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You know what they say about buses – you wait 20 minutes for one and then three turn up at once. But soon some parts of central London will be getting fewer double deckers overall, as TfL is planning to restructure certain routes through the city centre.
Bus journeys in Paddington, Euston and Marble Arch are going to be affected by upcoming changes to the capital’s bus routes. The 30 and 205 services will both be restructured, meaning these buses will now skip certain locations. To help lessen the blow, additional journeys will be added to the 27 which runs between Hammersmith and Camden via Paddington.
Transport for Lonfon plans to remove the section of route 30 between Marble Arch and Euston Bus Station, while the 205 will no longer travel through Paddington and Baker Street Station, but the service will extend to Marble Arch.
TfL’s decision to partially axe the journeys follows a public consultation on buses that took place earlier this year.
Geoff Hobbs, TfL’s director of public transport service planning, said the network will be monitored ‘to make sure we deliver a comprehensive public transport offering as well as it being value for money’. According to the transport bosses, bus services need to become more efficient as passenger numbers have not returned to pre-pandemic levels.
The changes will require travellers to change buses depending on their destinations. For example, those journeying on the 30 from East London looking to go west of Euston will now need to swap onto the 205. The new bus routes will come into effect on June 21 2025.
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