More services for South West London to cater for the CC extension

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TfL has introduced extra buses for our community...

This will allow for more people who live in, work in and visit the capital to use public transport when the western extension to the Congestion Charge starts on February 19.

TfL believes that the changes around the whole of the west of London will mean nearly 5,000 more people will be able to travel in and around the zone in the morning rush hour.

Changes include a new service – route 452 between Kensal Rise and Wandsworth Road Station – and extensions to other routes, as well as more frequent services across the network.

TfL has made the following local changes:

Route 452 is a new bus route now running from Wandsworth Road station to Kensal Rise

Route 14 from Putney Heath to Tottenham Court Road has been extended to Warren Street and runs more frequently throughout the week
Routes 22 (Putney Common to Piccadilly Circus) and 27 (Turnham Green to Chalk Farm) run more frequently throughout the week
Route 430 (Roehampton to West Brompton) has been extended to South Kensington Station via Old Brompton Road

These are in addition to improvements made to the bus network in the past six years, including an accessible fleet of more than 8,000 buses, professionally trained drivers, a better waiting environment at bus stops and shelters, and improved security with all buses fitted with CCTV cameras.

David Brown, managing director, Surface Transport, said: 'We aim to improve and expand the transport network, making it more reliable and encouraging more people to use public transport.

'London is the only major city in the world to have achieved a significant shift from private car use to buses and other modes of transport. We intend to build on this success through continued investment.'

 

Additional changes in the west are:

Route 44 turns round at Battersea to run to Victoria Station, together with the N44 which runs onto Aldwych
Route 52 now has an additional journey during the busiest hour of the morning peak period
Route 239 from Clapham Junction to Victoria now runs more frequently throughout the week
Route 319 from Streatham Hill to Sloane Square now operates with double deck buses and carries a much higher number of passengers
Route 344 from Clapham Junction to Liverpool Street now runs more frequently throughout the week, and a new 24-hour service has been introduced
Route 9 (Aldwych to Hammersmith), Route 10 (Hammersmith to King’s Cross) and Route 11 (Fulham Broadway to Liverpool Street) now have an additional morning peak journey
Route 31 Camden Town to Notting Hill Gate has been extended to Shepherd’s Bush Green
Route 94 (Acton Green to Piccadilly Circus) now has an additional eastbound morning peak time journey
Route 16 (Cricklewood to Victoria) now runs more frequently during the week
Route 18 (Sudbury to Euston) now runs more frequently
Route 23 (Westbourne Park to Liverpool Street) will now run all buses to Westbourne Park via Elkstone Road, instead of approximately half the service terminating at Kensal Green
Route 46 has been extended from Warwick Avenue to Farringdon to Lancaster Gate, via Paddington
Route 328 (Golders Green to Chelsea) now runs more frequently
Route C3 (Clapham Junction to Earl’s Court) now runs more frequently

February 14, 2007