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Revision as of 07:51, 26 May 2020
| 343 | |
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| Overview | |
| Operator | London Central |
| Predecessors | Route P3 |
| Night-time | Night bus N343 |
| Route | |
| Start | New Cross Gate |
| Via | Brockley Peckham Elephant & Castle London Bridge City Hall |
| End | Aldgate |
London Buses route 343 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between New Cross Gate and Aldgate, it is operated by London Central.
History
When re-tendered, the route passed to Travel London's Walworth garage on 21 September 2005 with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs introduced.[1][2]
Route 343 was included in the May 2009 sale of Travel London to Abellio London.[3][4] Abellio London successfully tendered to retain the route with a new contract commencing on 5 May 2011.[5]
In June 2010, the route was revealed to be amongst the ten worst performing in London.[6] Two additional morning peak journeys were introduced on 12 June 2010 with the intention of solving the problems; performance improved as a result, although the route continued to receive complaints.[7]
A proposal to increase the frequency of the route was announced by Transport for London in November 2010.[8]
At 08:22 on 17 March 2012, a route 343 caught fire on Pepys Road, New Cross. The fire was put out by 09:20 and there were no injuries.[9]
On 25 June 2019, the route received an extension from City Hall to Aldgate.[10]
Current route
- New Cross Gate Jerningham Road
- Brockley
- Peckham Rye station
- Elephant & Castle station
- Borough station
- London Bridge station
- St Thomas Street for Guy's Hospital
- City Hall Queen Elizabeth Street
- Tower Gateway
- Aldgate
References
- ^ Bus tender results Route 343/N343 Transport for London 9 March 2005
- ^ Aldridge, John (May 2005). "Another change as NatEx gains the 188". Buses (602). Ian Allan Publishing: 20.
- ^ National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine National Express Group 21 May 2009
- ^ NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market Archived 18 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine NedRailways 9 June 2009
- ^ Bus tender results Route 343/N343 Transport for London 2 June 2010
- ^ 262 London's worst performing bus route - top 10 revealed Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine London Daily News 11 June 2010
- ^ Val Shawcross: TfL insist 343 improving as passengers still left waiting Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ C10 retains its place in league table of most complained about bus routes in London London-se1 26 November 2010
- ^ "Passengers escape double decker bus fire". BBC News. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ 343 Bus Route Transport For London 25 June 2019
External links
Media related to London Buses route 343 at Wikimedia Commons
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