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 Saturday, April 04, 2020

As I did for tube services, I thought I'd start a week-by-week record to show the cumulative effects of viral lockdown on London's bus network.

Week	Action
w/b 23 March	Modified Saturday service introduced on weekdays. No service on route X68. Go Sutton and Slide Ealing suspended.
w/b 30 March	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 36 37 38 43 49 52 55 56 57 58 59 60 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 81 85 86 87 88 92 93 94 96 97 98 100 101 102 105 106 107 109 111 113 114 115 119 120 122 131 133 134 137 139 140 141 144 145 147 148 149 155 156 157 158 159 163 168 170 171 176 177 182 183 185 188 189 195 199 200 205 207 208 209 211 213 214 219 220 221 222 236 237 242 243 249 250 253 254 257 259 260 261 262 263 264 266 269 270 271 272 274 276 277 279 280 281 282 285 295 297 309 316 319 321 322 323 328 329 332 333 337 340 341 343 344 345 349 350 360 363 381 386 388 390 396 414 422 425 427 430 432 436 452 453 460 466 469 472 473 474 476 483 488 D7 E1 E2 E3 E6 E8 H25 U7 W3 W7 W8 X26 and X140.
w/b 6 April	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 33 47 69 70 89 110 116 124 125 128 130 136 150 165 169 174 216 228 238 241 248 252 267 353 362 366 365 380 391 394 398 412 415 423 468 482 490 C3 D3 E9 H9 H13 H26 H28 H32 H91 P5 and U5.
w/b 13 April	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 17, 35, 39, 45, 50, 68, 99, 108, 118, 121, 123, 132, 135, 154, 196, 209, 229, 244, 255, 279, 312, 378, 407, 417, 450, 463, 486, D8, EL2, H2, S1, U3 and U4. Special service on routes 484, E5, K1 and R70.
w/b 20 April	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 41, 44, 53, 62, 67, 104, 164, 191, 197, 202, 230, 301, 358 and E7.
w/b 27 April	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 9 and 64. Special service on routes 3, 11, 12, 15, 24, 27, 49, 55, 61 and 207.
w/b 4 May	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 20, 42, 90, 112, 143, 179, 190, 215, 231, 247, 256, 294, 330 and B14. Special service on routes 22, 23, 69, 80, 163, 186, 209, 210, 267, 414, 427, C3 and E2.
w/b 11 May	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 284, 292, 298, 307, 317, 324, 331, 372, 384, 433, 496, 533 and 718. Special service on routes 6, 7, 93, 245, 252, 263, 274, 297, 299, 302, 344, 378, 381, 382, 388, 422, 430, 452, 483, C10 and D6.
w/b 18 May	Modified Sunday service introduced on routes 39, 63, 103, 127, 173, 194, 198, 233, 246, 258, 320, 352, 368, 395, 419, B11, B16, E10, H14, H17, U2 and W13. Special service on routes 25, 38, 58, 66, 71, 85, 134, 160, 165, 236, 262, 275, 280, 313, 321, 363, 425, 450, 488, D7, E1, E3, P13, W5, W7, W15 and W16. Some services now increasing in frequency.

On a normal weekday in London over 6 million bus journeys are made.
That's currently down to 1 million, and still falling.

	normal	mid-March	end-March
Weekday	6m	5m	1m
Saturday	4½m	4m	0.8m
Sunday	3m	2½m	½m

Most of the buses I've seen over the last few days are carrying 0, 1 or 2 passengers, with only route 25 approaching double figures. So the message is getting through. Stay home. Don't travel. Save lives.

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