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RouteMapster
London Bus Explorer
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Global controls
When off, all route types render in red.
Bus routes
Filter routes
Filter routes by type
Vehicle type
Bus stops
Visibility
Hover or click a bus stop to see routes.
Stop filters
Use commas to add multiple boroughs or districts.
Filter inactive.
Bus stations
Stations
Stations are clustered from relevant stops. Click one to see its routes.
Garages
Garage visibility
Routes from selected garage
Frequencies
Thickness reflects combined buses per hour along shared trunks.
Frequency overlay
Advanced route filters
Fine-grained filters for routes, allocations, and service patterns.
Routes
Use spaces or commas to add multiple routes.
Matches 40, 140, 240... plus night routes (N140). Prefix routes optional.
Operators & allocations
Geography
Uses route geometry.
"Enter" matches any route with at least one stop in the selected boroughs.
Filters to the N shortest/longest routes combined with other filters.
Frequencies
Pick one band at a time.
Filters only update when you apply.
Advanced route insights
Summaries of route aspects and details.
Analyse
Analysing filtered subset.
Insight tools
Bus stop insights

Filtered routes

Advanced filters results

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Details

Click a bus stop, station, or garage to view details.

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About RouteMapster

About

RouteMapster is a unified London bus network explorer, built to explore coverage, operators, and service patterns quickly and intuitively.

Data sources

  • TfL Bus Open Data - route geometries
  • TfL Unified API - bus stops and timetable data
  • londonbusroutes.net - garage allocations
  • postcodes.io - postcode data
  • OpenStreetMap - map
Powered by TfL Open Data
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016
Geomni UK Map data © and database rights 2019

Links

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Notes

Not affiliated with TfL.
Data periodically refreshes but may be out-of-date or incorrect.
Use this as an exploration and reference tool, not as a live route planner or a guarantee of operational service.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Quick actions

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G
Toggle garages
B
Toggle bus stops
S
Toggle bus stations
F
Toggle frequency overlay
R
Show routes / open Routes module
A
Show all route types
N
Show night routes only
P
Show prefix routes only
0
Show 24-hour routes only
H
Show school routes only
X
Open route filters
Y
Open route insights
Z
Open stop insights
C
Clear layers and routes