C10 bus petition handover – 300 call for action on poor service in Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe’s local councillors have handed a 300-signature petition to local Assembly Member Valerie Shawcross calling on TfL to stop short changing passengers on the Rotherhithe peninsula.
The C10 bus, which serves neighbourhoods on the peninsula and provides vital community links to local shopping and leisure services, has, over recent months frequently been curtailed early or missed out Rotherhithe peninsula altogether, meaning extended waits for passengers. Some 6% of journeys do not reach the peninsula.
Local councillors Stephanie Cryan, Kath Whittam and Bill Williams, along with Bermondsey MP Neil Coyle, compiled the petition in an effort to demonstrate to Transport for London that many people are being inconvenienced by these regular service curtailments.
Receiving the petition to pass to Mayor of London, and Chair of Transport for London, Boris Johnson, Assembly Member Val Shawcross said ‘The C10 is an important neighbourhood bus service which people rely on, and far too often, the Rotherhithe peninsula is missed out by drivers who may be delayed and need to make up time. TfL have told me that various road works are putting pressure on the route, and while I appreciate that this can cause temporary issues, the regularity with which buses are bypassing Rotherhithe has become a big problem. I congratulate Rotherhithe’s representatives for putting this petition together; I hope it will persuade TfL to take proper action now.’
Councillor Stephanie Cryan, Rotherhithe councillor said ‘Rotherhithe residents feel let down by TfL. The fact that a significant number of journeys are curtailed before they get to the peninsula causes regular inconvenience and disruption to people’s daily routine’. With the population growing there will be increased demand on these services and TfL need to bring this bus route up to scratch’.