London Buses Review of 2023

Although cuts continued to sweep through a perennially cash-strapped Transport for London (TfL), which included the withdrawal and/or rerouting of some long-established central London bus services, TfL stabilised its finances and there was even opportunity for expansion again. 2023s most significant development was in the outer suburbs, which saw a new ring of limited-stop express bus routes thrown around the capital. There was also the usual sizeable influx of new buses, all of them now electric, not to mention several hundred all-over advertisements to catch and collect. Over 250 colour pictures, cover not only the enormous amount of routine contract changes and their accompanying new buses, but sends off those vehicles on their way out. Also includes the miscellany of buses’ odd workings, the myriad of classic bus running days, the current state of open-top tourist services and concludes with a look ahead to 2024