London Buses route 16

London Buses route 16 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Brent Park and Paddington station, it is operated by Metroline.

16
Metroline New Routemaster at Paddington station
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Cricklewood
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	15
Night-time	N32
Route
Start	Brent Park
Via	Cricklewood Kilburn Maida Vale Edgware Road
End	Paddington station
Length	6 miles (9.7 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	Every 10 minutes
Journey time	33-55 minutes
Operates	05:00 until 00:30
Route map Legend Route 16 Brent Park Superstores  16   N32   32  to Edgware bus station  316  to Brent Cross West station Cricklewood bus garage Cricklewood Broadway Kilburn station Brondesbury station Kilburn High Road station  32  to Kilburn Park station  316  to White City bus station Maida Vale station Edgware Road station  N32  to Victoria station Paddington station  16  This diagram: view talk edit ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

History

Metroline Alexander Dennis Enviro400H in Victoria in December 2013

Metroline Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2 in April 2007

In 1970, the route was withdrawn between Neasden and Sudbury Town station. It was replaced by route 245.^[1]

In October 1997, the route was withdrawn between Cricklewood bus garage and Neasden. It was replaced by new route 316 at the same time.^[2]

On 13 October 2007, the frequency of the route was reduced to compensate for the introduction of new route 332 which commenced operating on the same date.^[3]

New Routemaster buses were introduced on 26 September 2015. The rear platform remains closed at all times except when the bus is at bus stops.^[4]

In 2021, the frequency of the service was reduced from 8 buses per hour to 6 during Monday-Saturday peak times, and from 6 buses per hour to 5 at other times.^[5]

In July 2022, Transport for London opened a public consultation on proposals for the route to be withdrawn as part of the Central London Buses Review.^[6] In November 2022, it was announced that the route would not be withdrawn but would instead run between Paddington and Brent Park, fully replacing route 332. This change was implemented on 29 April 2023.^[7][8]

Current route

Route 16 operates via these primary locations:^[9]

• Brent Park Tesco
• Neasden Shopping Centre
• Cricklewood
• Kilburn station
• Brondesbury station
• Kilburn High Road station
• Maida Vale station Elgin Avenue
• Edgware Road station
• Paddington station