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Bus route B16

Transport
B16
Usually a Wrightbus.

80% 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 B16’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 endingBexleyheath Bus GarageWingfield School
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202575%84%
5 Jul 202564% thin76% thin
12 Jul 202572% thin87% thin
19 Jul 202583%89%
26 Jul 202590%95%
2 Aug 202578%89%
9 Aug 202581%90%
16 Aug 202586%92%
23 Aug 202582%89%
30 Aug 202578%93%
6 Sept 202587%89%
13 Sept 202582%82%
20 Sept 202573%84%
27 Sept 202581%83%
4 Oct 202577%77%
11 Oct 202581%86%
18 Oct 202576%81%
25 Oct 202587%96%
1 Nov 202580%89%
8 Nov 202566%77%
15 Nov 202586% thin79% thin
22 Nov 202577% thin76% thin
29 Nov 202575%81%
6 Dec 202580%88%
13 Dec 202582%87%
20 Dec 202576%85%
27 Dec 202578% thin91% thin
3 Jan 202687%90%
10 Jan 202669%65%
17 Jan 202675%70%
24 Jan 202677%62%
31 Jan 202657%60%
7 Feb 202679%66%
14 Feb 202671%87%
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202688%84%
14 Mar 202689%84%
21 Mar 202688%88%
28 Mar 202675%83%
4 Apr 202680%90%
11 Apr 202682%88%
18 Apr 202669%81%
25 Apr 202682% thin80% thin
2 May 202677%88%
9 May 202691%89%
16 May 202671%87%
23 May 202681%81%
30 May 202668%88%
6 Jun 202670%77%
13 Jun 202690%89%
20 Jun 202684%85%
27 Jun 202669%85%
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202678%82%
18 Jul 202658%57%
25 Jul 202662%51%
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 202681%88%
12 Sept 202653%75%
19 Sept 202669%85%
26 Sept 202669%81%
3 Oct 202683%79%
10 Oct 202680%81%
17 Oct 202672%88%

A passenger going by the timetable at Bexleyheath Bus Garage would find about three departures in ten leaving more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late.

Bexleyheath Bus Garage
On time
72%
Cut short
1.6%
Wingfield School
On time
88%

66 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Eltham Park Gardens towards Wingfield School, on Tuesday 13 October from 20:56 to 22:02. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 6.5% 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 Bexleyheath Bus Garage

Last week, 3 of 427 journeys (1%) were turned short.

  • Trinity Place1.1 km short of the end 1
  • Eltham High Street / Roper Street10.1 km short of the end 1
  • Welling High Street3.4 km short of the end 1

towards Wingfield School

Last week, 52 of 425 journeys (12%) were turned short.

  • Moorehead Way / Weigall Road0.6 km short of the end 43
  • Eltham Hill / Middle Park Avenue3.4 km short of the end 3
  • Kidbrooke Park Road0.9 km short of the end 2
  • Eltham High Street / Passey Place4.5 km short of the end 1
  • Trinity Place13.6 km short of the end 1
  • Elsewhere along the route 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 202685% on timeno figure
2026/27 Q11 Apr – 26 Jun 202687% 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
  • Bexleyheath Bus Garage: 269 departures seen
  • Wingfield School: 275 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.