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61
Usually an Alexander Dennis Adl Enviro 400.

54% 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 61’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 endingChislehurst / Gordon ArmsBromley North Station
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202573%81%
5 Jul 202590% thin82% thin
12 Jul 202598% thin87% thin
19 Jul 202592%82%
26 Jul 202594%86%
2 Aug 202598%86%
9 Aug 202592%84%
16 Aug 202596%89%
23 Aug 202563%83%
30 Aug 202593%79%
6 Sept 202593%73%
13 Sept 202586%70%
20 Sept 202577%69%
27 Sept 202567%71%
4 Oct 202576%70%
11 Oct 202573%61%
18 Oct 202580%74%
25 Oct 202585%74%
1 Nov 202588%64%
8 Nov 202579%65%
15 Nov 202582% thin74% thin
22 Nov 202585% thin78% thin
29 Nov 202578%71%
6 Dec 202578%64%
13 Dec 202584%56%
20 Dec 202586%53%
27 Dec 202584% thin67% thin
3 Jan 202698%75%
10 Jan 202694%49%
17 Jan 202691%53%
24 Jan 202682%60%
31 Jan 202689%74%
7 Feb 202692%50%
14 Feb 202689%76%
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202686%47%
14 Mar 202677%74%
21 Mar 202681%62%
28 Mar 202691%62%
4 Apr 202696%69%
11 Apr 202692%76%
18 Apr 202695%72%
25 Apr 202689% thin47% thin
2 May 202694%73%
9 May 202693%62%
16 May 202690%62%
23 May 202685%61%
30 May 202699%77%
6 Jun 202695%61%
13 Jun 202694%54%
20 Jun 202696%51%
27 Jun 202696%69%
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202669%36%
18 Jul 202672%42%
25 Jul 202684%55%
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 202679%66%
12 Sept 202681%62%
19 Sept 202673%60%
26 Sept 202676%62%
3 Oct 202676%52%
10 Oct 202677%52%
17 Oct 202672%38%

A passenger going by the timetable at Bromley North Station would find about six departures in ten leaving more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late.

Chislehurst / Gordon Arms
On time
72%
Cut short
7.9%
Bromley North Station
On time
38%
Cut short
1.6%

60 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Centre Common Road / War Memorial towards Chislehurst / Gordon Arms, on Sunday 11 October from 20:18 to 21:18. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 4.5% 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 Chislehurst / Gordon Arms

Last week, 21 of 305 journeys (7%) were turned short.

  • Chislehurst / Ashfield Lane0.8 km short of the end 13
  • Centre Common Road / War Memorial1.3 km short of the end 4
  • Bromley Bus Garage12.0 km short of the end 2
  • Chislehurst Road / Poverest Road4.2 km short of the end 1
  • Princes Avenue4.5 km short of the end 1

towards Bromley North Station

Last week, none of 165 journeys was turned short.

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 202689% 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
  • Chislehurst / Gordon Arms: 233 departures seen
  • Bromley North Station: 277 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.