A new campaign highlighting the relentless march of night bus routes across the capital starts today.
Night-time travellers in Elephant & Castle, Clapham, Croydon, Brixton and Hammersmith will be visited by information staff this month to highlight that there are nearly 30 per cent more night buses and 25 more night bus routes in the capital than this time last year.
London Buses Director of Strategy Dick Halle said:
"Londoners now have more opportunities than ever to travel in the capital after midnight. Travelling to or from pubs, clubs or work has never been easier and safety is improving with CCTV for every bus and the work of the transport policing unit being extended to cover night travel.
"Trafalgar Square is no longer the only place to catch a night bus. Over the last year we've introduced new links between places like Kingston and Ealing and Leamouth and Highbury to join-up travel and make London a truly 24 hour city."
The "More travel by moonlight" and "More routes materialise at night" campaigns include posters on bus shelters, stops and on the vehicles, posters in 1,500 washrooms and 200,000 local leaflets.
New night routes planned for introduction in August 2003 include:
N7 Russell Square – Northolt
N119 Croydon – Bromley
N250 Croydon – Brixton
N264 Croydon – Tooting
Recent new night bus routes introduced include:
N63 Crystal Palace - Kings Cross
N74 Roehampton - Baker Street
N76 Waterloo - Northumberland Park
N133 Tooting - Liverpool Street
N148 Camberwell - Shepherd's Bush
N189 Oxford Circus - Brent Cross
N242 Tottenham Court Road - Homerton Hospital
N271 Highgate Village - Liverpool Street
N274 Islington - Marble Arch
N277 Leamouth - Highbury and Islington
N453 Deptford – Marylebone
