page_title: London Buses route 5
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: London Buses route 5 / History
caption_attribution_description: Stagecoach London 17856 (LX03 NEY) on Route 5, Canning Town Bus Station
context_page_description: London Buses route 5 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Romford Market and Canning Town bus station, it is operated by Blue Triangle.
context_section_description: Route 5 was introduced on 11 November 1959 as a replacement for trolleybus routes 567 and 665 between East Ham and Bloomsbury being operated by AEC Routemasters. On 17 April 1971 it was converted to one man operation with Daimler Fleetlines introduced.
  Having been altered to operate between Becontree Heath bus station and Canning Town bus station, from privatisation it was operated by East London. On 25 March 2006 it was extended east to Romford Market replacing route 87. On 14 May 2011, the last AEC Routemaster, RML2760 built, operated a special service for charity on route 5 between Romford and Barking.
  Upon being re-tendered it passed to Blue Triangle on 26 August 2017. On the same date it was altered in Romford to serve Queen's Hospital. It is operated out of River Road garage.
caption: Stagecoach London TransBus ALX400 bodied TransBus Trident at Canning Town bus station in October 2014
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