Transport for London (TfL) shared which bus routes in south east London are the busiest.

They looked at their records to figure out when the most people use their red buses and how many.

The information comes from their latest yearly dataset (BUSTO 2022/23) showing bus demand in November 2022, usually the busiest time.

They took the average of several weekdays from that period to represent a typical weekday.

TfL calculated bus occupancy by dividing the total load by the total capacity each hour, identifying the busiest hour.

They also revealed where this peak bus occupancy happens.

Below are the busiest bus routes in south east London.

Sidcup

Route: 160

Direction towards: Sidcup Station

Stopcode: 17499

Stop name: Kingsground/Eltham Palace Road

Business start hour: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 44

Bexley

Route: 401

Direction towards: Bexleyheath Clock Tower

Stopcode: 23261

Stop name: Bedonwell Road/Long Lane

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 63

Bromley

Route: 119

Direction towards: Bromley North Station

Stopcode: 17451

Stop name: Mapledale Avenue

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 56

Crystal Palace

Route: 3

Direction towards: Crystal Palace

Stopcode: 13247

Stop name: St Matthews Estate

Business hour start: 5.45am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 52

Peckham

Route: 37

Direction towards: Peckham Bus Station

Stopcode: 720

Stop name: Herne Hill

Business hour start: 7.20am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 64

Bromley

Route: 354

Direction towards: Bromley North Station

Stopcode: BP2193

Stop name: Blandford Road

Business hour start: 7.15am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 57

Bromley

Route: 367

Direction towards: Bromley North Station

Stopcode: 26842

Stop name: Cherry Orchard Road/East Croydon STN 

Business hour start: 5.15pm

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 60

North Greenwich

Route: 422

Direction towards: North Greenwich Station

Stopcode: 26621

Stop name: Lakedale Road

Business hour start: 7.15am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 61 

North Greenwich

Route: 129

Direction towards: North Greenwich Station

Stopcode: 13824

Stop name: Trafalgar Estate 

Business hour start: 4.15pm

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 28

North Greenwich

Route: 472

Direction towards: North Greenwich Station

Stopcode: R0386

Stop name: Belmarsh Prison

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 75

North Greenwich

Route: 486

Direction towards: North Greenwich Station

Stopcode: BP2462

Stop name: Millennium Village South

Business hour start: 8am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 49 

Sidcup 

Route: 492

Direction towards: Sidcup Station

Stopcode: OC438

Stop name: Milestone Road

Business hour start: 7am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 71 

Orpington

Route: R9

Direction towards: Orpington Station

Stopcode: 40197

Stop name: Spur Road Sevenoaks Road/Orpington

Business hour start: 7am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 47

Orpington

Route: R10

Direction towards: Orpington Station

Stopcode: 40239

Stop name: Hospital

Business hour start: 7.45am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 35

Orpington

Route: B14

Direction towards: Orpington Station

Stopcode: 29469

Stop name: Danson Road/Sandhurst Road

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 71 

Orpington

Route: R5

Direction towards: Orpington Station 

Stopcode: 19004

Stop name: Sevenoaks Road/Tower Road

Business hour start: 6.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 20

Orpington 

Route: B14

Direction towards: Orpington Station

Stopcode: 29469

Stop name: Danson Road/Sandhurst Road

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 71 

Orpington

Route: R6

Direction towards: Orpington Station

Stopcode: 40208

Stop name: Lower Road

Business hour start: 7am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 71

Erith

Route: N89

Direction towards: Erith Town Centre/Riverside

Stopcode: 26348

Stop name: Vestry Road

Business hour start: 1.15AM

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 31

Chislehurst

Route: 61

Direction towards: Chislehurst/Gordon Arms

Stopcode: 20099

Stop name: Glyndebourne Park

Business hour start: 3pm

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 56

Lewisham

Route: 75

Direction towards: Lewisham Station

Stopcode: 6570

Stop name: Selhurst Station

Business hour start: 4.15pm

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 57

Lewisham

Route: 89

Direction towards: Lewisham Station

Stopcode: 5176

Stop name: Rydal Drive

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 51 

Lewisham 

Route: 284

Direction towards: Lewisham Station

Stopcode: 20542

Stop name: Holy Cross School

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 62

Abbey Wood

Route: 287

Direction towards: Abbey Wood Lane

Stopcode: BP4382

Stop name: Lodge Avenue 

Business hour start: 7a,

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 62

Biggin Hill

Route: 320

Direction towards: Biggin Hill Valley

Stopcode: BP5873

Stop name: High Street/Market Square

Business hour start: 7.15am 

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 53

Foots Cray

Route: 321

Direction towards: Foots Cray Tesco

Stopcode: 8424

Stop name: Eltham Road/Kidbrooke Park Road

Business hour start: 7.30am

Peak hourly bus occupancy: 51