607 Plaxton President bodied
Dennis Trident 2 on route 607 in August 2010 Route 607 was established on 21 July 1990 as an express service on the same route as
route 207 between
Uxbridge station and
Shepherd's Bush Green via
Uxbridge Road on Mondays to Saturdays. Its number was previously used by a
trolleybus route over the same roads, which operated from 15 November 1936 until 8 November 1960 when it was abolished as part of the London Trolleybus Withdrawal Programme and replaced by bus route 207. It was the only regular route in the 6xx series that is otherwise reserved for school routes. (There had been 6xx limited-stop routes in the 1970s.) Route 607 was originally operated by
Leyland Nationals and
Leyland Lynxs. In 1995
Northern Counties bodies
Volvo Olympians were introduced. The route was included in the
sale of CentreWest to
First London in March 1997. In the early 2000s, it was proposed that the route be replaced by the
West London Tram, however this project was abandoned in 2007. On 29 November 2008, route 607 was extended from Shepherd's Bush Green to
White City bus station to coincide with the opening of
Westfield London. On 22 June 2013, route 607 was included in the sale of First London's
Uxbridge garage to
Metroline. In April 2019, Metroline commenced a new contract.
SL8 On 15 July 2023, route 607 was renumbered SL8, becoming part of the
Superloop express bus network. On 19 August 2023, the hours of operation were extended. ==Current route==