London Buses route 104 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Beckton and Stratford, it is operated by Blue Triangle.
History[]
Route 104 commenced operation on 28 October 1989 between Stratford Bus Station and Manor Park Station via Great Eastern Road - Stratford Broadway - West Ham Lane - Densham Road - Portway - Plashet Road - Green Street - Upton Park Station - Green Street - Central Park Road - Hatherley Gardens - Lonsdale Avenue - High Street South - High Street North - East Ham Station. The route was introduced to replace withdrawn route S1. The route was initially operated by London Transport from their Upton Park (U) and West Ham (WH) garages using Leyland Titans.
On 9 February 1992, the Sunday service was converted to Midibus operation using MCW Metroriders.
On 10 May 1992, the Sunday service was extended from East Ham to Manor Park.
On 27 September 1992, the Sunday service was transferred to Stratford (SD) garage.
On 25 September 1993, the route was extended to East Ham at all times.
On 17 September 1995, the Sunday service was converted back to double deck and the allocation was transferred to Upton Park (U) garage.
On 4 March 2000, the route was retained by Stagecoach London.
On 13 May 2000, the route was converted to single deck using low floor Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLFs.
On 28 April 2003, the route was converted back to double deck using Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Tridents.
On 5 March 2005, the route was retained by Stagecoach London.
On 17 September 2011, Upton Park (U) garage was announced closed and the allocation was transferred to West Ham (WH) garage.
On 3 March 2012, the route was retained by Stagecoach London using existing Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Tridents and brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s.
On 8 December 2018, the route passed to Blue Triangle operating from their River Road (RR) garage using existing Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s and existing Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs.
On 21 May 2022, the route was withdrawn between Manor Park and Lonsdale Avenue and was replaced by new route 304. The route was diverted to Beckton Bus Station at the same time.
In July 2023, an existing Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LH was introduced alongside existing Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs and Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s.
On 2 December 2023, the route converted to a full Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 and Alexander Dennis Enviro 400H operation.
Current Route[]
- Beckton Bus Station
- Lonsdale Avenue
- Upton Park Station
- Stratford Broadway
- Stratford Bus Station