London Buses route ELW

Infobox ELL Replacement
number= ELW


operator= First London
garage= Lea Interchange
vehicle= Dennis Dart SLF 8.8m / Marshall Capital
pvr= 6
start= Wapping station
via= Shadwell station
Whitechapel station
end= Shoreditch
level= Daily
frequency= Wapping - Shadwell - Whitechapel
Monday to Fridays: Every 10 minutes
Saturday and Sunday: Every 15 minutes
Whitechapel - Shoreditch
Every 30 minutes
time=10-22 minutes
day= Wapping - Shadwell - Whitechapel
5:30am until 1:00am
Whitechapel - Shoreditch
Monday to Friday: 7:30am until 10:30am and 3:30pm until 8:30pm
Sunday: 7:00am until 3:30pm
night= No night service

London Buses route ELW is a London Underground rail replacement service for the East London Line in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to First London. The service does not accept TfL bus tickets, bus passes or any on board payments.

History

The route was introduced on 23 December 2007 as a replacement for the East London Line, running between Whitechapel and Wapping, along with Route ELP (Rotherhithe - Canada Water) and Route ELC (Canada Water - Surrey Quays - New Cross - New Cross Gate), in addition to Route ELS (Whitechapel - Shoreditch "Bethnal Green Road") which had been running since the closure of Shoreditch Station.

Route ELS

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Extension to Shoreditch

On 19 July 2008 the ELS was withdrawn, being replaced by a peak hour extension of the ELW to Shoreditch, and a conversion of the ELW to single deck. The double deck Enviro400s, which ran from Dagenham Garage were replaced by single deck Marshall Capital Dennis Darts (DMS), running from Lea Interchange. A low bridge in the Shoreditch area restricts the use of double deck buses between Whitechapel and Shoreditch, but since the ELW is little used the route can accommodate single deck buses over the whole length of the route. With the conversion to shorter single deck buses, the opportunity was also taken to re-route the ELW southbound from Cable Street to The Highway via Cannon Street Road, a more direct and less congested routing than the previous routing via Dock Street.

Current route

Note: Rail Replacement Service ONLY stops at the London Underground Station stops listed below.

Route departing Wapping

* Wapping station "High Street Stop A"
* Shadwell station "Cable Street Stop A"
* Whitechapel station "Whitechapel Road Stop B"
* Shoreditch "Brick Lane" "Peak Hours Only"

Route departing Shoreditch

* Shoreditch "Brick Lane" "Peak Hours Only"
* Whitechapel station "Whitechapel Road Stop A"
* Shadwell station "Cable Street Stop A"
* Wapping station "Pursom Street"

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* First London
* London Underground
* London Buses route ELC

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/ELW.pdf Full timetable (PDF)]
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/east-london-line-closure-march-2008.pdf March 2008 East London line closure leaflet (PDF)]
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/east-london-line-alternative-routes.pdf Current East London line closure leaflet (PDF)]