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D8
Usually a Volvo Mcv.

73% 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 D8’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 endingStratford Bus StationCrossharbour Asda
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202582%83%
5 Jul 202568% thin75% thin
12 Jul 202575% thin80% thin
19 Jul 202570%73%
26 Jul 202570%78%
2 Aug 202559%78%
9 Aug 202562%71%
16 Aug 202578%79%
23 Aug 202571%78%
30 Aug 202567%77%
6 Sept 202562%70%
13 Sept 202550%70%
20 Sept 202566%84%
27 Sept 202569%85%
4 Oct 202567%84%
11 Oct 202567%78%
18 Oct 202576%91%
25 Oct 202577%87%
1 Nov 202560%91%
8 Nov 202559%79%
15 Nov 202574% thin89% thin
22 Nov 202565% thin84% thin
29 Nov 202570%87%
6 Dec 202560%86%
13 Dec 202570%84%
20 Dec 202559%95%
27 Dec 202574% thin91% thin
3 Jan 202670%93%
10 Jan 202663%84%
17 Jan 202669%91%
24 Jan 202675%94%
31 Jan 202667%90%
7 Feb 202667%82%
14 Feb 202678%87%
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202678%88%
14 Mar 202666%88%
21 Mar 202673%92%
28 Mar 202679%88%
4 Apr 202675%82%
11 Apr 202659%68%
18 Apr 202678%89%
25 Apr 202670% thin83% thin
2 May 202667%80%
9 May 202663%85%
16 May 202677%83%
23 May 202670%82%
30 May 202671%88%
6 Jun 202672%83%
13 Jun 202658%78%
20 Jun 202671%92%
27 Jun 202660%79%
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202661%76%
18 Jul 202671%89%
25 Jul 202673%88%
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 202672%93%
12 Sept 202673%89%
19 Sept 202681%89%
26 Sept 202673%85%
3 Oct 202672%89%
10 Oct 202651%63%
17 Oct 202671%76%

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

Stratford Bus Station
On time
71%
Cut short
3.1%
Crossharbour Asda
On time
76%
Cut short
2.8%

47 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Admirals Way towards Isle of Dogs Asda, on Thursday 15 October from 17:48 to 18:35. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 4.1% 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 Stratford Bus Station

Last week, 14 of 365 journeys (4%) were turned short.

  • Bow Interchange1.9 km short of the end 8
  • Canary Wharf Station5.8 km short of the end 1
  • Bromley By Bow Station2.5 km short of the end 1
  • Warton Road1.0 km short of the end 1
  • Coventry Cross Estate2.7 km short of the end 1
  • Elsewhere along the route 2

towards Isle of Dogs Asda

Last week, 19 of 449 journeys (4%) were turned short.

  • Poplar High Street / Blackwall3.8 km short of the end 10
  • Canary Wharf Station2.3 km short of the end 5
  • Billingsgate Market3.2 km short of the end 1
  • Hancock Road6.2 km short of the end 1
  • Heron Quays1.6 km short of the end 1
  • Elsewhere along the route 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 202681% on timeno figure
2026/27 Q11 Apr – 26 Jun 202680% 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
  • Stratford Bus Station: 288 departures seen
  • Crossharbour Asda: 269 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.