London Buses route SL7

SL7
London General Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL at New Malden in April 2017
Overview
Operator	London General
Garage	Croydon
Peak vehicle requirement	20
Night-time	No night service
Route
Start	Heathrow Central bus station
Via	Hatton Teddington Kingston New Malden Worcester Park Cheam Sutton Carshalton Wallington East Croydon
End	West Croydon bus station
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	80–130 minutes
Operates	04:10 until 01:56

London Buses route SL7 is a Transport for London bus route in London, England. It runs between Heathrow Airport and West Croydon bus stations and is operated by London General. It is the longest bus route in London, at 23.75 miles long. However, it only stops at certain stops because it is an express route.^[1]

It was renamed from X26 to SL7 on 19 August 2023, as part of the Superloop plan.^[2]

Current route

Route SL7 operates via these locations:^[3]

• Heathrow Central bus station
• Hatton Cross station
• Teddington Broad Street
• Kingston Wood Street
• Kingston Cromwell Road bus station
• New Malden Fountain Roundabout
• Worcester Park
• North Cheam Queen Victoria
• Cheam Broadway
• Sutton Town Centre
• Carshalton High Street
• Wallington Wallington Green
• East Croydon station
• West Croydon bus station

References

1. Marius, Callum (2021-07-22). "The London bus route so long it takes over two hours to reach its destination". MyLondon. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
2. Team, routeone (2023-08-18). "Third London Superloop route to start as X26 becomes SL7". routeone. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
3. Route SL7 Map Archived 29 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport for London