A few ideas of how to change/weak/improve (use word as you wish) the bus network in inner South London - particularly interested to see what our esteemed local member
vjaska says in response to these
3 - diverted at Millbank to Whitehall Horse Guards
4 - withdrawn between Blackfriars and St Pauls. Diverted to Waterloo via 59 LoR
11 - diverted at King's Road to Hammersmith via 211 LoR
12 - frequency adjusted to 6bph
14 - withdrawn between Russell Square and Tottenham Court Road. Diverted to Holborn. Frequency adjusted to 8bph
37 - frequency adjusted to 7.5bph
40 - withdrawn between Clerkenwell and Elephant. Extended to Tottenham Court Road via 171 LoR. Frequency adjusted to 6bph.
42 - frequency adjusted to 5bph
45 - withdrawn
47 - diverted to Liverpool Street bus station
53 - withdrawn between Waterloo and Elephant and diverted to run directly Woolwich and Plumstead
54 - withdrawn between Catford garage and Elmers End. Extended to Plumstead via 53 LoR
57 - frequency adjusted to 6bph
59 - withdrawn between Holborn and St Bart's. Extended to Russell Square, and Euston if stand space permits.
74 - withdrawn between Marble Arch and Baker Street. Extended to Roehampton via 430 LoR.
93 - frequency adjusted to 6bph
98 - extended from Holborn to London Bridge via LoR
N109 - 159 night service renumbered as N109
118 - frequency adjusted to 6bph
133 - withdrawn between Holborn and Monument. Diverted to Liverpool Street station
148 - withdrawn between White City and Shepherd's Bush
159 - night service withdrawn
170 - withdrawn between Victoria and Clapham Junction. Converted to double decker
171 - present out of service run to Downham 'livened up'
172 - withdrawn between Holborn and Elephant. Extended to Clerkenwell via 40 LoR
176 - withdrawn between Tottenham Court Road and Elephant
190 - extended from West Brompton to South Kensington via 430 LoR. Converted to double deckers
199 - extended from Catford garage to Elmers End via 54 LoR
211 - diverted at King's Road to Fulham Broadway via 11 LoR and extended to Peckham via 436 LoR
227 - frequency adjusted to 6bph
239 - new route from Clapham Junction to Victoria via 170 LoR. Frequency of 8bph
322 - extended to Shaftesbury Estate via Clapham South and G1 LoR
343 - withdrawn between Aldgate and Tower Gateway
345 - withdrawn between Brixton and Peckham
360 - extended to Victoria via C10 and 3 LoR
410 - withdrawn
414 - withdrawn
415 - extended to New Bermondsey and Canada Water
430 - withdrawn
432 - extended to Elmers End
433 - extended to Wallington via 410 LoR
436 - withdrawn
445 - new route from Lewisham to Clapham Junction via 436 and 35 LoR. Frequency of 6bph
449 - new route from Norbury Crescent to Lower Sydenham via Norbury Hill, Beulah Hill, Church Road, Crystal Palace and 410 LoR. Frequency of 5bph
450/451 - withdrawn between Lower Sydenham and Crystal Palace. Merged with 410 to become a circular West Croydon-Thornton Heath-Crystal Palace- South Norwood-West Croydon service, numbered 450 clockwise, 451 anti-clockwise. Frequency adjusted to 7.5bph
493 - withdrawn between Roehampton and Richmond
G1 - withdrawn between Clapham South and Shaftesbury Estate. Diverted to Clapham Common. Frequency adjusted to 5bph using 10.2m single deckers.
P5 - extended to Battersea Power station. Frequency adjusted to 5bph
P12 - frequency adjusted to 5bph
SL(?) - new express route from Richmond to Streatham via Roehampton, Wimbledon and Tooting. Frequency of 5bph using double deckers
SL(?) - new express route from Woolwich to Oxford Circus via 53 and 453 LoR. Frequency of 6bph using double deckers
SL(?) - new express route from Lewisham to Aldwych via 21 and 172 LoR. Frequency of 7.5bph using double deckers
SL(?) - new express route from Bromley North to Wandsworth via 227, 417 and 37 LoR. Frequency of 5bph using long single deckers
SL(?) - new express route from Crystal Palace to Canning Town via 122 and 202 LoRs to Catford, Lewisham, Blackheath/Sun-in-Sands roundabout and Silvertown Tunnel. Frequency of 5bph using double deckers
SL(?) - new express route from Eltham to Streatham via South Circular and Brixton Hill. Frequency of 5bph using long single deckers
SL(?) - new express route from North Greenwich to Orpington via 132, 126 (though avoiding Grove Park estate using the B226 in entirety) and 61 LoR. Frequency of 5bph using double deckers
SL(?) - new express route from Hammersmith to North Cheam via 220 and 93 LoR. Frequnecy of 5bph using double deckers