Up to a fifth of Central London bus routes may be scrapped under new cost-cutting plans announced by TFL.
Warning the public and the government about their severe financial situation, TFL has said that they are being forced to consider the plans.
Deputy Mayor for Transport Seb Dance said “No one wants to see reductions, but TfL is having to consider these changes because of the savings demanded by the government as part of the emergency funding deals during the pandemic.”
The routes that could be scrapped under the plans are as follows:
4: Archway – Blackfriars
11: Fulham Broadway – Liverpool Street
12: Oxford Circus Station – Dulwich Library
14: Russell Square – Putney Heath
16: Cricklewood Bus Garage – Victoria
24: Hampstead Heath – Pimlico, Grosvenor Road Road
31: Camden Town – White City Bus Station
45: Elephant & Castle, Newington Causeway – Clapham Park
72: East Acton – Hammersmith Bridge
74: Baker Street Station – Putney High Street
78: Shoreditch High Street Station – Nunhead, St Mary’s Road
242: Homerton University Hospital – Aldgate
349: Ponders End Bus Garage – Stamford Hill, Rookwood Road
521: Waterloo Station – London Bridge Bus Station
C3: Earl’s Court, Tesco – Clapham Junction
D7: Poplar, All Saints Church and DLR – Mile End Station
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