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Overview | |
Operator | Go-Ahead London |
Garage | Camberwell |
Vehicle | Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV |
Peak vehicle requirement | 9 |
Route | |
Start | St Paul's station |
Via | London Wall Moorgate Aldgate Wapping |
End | Shadwell station |
London Buses route 100 is aTransport for London contracted bus route inLondon, England. Running betweenSt Paul's andShadwell stations, it is operated byGo-Ahead London.
Between 1934 and October 1972 there was a route 100 operating between Barking andBeckton Gas Works.[1]
The current route 100 commenced operating on 10 June 1989 fromLiverpool Street station toShadwell viaAldgate,Tower Hill andWapping.[2][3] It was operated byLeaside Buses'Clapton garage.[3] On 24 February 1990, it was transferred toEast London'sBow garage, and again on 26 September 1992 toStratford.[3]
Upon being re-tendered, it was retained byEast London with a new contract commencing on 28 February 1998.[3] Route 100 was extended from Liverpool Street toElephant & Castle viaLondon Wall andBlackfriars Bridge on 18 September 1999.[3]
When next tendered, it passed toTravel London'sWalworth garage on 18 September 2004.[4]
Route 100 was included in the 21 May 2009 sale of Travel London toAbellio London.[5][6][7] On 19 September 2009, Abellio London commenced a further contract to operate the route.[8]
When next tendered, the contract to operate the route was awarded toGo-Ahead London with the handover occurring on 20 September 2014.[9][10]
In September 2016, Transport for London opened a consultation on changing the route to only operate betweenWapping and theMuseum of London.[11] The route was amended to operate between Shadwell and theLondon Wall on 8 April 2017 withroute 388 replacing it toElephant & Castle.[12]
As part of TfL's Central London Buses Review, route 100 was extended fromLondon Wall toSt Paul's station.[13]
In February 2020, a trial started to increase awareness of theelectric buses introduced on the route by playing an artificial warning sound when the bus is at low speed, stationary or reversing.[14]
Route 100 operates via these primary locations:[15]