Red Arrow was a former network of express buses operated by London Transport in Central London. There were multiple routes, all numbered in the 500s, that served the West End and City from mainline stations. Introduced in 1966 and expanded in 1968, they were phased out in the 1990s. Only two former routes are functioning today, the 507 and 521.
London Buses was divided into different business units from 1989 after gradually tendering out bus routes to private companies. The government did not prohibit private operators from using colors other than red. Since 1997, tender specifications in London specify that buses be 80% red due to a campaign by tourism groups. Private bus companies compete for individual routes, even though the government proposed deregulating bus routes in London in the 1990s.
Photographer Peter Marshall traveled and documented London during the 1990s. He also traveled on the buses of London and captured photos of bus commuters, stations, and different buses. There are a few photographs in Peckham. One bus stop is number 78, which travels north over Tower Bridge, through the City towards Shoreditch, or south towards Nunhead.
