343 | |
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Overview | |
Operator | Go-Ahead London |
Garage | New Cross |
Predecessors | Route P3 |
Night-time | N343 |
Route | |
Start | New Cross Gate |
Via |
Brockley Peckham Elephant & Castle London Bridge City Hall |
End | Aldgate bus station |
London Buses route 343 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between New Cross Gate and Aldgate bus station, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.
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On 25 June 2019, the route received an extension from City Hall to Aldgate bus station to replace part of the now withdrawn route RV1.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]
Route 343 operates via these primary locations: [12]