Introduced in 1960 to replace Trolleybus route 669, Route 69 was extended as part of London Transport's 'Reshaping' plan in 1968 to run between Chingford Station and North Woolwich Ferry. Upon the sale of London Buses' East London subsidiary in 1994, the route passed to Stagecoach, then operating between Walthamstow Central and North Woolwich.
Upon being re-tendered, it was retained by Stagecoach London with a new contract commencing on 30 April 2004.[1]
On 17 December 2005, it was curtailed from London City Airport to Canning Town station as part of a series of changes in connection with the Docklands Light Railway being extended.[2] Stagecoach London commenced a further contract on 30 April 2011.[3] In October 2015, three Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMCs with inductive wireless charging technology, which allows its batteries to receive a charging boost when stationary at specially equipped bus stops entered service on route 69.[4][5][6][7]
When next tendered, it was awarded to Tower Transit. The new contract commenced on 6 February.[8][9]
Current route[]
Route 69 operates via these primary locations:[10]
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