Transport for London (TFL) just announced that they will be consulting on a new set of bus changes in Hackney, and we need your help to save our buses!

Unfortunately, TFL is being used as a political football by this Conservative government as they continue to level down London. But this continued cutting of inner-London bus routes is disproportionately impacting Hackney.

We have no tube stations, 1 in 4 residents use buses as their main mode of transport, and half of Hackney's bus routes have already suffered frequency reductions. Communities across Hackney will be cut off and worse off under these proposals.

Thanks to successful campaigning by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, TFL have so far managed to avoid having to cut 1 in 5 bus routes. 

The government need to properly fund TfL to provide affordable and sustainable public transport, and TfL needs to protect these vital services. We are asking residents to sign our petition, respond to TfL’s consultation and help Hackney Labour save our buses.

TFL's consultation is live until 7th August. It proposes the following changes:

• Route 236, which currently runs from Hackney Wick to Finsbury Park via Homerton Hospital, would start at Homerton Hospital, removing a link between Hackney Wick and Homerton Hospital (Hackney Wick)
• Route 476, which currently runs between Northumberland Park and King’s Cross would only run from Northumberland Park to Newington Green, removing a link between Stamford Hill and King’s Cross. There are currently 1,200 trips a day on the section of the route being withdrawn
• Route 242 from Aldgate to Homerton Hospital would be withdrawn completely, replaced by the 135 which would be extended to run from Crossharbour Asda to Aldgate East and Homerton Hospital. This would remove a direct link from Hackney to Aldgate Station
• Route 56, which currently runs from Whipps Cross to St Barts Hospital, would be amended to run from Whipps Cross to Blackfriars, removing a link from Hackney to St Barts Hospital
  Two links from Shoreditch to south London would be removed: route 47 from Catford to Shoreditch Church would end at London Bridge, and route 78 from Shoreditch to Nunhead would be withdrawn entirely. Both of these would be replaced by an extension to route 388, which would be extended to run from Stratford City to Peckham Bus Station
• Route 277 would be amended to run from Dalston Junction to Poplar, but would continue to call at Canary Wharf
• Route 254 would be amended to run from Aldgate to Finsbury Park, instead of Holloway
• Route 259, which currently runs from Edmonton Green to King’s Cross, would be amended to run from Ponders End to Holloway
• Route 279, which currently runs from Waltham Cross to Manor House, would be amended to run from Waltham Cross to Stamford Hill
• Route 349 from Ponders End to Stamford Hill would be withdrawn
• Route 26, which currently runs from Hackney Wick to Waterloo, would be amended to run from Hackney Wick to Victoria at a reduced frequency Monday to Saturday. 

Buses are an affordable and sustainable way for many of our residents to get around Hackney and London. Please sign and share the petition!