Sadiq Khan is having to spend almost £1.2 billion a year subsidising London’s struggling bus fleet because of soaring costs and a 20 per cent fall passenger numbers, it can be revealed.
Transport for London is now planning to “simplify” its central London bus network – meaning an unspecified number of routes will be shortened or axed over the next three years, primarily to avoid overlapping services and to limit the number of empty buses.
