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London Buses route 343 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between New Cross Gate and City Hall, it is operated by Abellio London. ==History== Route 343 commenced operating on 3 February 2001 between New Cross garage and London Bridge station via Brockley, Peckham Rye and Elephant & Castle. It was initially operated by London Central's New Cross garage with Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs. It was not a new route, but a renumbering of flat fare route P3, which had commenced on 24 January 1970 as a circular route from Peckham garage via Peckham Rye and Nunhead, being extended to London Bridge station on 28 April 1984. On 25 September 2002, it was redirected withdrawn from London Bridge station and rerouted from Borough High Street via Tooley Street, Druid Street, Crucifix Lane and to stand at St Thomas Street for Guy's Hospital. When re-tendered, the route passed to Travel London's Walworth garage on 21 September 2005 with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs introduced.〔(Bus tender results Route 343/N343 ) Transport for London 9 March 2005〕 Route 343 was included in the May 2009 sale of Travel London to Abellio London.〔(National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London ) National Express Group 21 May 2009〕〔(NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market ) NedRailways 9 June 2009〕 Abellio London successfully tendered to retain the route with a new contract commencing on 5 May 2011.〔(Bus tender results Route 343/N343 ) Transport for London 2 June 2010〕 In June 2010, the route was revealed to be amongst the ten worst performing in London.〔(262 London's worst performing bus route - top 10 revealed ) ''London Daily News'' 11 June 2010〕 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.〔(Val Shawcross: TfL insist 343 improving as passengers still left waiting )〕 A proposal to increase the frequency of the route was announced by Transport for London in November 2010.〔(C10 retains its place in league table of most complained about bus routes in London ) ''London-se1'' 26 November 2010〕 Route 343 also has a night service in the form of route N343, which runs parallel to the day route and then continues to Trafalgar Square via route N381, Waterloo and Aldwych.〔(London Bus Routes - 343/N343 timetable )〕 At 08:22 on 17 March 2012, a route 343 caught fire on Pepys Road, New Cross. The fire was put out by 09:20 and there were no injuries.〔(Passengers escape double decker bus fire ) ''BBC News'' 17 March 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Buses route 343 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between New Cross Gate and City Hall, it is operated by Abellio London.==History==Route 343 commenced operating on 3 February 2001 between New Cross garage and London Bridge station via Brockley, Peckham Rye and Elephant & Castle. It was initially operated by London Central's New Cross garage with Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs.It was not a new route, but a renumbering of flat fare route P3, which had commenced on 24 January 1970 as a circular route from Peckham garage via Peckham Rye and Nunhead, being extended to London Bridge station on 28 April 1984.On 25 September 2002, it was redirected withdrawn from London Bridge station and rerouted from Borough High Street via Tooley Street, Druid Street, Crucifix Lane and to stand at St Thomas Street for Guy's Hospital.When re-tendered, the route passed to Travel London's Walworth garage on 21 September 2005 with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs introduced.(Bus tender results Route 343/N343 ) Transport for London 9 March 2005 Route 343 was included in the May 2009 sale of Travel London to Abellio London.(National Express Group plc agreement to sell Travel London ) National Express Group 21 May 2009(NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market ) NedRailways 9 June 2009 Abellio London successfully tendered to retain the route with a new contract commencing on 5 May 2011.(Bus tender results Route 343/N343 ) Transport for London 2 June 2010In June 2010, the route was revealed to be amongst the ten worst performing in London.(262 London's worst performing bus route - top 10 revealed ) ''London Daily News'' 11 June 2010 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.(Val Shawcross: TfL insist 343 improving as passengers still left waiting )A proposal to increase the frequency of the route was announced by Transport for London in November 2010.(C10 retains its place in league table of most complained about bus routes in London ) ''London-se1'' 26 November 2010Route 343 also has a night service in the form of route N343, which runs parallel to the day route and then continues to Trafalgar Square via route N381, Waterloo and Aldwych.(London Bus Routes - 343/N343 timetable )At 08:22 on 17 March 2012, a route 343 caught fire on Pepys Road, New Cross. The fire was put out by 09:20 and there were no injuries.(Passengers escape double decker bus fire ) ''BBC News'' 17 March 2012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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