241 bus route - proposed extension to Here East

Proposals

We are proposing to extend the 241 bus route from Stratford City Bus Station to Here East via Montfichet Road, Pool Street, Carpenters Road, Sweetwater Place, Bassett Lane, Marshgate Lane, Waterden Road, and Lesney Avenue.

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Buses play a crucial role in making London a more prosperous city, connecting Londoners to their work, education, families, friends, shopping, and leisure. It’s a sustainable alternative to cars, for journeys that can’t be walked or cycled. The bus is already one of our most affordable, accessible and inclusive forms of transport. Our Bus action plan is about increasing the number of bus journeys by making bus travel better, faster and greener.

(click on map for a larger version)At present, there are no bus service on Carpenters Road, Sweetwater Place and part of Marshgate Lane. By making the proposed changes, residents, workers and visitors would be able to use buses to travel to and from places like the Stratford Waterfront, Sweetwater, East Wick developments as well as Here East.

The extended route will connect the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with various parts of London Borough of Newham including the Royal Docks, Custom House and Plaistow.

As part of the scheme, bus stops would be provided along the proposed route to bring the new developments in the area within 400m of the bus network (in line with the targets in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy).

How it impacts you

At the moment, routes 339 and 388 run between Stratford and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The proposed changes to route 241 will benefit bus passengers by improving connectivity between Stratford City Bus Station and local destinations in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and reducing the need to interchange with routes 339 or 388.

For example, existing passengers travelling between Stratford City and Here East would benefit from an improved frequency with a bus every 5-6 minutes on routes 388 and 241 instead of a bus every 12 minutes on route 388 only. Passengers who travel between Stratford City and Pool Street would benefit from an increased frequency with a bus every 6 minutes on routes 339 and 241 instead of a bus every 15 minutes on route 339 only.

The proposal would improve accessibility by offering direct and frequent journey opportunities for many of the groups of Londoners who face barriers to travelling around the network; including but not exclusive to older people, disabled people, people travelling with children or dependants, members of the LGBTQ+ community and lower paid workers.

Equalities Impact Assessment

Our Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) identifies:

• The affects these proposals could have on people
• How we propose to minimise any negative impacts

After we have considered all comments, the EqIA will be reviewed and may be updated.

We use the EqIA to help us decide if, and how, we should proceed with these proposals.

More Information

We have provided more information to help you respond:

Accessible Information

We want to make sure everyone is able to take part in our consultations. To help make it accessible to everyone we have provided:

Tell us your views

You can reply by completing our survey, which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete or if you are short on time, you can submit a quick response.

The closing date for comments is 8 July 2024.

Questions?

You can use our question tool during the consultation period. We will respond to your questions as soon as we can.

You can also contact us by email, via our telephone call back service (020 3054 6037) or in writing (FREEPOST TFL HAVE YOUR SAY)

Next steps

These proposals are subject to the outcome of our consultation. Once consultation ends on 8 July 2024, we will spend time considering all the responses we receive and will prepare a consultation report.

The report will be available to everyone that takes part in the consultation and a copy will be published on our website.