Thousands of London bus passengers could soon face changes to their daily journeys as Transport for London considers plans to withdraw, extend or overhaul several routes.
TfL has launched a fresh round of public consultations on proposed changes to services across the capital, with some routes facing complete withdrawal and others set to be significantly altered.
The transport body says the changes are designed to improve connections and better match passenger demand. However, some residents could lose direct links to destinations they currently reach without changing buses.
Londoners have six weeks to have their say through TfL’s consultation process, while proposals from an earlier round of route reviews are also being assessed.
Here are all the London bus routes that could be scrapped or changed.
Which London bus routes could change?
The 415 bus could be scrapped as 333 is extended
The 415 currently operates between Old Kent Road (Tesco) and Tulse Hill station, while the 333 operates between Tooting Broadway Station and Elephant & Castle.
The extension of the 333 would see the route continue onto New Kent Road at Elephant & Castle, and would introduce new direct links on the route between Old Kent Road and Stockwell, Streatham and Tooting.
The proposed changes to the 415 and 333
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The withdrawal of the 415 would mean some passengers may lose direct links to some destinations.
People travelling between Old Kent Road and destinations between Oval and Brixton and between Brixton and Tulse Hill would need to change between buses in future.
Restructure of C3, 74 and 430
TfL have proposed restructuring the routes C3, 74 and the 430, which would see the C3 withdrawn and the 74 continue to provide a service along the C3’s route.
The 74 would no longer run between Putney and Earl’s Court, but would be extended to Clapham Junction.
The proposed changes to the C3, 74 and 430
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Subject to the outcome of the consultation, TfL would also make some changes to the frequencies.
The 74 would run every 12 minutes instead of every 20 minutes on Sunday mornings, and the 430 would run every 12 minutes on all days of the week.
The N74 would remain unchanged.
Isle of Dogs restructure
With demand for bus services falling in the area, TfL have proposed withdrawing the D7 and restructuring the 135, 277 and D6 to ensure most journeys can still be taken.
The SL4 would be re-routed to serve the new Wood Wharf development, while the D3 and D8 would continue unchanged.
The proposed restructure around the Isle of Dogs
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Consultations under review
Withdrawal of 67 and Changes to 149
TfL have proposed changing the route of the 149 and to withdraw the 67 completely.
The northern terminus of the 149 would change from Edmonton Green to Wood Green, while it would still terminate as it does now at London Bridge at its southern end.
New direct links between Wood Green and London Bridge would be introduced on the 149, providing new direct access between areas in Haringey, Hackney and the City of London, such as Hoxton, Shoreditch, Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street Station.
The new routeing of the 149 would retain all connections currently provided by the 67 between Wood Green and Dalston Junction, with the exception of Dalston Junction Bus Station.
42 restructure
The 42 currently operates between East Dulwich Sainsbury's and Liverpool Street and would change to terminate south of Tower Bridge on Tooley Street, standing at Queen Elizabeth Street.
Passengers would need to change buses to the 78 to continue their journeys, with the 78 covering the same route as the 42 between Tower Bridge Road (Grange Road) and Liverpool Street.
As part of the changes, it is proposed that the 42 would increase frequency to a bus every 20 minutes instead of 30 minutes during early mornings, and to every 15 minutes instead of 20 minutes during the evening.
Restructure of 106, 253 and 254
The restructure of these routes would see the 254 withdrawn and the 106 extended to serve Aldgate bus station.
This would also see an increase in frequency of the 253 and the 106, while the N253 would remain unchanged.