Two south-east London bus routes which are threatened with service cuts saw an increase in passengers last year, according to new figures released by Transport for London. TfL plans to withdraw routes 53 (Plumstead station to Whitehall) and 171 (Bellingham to Holborn) from parts of central London as it grapples with money problems following the […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich & Woolwich MP launches petition against 53 bus cut
Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has launched a petition against plans to cut bus route 53 back to County Hall, after saying they will “punish” his low-paid constituents who rely on the service. The plan to cut the 53, which currently runs from Plumstead station to Whitehall, was among a batch of proposals revealed […]
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TfL plans permanent cutbacks for routes 53, 171 and 172 in huge bus axe scheme
853 exclusive: Transport for London is planning to make a huge swathe of cuts to bus routes in the centre of the capital – including stopping three of south-east London’s most important bus routes short of their current terminals. Route 53, which runs from Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton and Blackheath through Deptford, the Old Kent Road […]
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Pay more, skip the 108: Ford wants its Shooters Hill Shot buses to stop on Westcombe Hill
UPDATE: The Chariot application to run down Westcombe Hill was refused in October. Commuters in Blackheath and Charlton who are tired of crowded and unreliable buses to North Greenwich could be able to get a new service to the Jubilee Line hub – if they pay a little more. Car giant Ford, which launched its […]
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Lewisham East by-election: The stats behind the political story
The Westminster circus is parking its caravans in south-east London ahead of the Lewisham East by-election on 14 June, caused by the departure of Labour MP Heidi Alexander. Yet many of the statistics about the area spouted in the early stages of the poll have been misleading or just plain wrong. 853‘s resident stats geek […]
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I’ll defy leadership on ‘toxic’ Greenwich cruise port and Silvertown Tunnel, Labour candidate pledges
Labour candidate Leo Fletcher pledged to defy his council’s leadership last night and vote against plans for the Silvertown Tunnel and London City Cruise Port. Fletcher, who is standing in Blackheath Westcombe ward for 3 May’s Greenwich Council election, told the audience at the Westcombe Society’s hustings: “If I feel strongly about something, I will […]
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Greenwich Council can’t revamp Blackheath Standard toilets – because it can’t prove it owns them
Greenwich Council is unable to sell or convert disused public toilets at the Royal Standard in Blackheath – because it cannot confirm it owns the facility. The underground loos at the Standard have been closed for about a decade, but legal problems mean it can’t reopen them or do something new with them. Other underground […]
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Call this the home of time? Let’s get Blackheath’s memorial clock fixed
853’s special correspondent MERCURY MAN turns back the clock to revisit one of his best-known campaigns – to fix Greenwich borough’s public timepieces. Public clocks not working. Thought I’d get straight to the point because the Ed’s been complaining upstairs that he’s fed up with me going on more digressions than Holden Caulfield. I tried […]
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