Central London Bus Services Review RTIR Appendix E
Central London Bus Services Review Appendix E: Euston Road (routes 59 and 476) April 2019 1. Proposal Route 59 parallels route 91 between King’s Cross and Aldwych. Usage on both routes has decreased and both routes are running with excess capacity. We are therefore proposing to no longer run route 59 between King’s Cross and Euston Bus station. These proposals will improve resilience and reliability on route 59, as well as better matching customer demand. Route 476 runs between Northumberland Park and Euston station. It runs on the same roads as route 73 between Stoke Newington and Euston Station. Both of these routes are currently running with excess capacity. These proposals will improve resilience and reliability of route 476. We are also proposing to reduce frequencies on route 476 from every 8 to every 10 minutes, Monday to Saturday daytimes, to better match demand. Routes 59 and 476 both run between Euston Road between King’s Cross and Euston Bus Station. Route 59 runs between Streatham Hill and King’s Cross, route 476 runs between Euston Station and Northumberland Park. During our review we found that there is excess capacity on the Euston Road between King’s Cross and Euston Bus Station, along which routes 30, 59, 73, 91, 205, 390 and 476 run. Routes 59 and 91 closely parallel each-other between King’s Cross and Aldwych. While routes 73 and 476 parallel each- other between Stoke Newington and Euston Station. We found that at its busiest point at Kennington, route 59 requires a maximum of 10.8 buses per hour to meet demand, 13 are currently scheduled.
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