The latest Superloop bus route launches in September.
The SL12 — running between Gants Hill and Rainham — becomes part of London’s network of express bus routes on Saturday 5 September, marking the Superloop’s expansion into the borough of Havering.
The full SL12 route is:
🚌 Gants Hill
🚌 Newbury Park
🚌 King George Hospital
🚌 East Road
🚌 Romford
🚌 Queen’s Hospital
🚌 Elm Park
🚌 Rainham Ferry Lane
Currently, the journey time on a bus between Gants Hill and Rainham is slightly over an hour. On the SL12, this will be shaved down to around 40-45 minutes. The route also takes in two hospitals; Central, District, Overground and Elizabeth line stations; and links up with the SL2 Superloop at Gants Hills. (Gants Hill itself, of course, is home to a resplendent Tube station).
The SL12 will operate between 5.30am and 12.30am daily — every 12 minutes during the day on Mondays to Saturdays, and every 15 minutes every evening and all day on Sundays.
SL12 buses are brand new electric, zero emission vehicles with air con and device charging points. As an added bonus for passengers, the first week of travel on the SL12 is on the house (you’ll still need to touch in).
Since launching in July 2023, the Superloop bus has accommodated some 81 million trips — although many of the routes are tweaked versions of existing ones.
