London Buses route 24

24
Metroline New Routemaster in Victoria in March 2014
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Holloway (HT)
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	27
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	Hampstead Heath
Via	Camden Town Trafalgar Square Victoria
End	Pimlico
Length	7.06 miles (11.36 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	6-10 minutes
Journey time	39-66 minutes
Operates	24-hour service

London Buses route 24 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Pimlico and Hampstead Heath, it is operated by Metroline.

Route 24 dates back to 1910, when it ran between Hampstead Heath and Victoria station. In August 1912 it was extended to Pimlico and has continued in that form until the present day, making this the oldest unchanged bus route in London. Thirty-three Daimler double-decker buses with 34 seats were allocated to route 24, now running between Pimlico and Hampstead, with the fleet name "British" painted in green livery. These buses were running from Camden Town (AQ) garage until they were replaced by AEC NS-Type buses in 1927. Thirty-three NS-type buses were used on route 24 until 1934.

Originally, the route was operated by the London General Omnibus Company, and later the British Automobile Traction Co until September 1933, when the London Passenger Transport Board, later London Transport Executive, was formed and ran under the name "London Transport".

During its life with London Transport, route 24 was operated mainly from Chalk Farm (CF) garage in Harmood Street. It was also run at times from Victoria (Gillingham Street) (GM) garage.

On 7 November 1965, the first 30 Leyland Atlantean buses entered service on route 24. It was the first route to use front-entrance double-decker buses in London. Routes 67 and 271 also trialled front-entrance buses. On 12 June 1966, the Atlanteans moved to Tottenham garage and were replaced by AEC Routemasters. The route was crew operated until 25 October 1986, apart from two short periods in 1965/1966 and 1975.