Passengers call for the return of the bendy bus
Londoners on the first route to have replaced the controversial bendy buses complain the new single-decker services do not provide enough space
31 July 2009
COMMUTERS on the first route to get rid of the controversial bendy buses today declared: "Bring them back."
Passengers on the 507 complained that the single-decker replacements were overcrowded and failed to provide enough seating.
One told of chaotic scenes when around 100 people crammed on to a Waterloo to Victoria bus during rush-hour.
Another, Andrew Cooper, 39, of Westminster, said: "There are hardly any seats. I’m not sure why they got rid of the bendy."
Maureen Pullen, 48, of Winchester, said: "The bendy buses’ three doors allowed people to board much faster and brought down journey times." Sine Msomi, 26, from Dulwich, said: "The bendy buses were a great way of getting around." And Agnes Macharia, 32, of Peckham, said she was "sad to see them go".
"We have increased the frequency of buses to ensure we can carry as many as possible"
A Transport for London spokesman said: "We have increased the frequency of buses to ensure we can carry as many as possible."
Mayor Boris Johnson campaigned to remove the 18-metre long bendy buses, pictured above, amid claims they put cyclists’ and pedestrians’ lives in danger.
The entire fleet of 396 are due to be decommissioned by the end of 2011, but some have criticised the £250,000 cost of the bendy fleet’s replacement buses.
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