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London Buses route 34 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The...

London Buses route 34 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London. Today's route 34 commenced operation on 3 October 1934, when the London Passenger Transport Board, which had been responsible for London's buses since 1 July 1933, revised its route numbering system. The 34, which was actually a re-numbering of route 604, ran daily between Whetstone and Stratford via Palmers Green, Walthamstow and Leyton. This was the second time that the route number 34 had been used on a London bus route. Also introduced on 3 October 1934 was a 34A, a daily service which ran between Stratford and Chingford Mount with an irregular Monday - Saturday extension to Chingford (Royal Forest Hotel). This route was a re-numbering of route 511. Lastly the 34B, also introduced on 3 October 1934 was a Monday - Saturday peak hours route between Lower Edmonton Station and Walthamstow (Crooked Billet) via Lea Valley Viaduct and North Circular Road. This route was previously numbered 167 and was historically part of the 76 group of routes. It remained closely linked to the 76 throughout its lifetime. In 1936 the route ran from