London Buses route 66

London Buses route 66 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Romford and Leytonstone, it is operated by Arriva London.

History
By January 1950, route 66 was an established route operating from Hornchurch station to Leytonstone via Romford, Newbury Park, Gants Hill, Redbridge and Wanstead.

On 18 July 1970, it withdrawn between Hornchurch station and Romford and diverted to Harold Wood station. On 8 January 1972, it was converted to one man operation and on 9 May 1976 to double deck operation with Daimler Fleetlines.

On 4 September 1982, it was withdrawn between Harold Wood station and Romford.

Upon being put out to tender, the route passed to Country Bus & Coach's Debden garage on 4 August 1990. It was transferred to fellow Cowie Group company Grey-Green's Barking (DX) garage on 2 August 1997. It became an Arriva London route following Grey-Green being integrated in 1998.

When re-tendered, it passed to Blue Triangle on 6 September 2003 with Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLFs introduced. When next tendered, it passed to Arriva Southend on 4 September 2010 with new Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts from Grays (GY) garage.

On 30 August 2014, route 66 was converted to double deck using Wright Gemini 2 bodied VDL DB300s.

In 2016, the Arriva group restructured its bus operations, which included the transfer of Route 66 from Arriva Kent Thameside to Arriva London.

Current route

 * Romford Station


 * Chadwell Heath Moby Dick


 * Little Heath


 * Newbury Park Station


 * Gants Hill Station


 * Redbridge Station


 * Wanstead Station


 * High Road Leytonstone


 * Leytonstone Station