Who would have guessed it?
Of the 10 most overcrowded bus services in London, only one is NOT located in South East London. This data is taken from a GLA report on bus services in the capital.



It is no surprise that other sectors on London which have an underground system do not have such problems with their buses. But it also shows that investment in bus services has been completely inadequate for South London compared to the rest of London.

I have marked Forest Hill on the map with a small green dot and it is clear that the problems are almost all on the routes through Forest Hill and Catford. This is the best case I have ever seen for most appropriate route for the Bakerloo line extension, basically heading for Forest Hill or Catford and then out a little further to Crystal Palace or Bromley.

However in the next 30-130 years that it will take to get the Bakerloo line, the least that TfL could do is address why South East London is so poorly served by buses, and how they intend to address this inequality of transport provision in the capital.

This post was last modified: 31-10-2013 02:35 PM by michael.