London Buses route N98

London Buses route N98 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Stanmore and Russell Square, it is operated by Metroline

History
Route N98 was introduced in 1960 when the night buses were renumbered with an “N” prefix from the 2×× series, and so the 298 became N98. It ran from Trafalgar Square to Hornchurch Garage via Tottenham Court Road station, Holborn, St. Paul’s, Bank, Aldgate, Stepney Green, Mile End, Bow, Stratford, Forest Gate, Manor Park, Ilford, Seven Kings, Chadwell Heath, Romford and Roneo Corner. The Hornchurch extension was cut back to Romford station, but some journeys were extended from Trafalgar Square to Victoria via Westminster for crews’ meal reliefs. It was one of the few night routes in the early days to run on Saturday night, but the service only came into central London as far as Holborn. It was renumbered N25 in 1995.

Night bus N98 runs a night service for route 98 between Holborn and Willesden, and then continues to Stanmore via Kingsbury and Neasden as a night service for the Northern end of the Jubilee line. The route is structured so that every other bus runs beyond Willesden to Stanmore. It was formerly service N99 until it was renumbered in 1995.

The route was also on a contract to First London, operating from Alperton (ON), using Leyland Olympians and MCW Metrobuses. It was awarded to Metroline on 3 February 2001, the allocation was transferred to Metroline, operating from Willesden (AC) and Edgware (EW), using Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs.

In June 2013, Alexander Dennis Enviro400s were introduced.

Current route
• Stanmore station • Queensbury station • Kingsbury station • Blackbird Cross • Neasden • Willesden Bus Garage • Kilburn High Road station • Maida Vale station • Edgware Road station • Edgware Road station (Bakerloo line) • Marble Arch station • Oxford Circus station • Goodge Street station • Great Russell Street for British Museum • Russell Square