Proposed changes to routes 698, 697 and new school route 695

Proposals

To improve school bus services for The Douay Martyrs Catholic School, we propose to:

• Introduce a NEW school bus route 695 between West Drayton and The Douay Martyrs Catholic School via Falling Lane and Cherry Lane
• Reroute school bus 698 between Hayes and The Douay Martyrs Catholic School via Hayes Town and Bourne Avenue
• The last stop on school bus routes 698, 697 and 695 would be at Swakeleys Drive, instead of Ickenham Station
• School bus routes 698 and 697 would no longer stop at Hillingdon station in either direction

Benefits of the proposals include:

• Faster journey times for West Drayton, Yiewsley and Hayes
• More capacity where it’s needed
• Encourage students to travel by bus, instead of car

  
  

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Route 698

On school day mornings, the 698 would start at Bourne Avenue, Hayes Town.

It would go along the same roads as the U4 bus Carnarvon Drive, Pinkwell Lane, Mildred Avenue, Bourne Avenue, Dawley Road and Station Road to Hayes and Harlington Station. From Hayes and Harlington Station, it would follow the current 698 route to Douay Martyrs.

In the afternoon, the route would run in reverse.

The 698 would no longer stop at Shepiston Lane

Route 695

On school day mornings, the 695 would start at Cherry Lane.

It would go along the same roads as the current 698 route to West Drayton. Then, via High Street, Falling Lane, Park View Road, Stockley Road, West Drayton Road, Harlington Road and Lees Road. From Lees Road, it would follow the same roads as route 698 along Uxbridge Road and Long Lane to The Douay Martyrs Catholic School.

In the afternoon, the route would run in reverse.

How it impacts you

1. Changing bus

A small number of passengers would no longer have direct bus between the West Drayton and Hayes Town areas.

Of these 30 passengers:

• 20 passengers would need to change buses once, onto the 350, 278, U4 or 222
• 10 passengers would need to change bus more than once

2. Cherry Lane Cemetery

Bus stops on Shepiston Lane (Cherry Lane Cemetery) would no longer be served. However recent data shows students are not using these stops anyway.

3. Number of 698 journeys

• There are currently four journeys in the morning and five in the afternoon on route 698
• These changes would mean there would be three journeys in the morning and afternoon on new school route 695, and two journeys in the morning and afternoon on the 698
• Our proposals would better match demand

More Information

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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 Wednesday 18 June 2025.

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(698))

Next steps

These proposals are subject to the outcome of our consultation. Once consultation ends on Wednesday 18 June 2025, 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.