• Source: London Buses route SL2

London Buses route SL2 is a Transport for London contracted Superloop express bus route in London, England. Running between Walthamstow bus station and North Woolwich, it is operated by Arriva London.
The route partially parallels routes 123 and 366.




History


On 21 July 2023, a consultation for route SL2 was opened by Transport for London, and closed on 4 September the same year. It was awarded on 20 October 2023, and was introduced on 2 March 2024, using existing Alexander Dennis Enviro400H Citys. It is operated by Arriva London as a variation to its route 123 contract that it parallels between Walthamstow and Ilford.




Current route


Route SL2 operates via these locations:

Walthamstow bus station for Walthamstow Central station
Walthamstow Market
Waltham Forest Town Hall
Wood Street for Wood Street railway station
South Woodford
Woodford Avenue for Clayhall
Gants Hill station
Ilford station
Ilford Sainsbury’s
Barking station
Gallions Reach for Gallions Reach Shopping Park
UEL Docklands Campus for Gallions Reach station
Pier Road for King George V DLR station and London City Airport
North Woolwich for the Woolwich Ferry




Operation


The route operates at a frequency of a bus every 12 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays and a bus every 15 minutes on Sundays.




Former route SL2


From June 1996 until August 2002, a previous route SL2 ran in Central London, connecting the mainline railway stations at Paddington, Marylebone, Euston, St Pancras, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, London Bridge, Waterloo and Victoria. The route was operated by Thorpes and branded as Stationlink, running an hourly (anticlockwise) circular service, with route SL1 operating in the reverse direction. Both were replaced by routes 205 and 705 respectively in August 2002.




References






External links


Media related to London Buses route SL2 at Wikimedia Commons

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