Map shows where new fast London ‘Bakerloop’ bus route will run within months

New ‘Bakerloop’ autobus way successful southeast London is 1 measurement person to becoming a reality, acceptable to chopped question clip betwixt commuter hotspots.

Londoners could soon person 10 caller explicit autobus routes designed to tally faster than regular TfL buses arsenic portion of the enlargement of the existing Superloop network known arsenic Superloop 2.

The Superloop routes nexus areas successful outer London boroughs, with the archetypal routes successful cognition since the summer of 2023.

Nine archetypal Superloop routes person already been moving crossed London boroughs. The last SL4 way betwixt Canary Wharf and Grove Park via the upcoming Silvertown Tunnel is acceptable to motorboat connected April 7.

One of the projected additions to the web is the ‘Bakerloop’ autobus work betwixt Waterloo and Lewisham.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan launched a six-week nationalist consultation connected the Bakerloop way details today.

Speaking connected committee a Superloop bus, helium told Metro the ‘Bakerloop’ way volition beryllium ‘quicker than going successful your car.’

When asked wherefore helium has been pushing to turn the explicit autobus network, helium said ‘it tin pb to jobs, caller lodging and it tin pb to regeneration.’

‘And this portion of southeast London is poorly served by Tubes,’ helium added.

He said helium hopes the ‘Bakerloop’ autobus volition beryllium to the authorities and developers ‘that determination is request for bully nationalist transport’ successful southeast London.

Maps shows the ‘Bakerloop’ autobus way

The ‘Bakerloop’ autobus follows astir the way of the imaginable Bakerloo Tube enactment extension which is presently astatine an aboriginal plan signifier portion waiting for backing confirmation from the government.

Using the ‘Bakerloop’ is expected to outgo the aforesaid arsenic utilizing a regular bus, £1.75.

But ‘Bakerloop’ buses lone person 5 stops on the way to trim travel times – Waterloo, Elephant & Castle, Old Kent Road, New Cross Gate and Lewisham.

The nonstop autobus halt locations person not yet been confirmed.

TfL has present asked Londoners’ thoughts connected the projected autobus stops on the route. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan launched the consultation contiguous unfastened until March 14.

When volition the ‘Bakerloop’ autobus way start?

The Bakerloop way is expected to beryllium up and moving successful ‘autumn 2025’ though it volition beryllium connected the result of the consultation, TfL said.

Residents successful New Cross told Metro antecedently that caller question links similar the Bakerloo Tube enactment hold are invited successful the area.

One concern proprietor said that erstwhile the Overground has issues successful the New Cross area, buses are the lone option, but they thin to beryllium afloat and you ‘need to hold for different autobus and the comfortableness of the journeys decreases.’

When asked however the Bakerloop volition beryllium antithetic for passengers successful the southeast, the Mayor said ‘people you spoke to person had the aforesaid acquisition that galore of america had earlier the Superloop.’

He continued: ‘There is often congestion, buses halt astatine each azygous autobus stop. They fto radical connected and disconnected and permission slowly, past halt again. Sometimes determination are roadworks taking spot which slows things down.’

However, the existing Superloop routes person shown that it volition beryllium ‘much faster’ due to the fact that they don’t halt astatine each halt and ‘more and much roads present person autobus lanes.’

The Mayor said helium has addressed the contented of ‘too galore roadworks’ by telling inferior companies that ‘if you privation to excavation up the roadworthy it’s going to outgo you a fortune, truthful I counsel you bash it precise infrequently and coordinate with america if you are going to bash it.’

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