FAQs

If you decide to introduce the BL1 route, when would the service start to operate?
Are changes to other bus routes in the area proposed as part of the plan to introduce the BL1 route?
What other new routes are planned as part of Superloop expansion?

    If you decide to introduce the BL1 route, when would the service start to operate?

    Subject to the outcome of consultation, buses would start running in autumn 2025.

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    Are changes to other bus routes in the area proposed as part of the plan to introduce the BL1 route?

    While the London bus network is kept under continual review, we are not proposing changes to other bus routes in the area as part of this consultation.  

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    What other new routes are planned as part of Superloop expansion?

    Our plans for new route BL1 form the first of three further bus routes we would like to add to the Superloop network. During 2025, public consultations are planned proposing routes between: 

    • Lewisham, Elephant & Castle and Waterloo, via the Old Kent Road (BL1) 

    • North Greenwich and Abbey Wood, via Woolwich (SL11) 

    • Gants Hill and Rainham (Ferry Lane), via Romford (SL12) 

    This information remains subject to the outcome of each public consultation. 

    Visit our Superloop expansion web page for further details about how the Superloop may expand, including future consultation dates and latest news. 

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