TfL's 'fastest London bus' that hits 40mph in stunning countryside and doubles average speed of others

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TfL's 'fastest London bus' that hits 40mph in stunning countryside and doubles average speed of others

A TikToker claims he has found the fastest London bus on the TfL network based on average speed. User 'theblacktrainboy' said the 246 from Westerham in Kent to Bromley North holds the title of the fastest London bus with an average speed of 18mph when stops are all taken into account.

He said the bus journey is 15 miles long and takes between 36 to 56 minutes to complete. The route goes through Biggin Hill, Keston and Hayes in Bromley passing through the "ravishing and dazzling" country hills of Kent.

The TikToker said in his video: "The speeds that the bus went at was wicked. I tried to sleep for two minutes but I woke up straight away because I thought I was gonna die. It's not normal for a bus to be that fast." The average London bus travels at just over 9mph.

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You can watch the video below.

He rode the bus all the way out to Westerham, he said: "Passing over the M25 meant that I was pretty far from home." Finally he made it to his destination just three minutes later. "As quickly as it came, it left," he said.

The bus comes every 30 to 60 minutes, the TikToker said so now he was worried about his journey back, not wanting to miss and have to wait a while. "Thankfully the same bus that got me there took me back," the TikToker said, "and I cannot convey to you guys how quick that bus journey was."

He said the speed of the bus can be partly attributed to the fact that many of the stops were empty so the bus could just drive on and miss them out and maintain its high average speed.

A red London bus parked in a supermarket car park
This is another service in contention of being the fastest bus - the N321. The bus route is rare as it terminates at a supermarket at each end of its journey

However, there are other bus services in contention for the fastest bus service on the TfL network, namely the N321 which has an average speed of 18.3mph according to MyLondon calculations using 2023 data. It travels its 51 stops over nearly 10 miles. It is just 0.1mph faster than the next one which is the N213. Read the full list here of the top fastest buses.

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