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499
Usually an Alexander Dennis Adl Enviro 400.

65% 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 499’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 endingGallows Corner / TescoHail & Ride Stansgate Road Shops
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202563%63%
5 Jul 202559% thin60% thin
12 Jul 202560% thin56% thin
19 Jul 202551%69%
26 Jul 202553%81%
2 Aug 202552%84%
9 Aug 202552%82%
16 Aug 202561%83%
23 Aug 202554%81%
30 Aug 202546%76%
6 Sept 202536%62%
13 Sept 202533%56%
20 Sept 202542%53%
27 Sept 202546%64%
4 Oct 202544%66%
11 Oct 202557%67%
18 Oct 202558%66%
25 Oct 202563%71%
1 Nov 202571%71%
8 Nov 202548%61%
15 Nov 202558% thin70% thin
22 Nov 202555% thin71% thin
29 Nov 202537%57%
6 Dec 202546%58%
13 Dec 202550%65%
20 Dec 202551%66%
27 Dec 202556% thin70% thin
3 Jan 202666%86%
10 Jan 202657%70%
17 Jan 202656%74%
24 Jan 202648%72%
31 Jan 202645%70%
7 Feb 202635%66%
14 Feb 202650%67%
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202642%68%
14 Mar 202648%70%
21 Mar 202644%62%
28 Mar 202643%65%
4 Apr 202669%82%
11 Apr 202668%79%
18 Apr 202646%50%
25 Apr 202649% thin58% thin
2 May 202650%67%
9 May 202648%52%
16 May 202641%53%
23 May 202659%56%
30 May 202674%61%
6 Jun 202642%60%
13 Jun 202661%66%
20 Jun 202652%61%
27 Jun 202649%74%
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202659%58%
18 Jul 202655%63%
25 Jul 202671%73%
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 202654%70%
12 Sept 202648%56%
19 Sept 202654%52%
26 Sept 202675%69%
3 Oct 202664%67%
10 Oct 202670%67%
17 Oct 202664%66%

A passenger going by the timetable at Gallows Corner / Tesco would find about four departures in ten leaving more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late.

Gallows Corner / Tesco
On time
64%
Cut short
1.4%
Hail & Ride Stansgate Road Shops
On time
66%
Cut short
2.1%

65 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Morris Road towards Hail & Ride Stansgate Road Shops, on Thursday 15 October from 22:53 to 23:58. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 1.0% 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 Gallows Corner / Tesco

Last week, none of 334 journeys was turned short.

towards Hail & Ride Stansgate Road Shops

Last week, 7 of 343 journeys (2%) were turned short.

  • Queen's Hospital4.4 km short of the end 6
  • James Avenue0.9 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 202669% on timeno figure
2026/27 Q11 Apr – 26 Jun 202670% 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
  • Gallows Corner / Tesco: 216 departures seen
  • Hail & Ride Stansgate Road Shops: 207 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.