London Buses route 343
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London Buses route 343 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between New Cross Gate and Tower Gateway station, it is operated by London Central, a subsidiary of Go-Ahead London.
History
When re-tendered, the route passed to Travel London's Walworth garage on 21 September 2005 with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs introduced.[1][2]
Route 343 was included in the May 2009 sale of Travel London to Abellio London.[3][4] Abellio London successfully tendered to retain the route with a new contract commencing on 5 May 2011.[5]
In June 2010, the route was revealed to be amongst the ten worst performing in London.[6] Two additional morning peak journeys were introduced on 12 June 2010 with the intention of solving the problems; performance improved as a result, although the route continued to receive complaints.[7]
A proposal to increase the frequency of the route was announced by Transport for London in November 2010.[8]
At 08:22 on 17 March 2012, a bus on route 343 caught fire on Pepys Road, New Cross. The fire was put out by 09:20 and there were no injuries.[9]
On 25 June 2019, the route received an extension from City Hall to Aldgate bus station to replace part of the now withdrawn route RV1.[10][11]
In October 2024, Transport for London launched a consultation proposing to withdraw route 343 between Tower Gateway station and Aldgate bus station.[12] In February 2025, it was confirmed that the changes would proceed and they were implemented on 29 March 2025.[12]
Current route
Route 343 operates via these primary locations:[13]
- New Cross Gate
- Brockley
- Peckham Rye station London Overground National Rail
- Peckham High Street
- Walworth
- Elephant & Castle station London Underground National Rail
- Borough station London Underground
- London Bridge station London Underground National Rail
- Tower Bridge
- Tower Gateway station Docklands Light Railway
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References
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- ↑ Bus tender results Route 343/N343 Transport for London 9 March 2005
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- ↑ National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London Template:Webarchive National Express 21 May 2009
- ↑ NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market Template:Webarchive NedRailways 9 June 2009
- ↑ Bus tender results Route 343/N343 Transport for London 2 June 2010
- ↑ 262 London's worst performing bus route - top 10 revealed Template:Webarchive London Daily News 11 June 2010
- ↑ Val Shawcross: TfL insist 343 improving as passengers still left waitingTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- ↑ C10 retains its place in league table of most complained about bus routes in London London-se1 26 November 2010
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- ↑ 343 Bus Route Transport For London 25 June 2019
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