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356
Usually an Alexander Dennis Adl Enviro 200 Mmc.

39% on timeof departures in the week ending 31 October 2026, leaving no more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late. Half of London's timetabled routes managed 71% or better.

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

Watch a day of route 356’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 endingSydenham Hill / KirkdaleWickham Road / Monks Orchard
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202513%80%
5 Jul 202511% thin72% thin
12 Jul 202513% thin90% thin
19 Jul 202522%88%
26 Jul 202520%87%
2 Aug 202523%95%
9 Aug 202516%89%
16 Aug 202516%92%
23 Aug 202514%95%
30 Aug 202517%83%
6 Sept 202512%86%
13 Sept 202513%83%
20 Sept 202514%92%
27 Sept 202512%95%
4 Oct 202514%89%
11 Oct 202515%95%
18 Oct 202513%97%
25 Oct 202511%84%
1 Nov 202513%88%
8 Nov 202513%83%
15 Nov 202514% thin76% thin
22 Nov 202511% thin93% thin
29 Nov 202519%95%
6 Dec 202516%86%
13 Dec 202516%85%
20 Dec 202517%91%
27 Dec 202518% thin97% thin
3 Jan 202618%98%
10 Jan 202611%99%
17 Jan 202614%86%
24 Jan 202614%63%
31 Jan 202610%82%
7 Feb 202611%96%
14 Feb 202615%97%
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202613%95%
14 Mar 202618%88%
21 Mar 202613%94%
28 Mar 202617%98%
4 Apr 202617%84%
11 Apr 202617%87%
18 Apr 202618%93%
25 Apr 202615% thin94% thin
2 May 202617%93%
9 May 202616%90%
16 May 202622%94%
23 May 202619%91%
30 May 202615%97%
6 Jun 202621%92%
13 Jun 202616%92%
20 Jun 202617%93%
27 Jun 202619%96%
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202622%85%
18 Jul 202618%85%
25 Jul 202615%90%
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 202616%96%
12 Sept 202617%70%
19 Sept 202615%93%
26 Sept 202615%96%
3 Oct 202612%96%
10 Oct 202613%89%
17 Oct 202624%66%
24 Oct 202628%82%
31 Oct 202626%78%

A passenger going by the timetable at Sydenham Hill / Kirkdale would find about seven departures in ten leaving more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late.

Sydenham Hill / Kirkdale
On time
26%
Cut short
9.2%
Wickham Road / Monks Orchard
On time
78%
Cut short
16.1%

98 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Eden Park Station towards Wickham Road, on Friday 30 October from 22:12 to 23:50. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 29.2% of journeys were turned back before the end of the line in the week ending 31 October 2026. Everyone on board has to get off; for anyone waiting further along the route it's effectively a cancellation.

Last four weeks: 307 journeys on route 356 were turned back before the end of the line over four weeks of watching, 10 October to 31 October 2026 — about 11 a day.

00.51.01.5journeys cut short a day, by hour00:00–01:00: 0.0 cut short on an average day00:0001:00–02:00: 0.0 cut short on an average day02:00–03:00: 0.0 cut short on an average day03:00–04:00: 0.0 cut short on an average day04:00–05:00: 0.0 cut short on an average day05:00–06:00: 0.0 cut short on an average day06:00–07:00: 0.3 cut short on an average day06:0007:00–08:00: 0.3 cut short on an average day08:00–09:00: 0.4 cut short on an average day09:00–10:00: 0.4 cut short on an average day10:00–11:00: 0.7 cut short on an average day11:00–12:00: 0.6 cut short on an average day12:00–13:00: 0.6 cut short on an average day12:0013:00–14:00: 1.1 cut short on an average day14:00–15:00: 1.0 cut short on an average day15:00–16:00: 1.0 cut short on an average day16:00–17:00: 0.9 cut short on an average day17:00–18:00: 0.6 cut short on an average day18:00–19:00: 0.8 cut short on an average day18:0019:00–20:00: 0.5 cut short on an average day20:00–21:00: 1.0 cut short on an average day21:00–22:00: 0.5 cut short on an average day22:00–23:00: 0.1 cut short on an average day23:00–00:00: 0.3 cut short on an average daybusiest hour 13:00 — 1.1 a day

Where those journeys fall across the day. Each bar is the number cut short in that hour on an average day, so the bars together come to the daily figure above; hover a bar for its hour. Hours the route was not watched enough to say are shaded rather than drawn as nought.

towards Sydenham Hill / Kirkdale

Last week, 130 of 345 journeys (38%) were turned short.

  • Sydenham / The Woodman1.9 km short of the end 79
  • Church Vale4.2 km short of the end 20
  • Churchley Road1.8 km short of the end 9
  • Sydenham Rise2.8 km short of the end 6
  • Mount Ash Road2.3 km short of the end 5
  • Elsewhere along the route 11

towards Wickham Road

Last week, 59 of 302 journeys (20%) were turned short.

  • Elmers End Green3.5 km short of the end 29
  • Links Way1.3 km short of the end 14
  • Eden Park Station1.7 km short of the end 4
  • Adamsrill Road10.8 km short of the end 3
  • Elmers End / Station Parade3.9 km short of the end 3
  • Elsewhere along the route 6

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 202683% on timeno figure
2026/27 Q11 Apr – 26 Jun 202686% 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 31 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
  • Sydenham Hill / Kirkdale: 500 departures seen
  • Wickham Road / Monks Orchard: 169 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.