643%60%
21 Mar 202652%54%
28 Mar 202669%72%
4 Apr 202663%67%
11 Apr 202652%37%
18 Apr 202629%43%
25 Apr 202643% thin53% thin
2 May 202635%67%
9 May 202652%59%
16 May 202634%60%
23 May 202642%53%
30 May 202662%60%
6 Jun 202665%75%
13 Jun 202646%67%
20 Jun 202642%64%
27 Jun 202653%71%
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202640%65%
18 Jul 202647%58%
25 Jul 202633%39%
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 202652%87%
12 Sept 202652%89%
19 Sept 202646%76%
26 Sept 202647%80%
3 Oct 202657%81%
10 Oct 202656%78%
17 Oct 202676%86%

A passenger going by the timetable at Thomas Lane would find about two departures in ten leaving more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late.

Thomas Lane
On time
76%
Cut short
0.7%
Locksbottom / Pallant Way
On time
86%
Cut short
0.9%

53 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Bromley Bus Garage towards Locksbottom / Pallant Way, on Thursday 15 October from 05:33 to 06:26. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 0.6% 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 Catford Bridge Station

Last week, 4 of 482 journeys (1%) were turned short.

  • Bromley Bus Garage15.1 km short of the end 3
  • Glenbow Road5.1 km short of the end 1

towards Locksbottom / Pallant Way

Last week, 2 of 470 journeys (0%) were turned short.

  • Bromley Bus Garage1.6 km short of the end 2

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 202674% on timeno figure
2026/27 Q11 Apr – 26 Jun 202682% 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
  • Thomas Lane: 272 departures seen
  • Locksbottom / Pallant Way: 286 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.