London Buses route ELC

Infobox ELL Replacement
number= ELC


operator= Travel London
garage= Walworth Road
vehicle= Dennis Trident 2/Alexander ALX400
pvr= 6
start= New Cross Gate station
via= New Cross station
Surrey Quays station
end= Canada Water station
level= Daily
frequency= Monday to Fridays: Every 10 minutes
Saturday and Sunday: Every 15 minutes
time=16-22 minutes
day= 5:00am until 1:00am
night= No night service

London Buses route ELC is a London Underground rail replacement service for the East London Line in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Travel London. The service does not accept TfL bus tickets, bus passes or any on board payments.

History

The route was introduced on 23 December 2007 as a replacement for the East London Line, running between Canada Water and New Cross Gate, along with Route ELP (Rotherhithe - Canada Water) and Route ELW (Whitechapel - Shadwell - Wapping), in addition to Route ELS (Whitechapel - Shoreditch "Bethnal Green Road") which had been running since the closure of Shoreditch Station. The route initially ran every 8 to 10 minutes (every 5 minutes during peak times) using a mixture of Travel London's own buses, and some hired from Metroline. The services were re-structured on 24 February 2008, with the withdrawal of the little used route ELP and a frequency reduction on the ELC to every 15 minutes at weekends. The ELP was replaced by an extra bus on the existing route 381 between Canada Water and Bermondsey stations. A further frequency reduction took place on the 21 July 2008, this time the Monday to Friday peak frequency was reduced from every 5 minutes to every 10 minutes. The PVR decreased from 10 to 6 buses.

Current route

Note: Rail Replacement Service ONLY stops at the London Underground Station stops listed below.

Route departing New Cross Gate

* New Cross Gate station "New Cross Road Stop M"
* New Cross station "New Cross Road Stop V"
* Surrey Quays Station "Rotherhithe Old Road Stop S"
* Canada Water Station "Bus Station Stop D"

Route departing Canada Water

* Canada Water Station "Bus Station Stop A"
* Surrey Quays Station "Surrey Quays Shopping Centre Stop K"
* New Cross station "New Cross Road Stop W"
* New Cross Gate station "New Cross Road Stop O"

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Travel London
* London Underground
* London Buses route ELW

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/ELC.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/east-london-line-closure-march-2008.pdf East London line closure leaflet (PDF)]