London Buses heritage route 15

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English: Route 15 (15H) is one of the two Transport for London Routemaster heritage services in London. It has remained the same since the launch of the heritage routes - running from Tower Hill in the east to Trafalgar Square in central London. The roads served are:

Eastbound: Strand (Stop F, Trafalgar Square / Charing Cross Station, 51°30′30″N 0°07′34″W / 51.508317°N 0.126106°W / 51.508317; -0.126106) - Aldwych - Strand - Fleet Street - Ludgate Hill - St. Paul's Church Yard - Cannon Street - Eastcheap - Great Tower Street - Byward Street - Tower Hill (Stop TB, Tower of London, 51°30′35″N 0°04′35″W / 51.509602°N 0.076405°W / 51.509602; -0.076405)

Westbound: Tower Hill (Stop TA, Tower of London, 51°30′35″N 0°04′32″W / 51.509618°N 0.075515°W / 51.509618; -0.075515) - Byward Street - Great Tower Street - Eastcheap - Cannon Street - St. Paul's Church Yard - Ludgate Hill - Fleet Street - Strand (Stop H, Charing Cross Station, 51°30′31″N 0°07′32″W / 51.508493°N 0.125487°W / 51.508493; -0.125487)

The route uses the same roads in both directions, with the exception of the street named Aldwych, which is a one-way westbound diversion off the Strand.

Eastern end, first/last stops & out of service[edit]

Stops TA/TB are staggered, on opposite sides of Tower Hill, with the Tower of London to the south and Tower Hill tube station to the north. To get from last stop TB to first stop TA, buses turn around using the square shaped one-way gyratory just to the west, formed by Minories (the west side), Goodman's Yard (north), Mansell Street (east) & Shorter Street (south, in line with Tower Hill). Buses can lay over on the bus stand on the south side of Goodman's Yard, outside the Travelodge.

Goodman's Yard bus stand[edit]

Shorter Street (departures)[edit]

Stop TA (departures)[edit]

Westbound[edit]

Tower Hill[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Tower Hill (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Byward Street[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Byward Street (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Great Tower Street[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Great Tower Street (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Eastcheap[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Eastcheap (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Cannon Street[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Cannon Street (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

St Paul's Church Yard[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on St Paul's Church Yard (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Ludgate Hill[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Ludgate Hill (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Ludgate Circus[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses crossing Ludgate Circus (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Fleet Street[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Fleet Street (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Strand[edit]

Westbound route 15 buses on Strand (ie ordinarily terminating at Trafalgar Square)

Western end, first/last stops & out of service[edit]

The central London terminus of route 15 is on the east side of Trafalgar Square, with the first/last stops on opposite sides of the west end of Strand, which has Charing Cross station on its south side. That last stop, H, is directly outside the Eleanor cross in the station forecourt, while first stop F is slightly to the west of the station forecourt. As with route 9, to get from its own first & last stops, route 15 buses can either turn right around Charing Cross roundabout and layover on the first stop, or use Whitehall/Northumberland Avenue and other streets to the south, to turn around and if necessary, layover in nearby stands. Before it was shifted west, route 9 buses heading west to terminate in Aldwych used Stop E 51°30′29″N 0°07′35″W / 51.50813°N 0.12643°W / 51.50813; -0.12643 in Strand, which is behind stop F.

Strand -> Charing Cross roundabout (arrivals)[edit]

Whitehall, southbound (arrivals)[edit]

Great Scotland Yard bus stands (north side)[edit]

Great Scotland Yard bus stands (south side)[edit]

Great Scotland Yard, Whitehall lights (departures)[edit]

Whitehall Place, northbound[edit]

Northumberland Avenue bus stand (northbound)[edit]

Northumberland Avenue bus stand (southbound)[edit]

Whitehall, northbound (departures)[edit]

Charing Cross roundabout -> Trafalgar Square -> Strand (departures)[edit]

Eastbound[edit]

Strand/Aldwych/Strand[edit]

Eastbound route 15 buses on Strand (which in this direction also encompasses Aldwych) (ie ordinarily terminating at Tower Hill)

Fleet Street[edit]

Eastbound route 15 buses on Fleet Street (ie ordinarily terminating at Tower Hill)

Ludgate Hill[edit]

Eastbound route 15 buses on Ludgate Hill (ie ordinarily terminating at Tower Hill)

St Paul's Church Yard[edit]

Eastbound route 15 buses on St Paul's Church Yard (ie ordinarily terminating at Tower Hill)

Cannon Street[edit]

Eastbound route 15 buses on Cannon Street (ie ordinarily terminating at Tower Hill)

Eastcheap[edit]

Eastbound route 15 buses on Eastcheap (ie ordinarily terminating at Tower Hill)

Great Tower Street[edit]

Eastbound route 15 buses on Great Tower Street (ie ordinarily terminating at Tower Hill)

Route 15 buses off route[edit]

Route 15 buses in unknown locations[edit]