Appendix 3

Proposed Changes to Bus Services in City of London in detail

Bus route number 4 currently runs from Archway through part of the City using Goswell Road, Aldersgate Street, St. Martin’s Le Grand, Cheapside, New Change, Cannon Street, St. Paul’s Churchyard, Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street, before heading out to Waterloo. The proposals would remove the section of route running from St. Paul’s Churchyard to Waterloo and instead replace it with a new section running from New Change into Cannon Street, Friday Street then Queen Victoria Street to Blackfriars.

Bus route number 26 runs from Hackney to Waterloo, through the City along Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, Threadneedle Street, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, St. Paul’s Churchyard, Ludgate Hill, and Fleet Street, then heading on to Waterloo. The proposals would increase the frequency of this service from every 10 minutes to every 7.5 minutes, Monday to Saturday.

Bus route number 35 runs from Clapham Junction to Shoreditch, through the City along London Bridge, King William Street, Gracechurch Street, Bishopsgate, Norton Folgate and on to Shoreditch. The proposals would increase the peak frequencies of this route to every 7.5 minutes.

Bus route number 40 runs from Aldgate to Dulwich, through the City from Dukes Place at Aldgate along St. Botolph Street, Middlesex Street, Aldgate High Street, Fenchurch Street, Gracechurch Street, King William Street and across London Bridge to head to Dulwich. The proposals would change this route to run from Clarkenwell through the City along Farringdon Street, New Bridge Street and over Blackfriars Bridge before re-joining the previous route at Elephant and Castle then head to Dulwich.

Bus route number 45 runs from Kings Cross to Clapham, through the City along Farringdon Street, New Bridge Street and over Blackfriars Bridge to Clapham. The proposals would remove the section of the route entirely and the route 45 would only run from Elephant and Castle to Clapham.

Bus route number 48 runs from Walthamstow to London Bridge, through the City along Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, Gracechurch Street, King William Street, across London Bridge to London Bridge Station. The proposals would remove this route completely.

Bus route number 67 runs from Aldgate Station out of the City along Aldgate High Street before continuing on its route to Lordship Lane, Wood Green. The proposals would shorten this route, so that it runs from Lordship Lane to Dalston Junction, which would remove the City this section of the route. Bus route number 76 runs from Tottenham Hale to Lower March by County Hall, through the City along Moorgate, Princes Street, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, St. Paul’s Churchyard, Ludgate Hill, Fleet Street and into Strand. The proposals would re-route this bus from Moorgate into London Wall, Aldersgate Street, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, New Change, then back into Cannon Street where it resumes its usual route.

Bus route number 100 runs from Shadwell to London Wall (museum of London), through the city along Minories, Goodmans Yard, Mansell Street, Middlesex Street, Minories, St. Botolph Street, Dukes Place, Bevis Marks, Wormwood Street, London Wall to the Museum of London. The proposal would extend this from the Museum of London to St. Paul’s Station along Aldersgate Street and St. Martin’s-le-Grand.

Bus route number 149 runs from Edmonton to London Bridge bus station, through the City along Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, Gracechurch Street, King William Street and across London Bridge to London Bridge Bus Station. The proposals would see the route remain unchanged, however, the frequency of the service would increase in the middle of the day on Mondays to Saturday from every 8-9 minutes to every 6 minutes. Evenings and Sunday services would decrease from every 8 minutes to every 10 minutes.

Bus route number 172 currently runs from Clarkenwell to Brockley, through the City from Clarkenwell Green using Farringdon Street and Fleet Street before heading onto Waterloo and beyond. The proposals would remove the section of this route from Clarkenwell Green to Fleet Street, which will remove the entire City section of this route.

Bus route number 242 runs from Homerton to King Edward Street near St. Paul’s, through the City from Shoreditch High Street along Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, Threadneadle Street, Poultry, Cheapside then into King Edward Street near St. Paul’s Station. The proposals would remove the City section of the number 242 route listed above and replace it with a new section that will run outside of the City from Shoreditch High Street into Commercial Street, then into Whitechapel High Street before entering the City along Aldgate High Street and finishing at Aldgate Station. The proposals will also decrease the frequencies of this service on Monday to Saturday daytimes from every 7–8 minutes to every 10 minutes, and in evenings and on Sundays from every 6 minutes to every 12 minutes. However, an extra peak journey will be introduced on the Liverpool Street to Shoreditch to Kingsland Road section.

Bus route number 341 currently runs from County Hall to Upper Edmonton, through part of the City using Fleet Street / Fetter Lane / New Fetter Lane / Holborn and then out onto Grays Inn Road. The proposals would change this route to Fleet Street / Farringdon Street, then Farringdon Road before rejoining the previous route at Roseberry Avenue. This means that Fetter Lane, New Fetter Lane and Holborn will not be served by the 341 bus route. Bus route number 343 runs from New Cross to City Hall, without running through the City at all. However, the proposals would extend the route from City Hall across Tower Bridge and into the City along Minories to Aldgate High Street. The return route would use Minories, Goodman’s Yard and Mansell Street to get to Tower Bridge.

Bus route number 388 runs from Stratford to Elephant and Castle through the City along Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, Wormwood Street, London Wall, Aldersgate Street, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, New Change, Cannon Street, Friday Street, Queen Victoria Street and then onto Blackfriars Bridge before heading to Elephant and Castle. The proposals would see this route terminate at Wormwood Street (Liverpool Street bus station) rather than Elephant and Castle. However, this route will temporarily terminate at Finsbury Circus until Liverpool Street bus station opens in 2019. The route frequency would also decrease from every 10 minutes to every 12 minutes.

Bus route RV1 runs from Tower Gateway to Covent Garden, through the City along Minories, Goodman’s Yard and Mansell Street, before heading out across Tower Bridge and continuing to Covent Garden. The proposals would remove this route entirely.

Additional Information: the proposals will also mean that two pairs of bus stops in Fenchurch Street would no longer be served by a bus route; however, they are within 300 metres of stops on Gracechurch Street, Leadenhall Street, and Eastcheap and Great Tower Street.