375
A TfL London bus service that runs from Romford Station to Passingford Bridge in Essex (a roundabout in the middle of nowhere between Epping/Abridge/Ongar and Stapleford Abbots) via North Romford, Collier Row, Chase Cross, Havering-Atte-Bower, Stapleford Abbots and Bournebridge. The route operates Monday-Saturday at a 90 minute frequency and was introduced on July 7 2008 as the partial replacement for the old 500 which ran from Romford Station to Harlow in Essex, with an extension to Stansted Airport from 1992 to 1999. The 500 was cut between Romford and Ongar on July 6 2008 after it was diverted via Ongar in April 2007 due to low passenger numbers and if the 375 was not introduced, the towns of Havering-Atte-Bower, Stapleford Abbots and Bournebridge (the latter two being in Essex) would be left without any bus service at all and so TfL stepped in to provide a service. Originally, the plan was that the 375 would terminate exactly at the London border at the very end of Havering-Atte-Bower at Home Farm but that turned out to not be feasible as the landowner TfL was going to buy the land from to make a roundabout there passed away and the next safest turnaround point after Home Farm just so happens to be a roundabout in the middle of nowhere within Essex (Passingford Bridge). One of twelve London bus routes that also goes into Essex and serve the most north-easternest part of the London bus network.
